Completely agree. I've been watching as many of his films as possible. There's also a delightful playfulness that I adore with him. I hope he continues to make many more
Since recently stumbling upon Januszczak, I’ve been absorbing him in three hour chunks. He conveys much, entertains mightily, never talks down to his audience, and perhaps most refreshingly, never takes himself seriously. His subject yes, himself no.
These documentaries are so brilliant. Informative, educational and witty. Most of all accessible. Waldemar Januszczak is doing us a great service. I agree Mexico city is a must for anyone in the arts to behold. One visit is not nearly sufficient
As a life long and native westerner (American West) I concur with Waldemar, what you see is what you want to see. Made up of dreams, and myths, doctrines and rebellion, with a lot of hooey. Just as we like it.
As an American,this whole country is based on this formula ; the people who govern us want us to see and believe what’s not there “ made up dreams and myths ,doctrines “ but not rebellion ,just acceptance.
I always say I'm going to go to sleep to a nice doc, and then inevitably I end up going to sleep late because I'm learning so much about art from Waldy
Waldemar, I can't thank you enough. Your perspective and presentation, your incites are truly life changing. I'm always brought to tears by your documentaries. You are a genius.
That's the dumbest thing I've read so far. Waldemar has advanced degrees in Art History, so naturally, he should know more about the art subjects. I don't understand your point other than being arrogant and rude.
Brilliant, I loved it. The coverage on Jackson Pollock was much deeper and broader than anything else I've read/watched. Thank you Waldemar Januszczak !
It's interesting.....at the time of Jackson Pollock's popularity, I was working in Andrew Wyeth's studio. He was interested in Pollock's splatter style and discussed with me, his egg tempera painting called "Raccoon". He said that if you look closely at the painting that is so realistic from a few feet away, and take a cardboard square and crop to small areas of the painting, they all look like Pollock's splatter technique....yet, at the end of the day, the painting is flawless realism using abstraction as it's foundation.....you may find it interesting if you ever get a chance to see the original painting of "Raccoon".
@@appletongallery hahahahahaha, go sell crazy somewhere else. We're all stocked up here. I can't even imagine the arrogance one must possess to think that they have some deep, secret knowledge to which nobody else is privy.
Excellent 👍 👍 Anyone who's seen this series should be eligible for college credit in Art History. Waldemar uses unforgettable stories to teach the art and artists...
Uhh no the Star Spangled Banner was not originally a drinking song from London - it originated from a poem known as The Defense of Fort McHenry. The drinking song was just the origin of the medley.
Thank you again. You being the history of art to life, and you explain the links and relationships across art. You make the opaqueness of art crystal clear!
I love Waldemar, and this is another fine presentation, I just wish he would not have neglected all the people who were already living in those areas doing amazing art way before the European wave hit.
Always fascinating, informative, fun--big thank you for "Jack the Dripper"--but...the first abstractionist theosophist artist was Hilga af Klint. (Yes, that's how her name is written, and her work is spellbinding.)
More, please. First we learn ‘em W-I-N-D-ER , then we goes out an does ‘em. Fantastic series! Some things I’ve seen & some not in my life travels but seeing everything again for the first time is wonderful!
In the video there's a slight green cast diminishing the redness to Double Negative, Monument Valley and probably Spiral Jetty (I haven't been). (you can see it in Januszczak's black clothing.) What I noticed at Monument Valley is as you approach the area you notice how intense the red in the sandstone is, but by the time you get to the overlook and see Shiprock and the other buttes, that red is muted - but then I looked back at my white Honda and it looked greenish. So a bit of over correcting going on. Film will capture it straight - because film doesn't compensate like our eyes or video. All in all though I love these videos. Januszczak does a terrific service to art and humanity. Footnote: I delivered the biggest rock in one of Michael Heizer's Displaced/Replaced Mass (1969/1977) from Ace Gallery to the collector's house (Yawl St, Marina del Rey). Drove it down Speedway in Venice and Marina del Rey with a large forklift. the forklift wasn't large enough though, so I dragged the bottom of the boulder along the asphalt leaving a mark that lasted until it was resurfaced years later. If I ever took a photo of my own Heizer inspired earth art (1984) I don't know where it is.
I loved this.I always liked Jackson Pollock but never knew much about where he came from or that he was a model for Benton.I enjoyed watching you create your own drip painting as well.I will be watching more of your content.
