Trailer for OPTICAL REALISM - ART/new york No. 26

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This tape covers the work of two veterans of the art world who paint what they observe. Seen is work by Alex Katz at the Robert Miller Gallery and at The Whitney Museum of American Art and Janet Fish, also at the Robert Miller Gallery. Included are interviews with the artists in which they describe what they see and how they go about painting it.
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