Your section on Native art (contrasted with cowboys.. chef’s kiss btw 😏) was the finest piece of critique in your entire body of work. I felt briefly like I was watching Sagan’s Cosmos again; I was transported, and my heart ached. It almost redeems you for your Magdalene episode, for which I still believe you secretly intended to be a drinking game (take a shot every time Waldemar says whooor) But yes, the native segment touched my soul and I’m grateful. From this moment I’m so hoping you will visit the Diego Rivera murals in San Francisc, because my great aunt Helen is featured in them. (She was a record breaking diver and an immigrant from Yugoslavia, along with my grandmother and their parents) On my mother’s side, my great grandfather came over from Naples, and unfortunately fought Pancho Villa in the Mexican Revolution. Grandpa survived, I had him until I was seven.
He's an excellent critic with a unique eye who also obviously does his research. My only true criticism -- and rightly gives short shrift -- is not exploring the women artists who were so central to the early days of American Modernism: O'Keeffe is just one. And I'm certain there were artists of color worth exploring.
We have been so marginalized. When I was studying Art History in college in the 80’s, the only female artists in the entire Jansen “Art Bible” were O’Keefe and Grandma Moses!
Mr. Waldemar, you have your thoughts, ideas, and prejudices: and you express them well. If you check out the comments, you will see everyone else does just as well. Few agree totally or perfectly. But it's all interesting. For me, an American, it's always good to revisit some of America's artistic output- good, bad, or otherwise. Thanks. I hope you enjoyed your visit "bumbing around" in the USA!
Here in New Mexico I can walk right up to the petroglyphs and see them from mere inches away, no barriers. There are hundreds of them. To me what they seem to say is, “Hello! I was here!” But those wall paintings Walder showed…they are fierce, and do seem to speak of other worlds.
Appreciate the spotlight on the amazing compositions of Benton, a long time favorite. Had not known of close association to Pollock, who fills wall space too, but, with self-centered statements . Not surprising the socialites approved.
Hilma af Klimt was a theosophist too. She preceded the American abstract expressionism movement. I never realized that the American abstract expressionists were also theosophists. I’ve taken many art history classes and never knew about this! It really explains so much!
*IN A FREAKY COINCIDENCE* I just messaged my friend in Utah that I am watching Sego Canyon Utah... "HOW" she screamed? "On my computer" - save the repetition of a 15 minute back and forth... She was DRIVING THROUGH SEGO CANYON at the moment I messaged her - 2.3 miles from the Roc art....
One of the great western artists not recognized by the official art world is Will James. His human figures aren't much, but his horses are alive and unsugared as few others. His books, too, describe real western life, which had few gunfights.
Thank you Sanni Epstein for mentioning this. As a child I stayed at my Grandmother's, in my father's and uncle's room, with their childhood books. Among them was Smoky by Will James. I had long ago forgotten.
Nice series. As usual in the Pollack history telling, there is a missing key element in the story. The woman behind the man. The woman that saw the talent. The woman that made the ultimate sacrifice of no children, took control of the money, negotiated a loan with Peggy G. to buy a place away from the city so Jackson could stop drinking, to focus on his art. Thank woman: Lee Krasner. without whom, Pollack would have been dead years earlier and we would have never heard of him.
My son ate a packet of blueberries and a bowl of warm semolina for lunch, after we saw Blue Poles at the Canberra Art Gallery. The next morning he cried out 'Hey Dad, I've just created a Jackson Pollock in the dunny".
@@ferociousgumby The only problem with adblockers is that the video maker doesn't get any revenue. Not an issue for this channel but a lot of the smaller channels are reliant on the revenue.
I really dislike ads but without them there would be no 'free' stuff for people to gripe about and say "adblocker" to everyone. Get enough people using adblockers and you'll get the same result.
You mean white collar guys and billionaires ignoring the law and constitutions of this country and getting away with everything they want? Yeah lets paint that.
This guy is the best art presenter I've ever seen. He treats it with necessary gravity and seriousness without coming off as pompous
Perfect. 💥
Yup. Absolutely agree.
Completely agree. I've been watching as many of his films as possible. There's also a delightful playfulness that I adore with him. I hope he continues to make many more
Couldn’t agree more! Spent a lot of hours in Art History class in art school… he is so much better!
Totally agree.
Since recently stumbling upon Januszczak, I’ve been absorbing him in three hour chunks. He conveys much, entertains mightily, never talks down to his audience, and perhaps most refreshingly, never takes himself seriously. His subject yes, himself no.
Thank you for speaking of American art with respect and care.
These documentaries are so brilliant. Informative, educational and witty. Most of all accessible. Waldemar Januszczak is doing us a great service. I agree Mexico city is a must for anyone in the arts to behold. One visit is not nearly sufficient
06:16 is the reason I love Waldermar. What a mesmerising storyteller, teaching us practically every aspect in the most wonderful way.
Entertaining like no other art presenter I've watched. Love him.
It's impossible to interrupt this video for a coffee break once you start watching this guy...it's hilarious!
As a life long and native westerner (American West) I concur with Waldemar, what you see is what you want to see. Made up of dreams, and myths, doctrines and rebellion, with a lot of hooey. Just as we like it.
As an American,this whole country is based on this formula ; the people who govern us want us to see and believe what’s not there “ made up dreams and myths ,doctrines “ but not rebellion ,just acceptance.
I always say I'm going to go to sleep to a nice doc, and then inevitably I end up going to sleep late because I'm learning so much about art from Waldy
Magnificent series, We can watch this all they long, 👏👏👏👏Waldemar is the perfect presentar !!!
these series are gold!
Waldemar, I can't thank you enough. Your perspective and presentation, your incites are truly life changing. I'm always brought to tears by your documentaries. You are a genius.
This mate knows more about American history than do most Americans.
That's the dumbest thing I've read so far. Waldemar has advanced degrees in Art History, so naturally, he should know more about the art subjects. I don't understand your point other than being arrogant and rude.
@@jilliegirlie you must be hurt 😂
@@jilliegirlie I think that's a little harsh. On a side note, if that is truly your picture, you are striking and incredibly beautiful.
Brilliant, I loved it. The coverage on Jackson Pollock was much deeper and broader than anything else I've read/watched. Thank you Waldemar Januszczak !
"much deeper and broader"...go back to third grade finger-painting! You sound like a liberal New York Times columnist!
@@MAC-ws8fz What has life done to you to speak so lowly to a total stranger!
@@infinifi2910 I must have struck a liberal nerve"
Don’t flatter yourself
@@infinifi2910 emperor has no clothes....
It's interesting.....at the time of Jackson Pollock's popularity, I was working in Andrew Wyeth's studio. He was interested in Pollock's splatter style and discussed with me, his egg tempera painting called "Raccoon". He said that if you look closely at the painting that is so realistic from a few feet away, and take a cardboard square and crop to small areas of the painting, they all look like Pollock's splatter technique....yet, at the end of the day, the painting is flawless realism using abstraction as it's foundation.....you may find it interesting if you ever get a chance to see the original painting of "Raccoon".
I have always thought that almost any square inch of a Rembrandt would make a wonderful abstract painting.
I suppose I could be clearer. Any square inch blown up to a much larger image
Wyeth and his family were so talented, Jackson's stuff is rubbish.
how exciting to have been there!
Emperor has no clothes...
Amazing series of documentaries. I've never been so interested in art.
After 40 years of being an arrogant artist, I am learning things I never imagined from this marvelous series.
Waldermar, please do a series on Australian art.
Why, he'd just screw it up too!
Yes please!
Another brilliant film from Waldermar. His easygoing, slightly irreverent look at art is fascinating
@@appletongallery hahahahahaha, go sell crazy somewhere else. We're all stocked up here. I can't even imagine the arrogance one must possess to think that they have some deep, secret knowledge to which nobody else is privy.
waldemar's definition of the reason for art made me cry
I’ve seen so much art and didn’t know what I was looking at. I’m glad to have found these videos to revisit earlier days in a better way.
JACK THE DRIPPER! It was worth watching this just for that.
I giggled over that for the rest of the video
Excellent 👍 👍 Anyone who's seen this series should be eligible for college credit in Art History. Waldemar uses unforgettable stories to teach the art and artists...
Uhh no the Star Spangled Banner was not originally a drinking song from London - it originated from a poem known as The Defense of Fort McHenry. The drinking song was just the origin of the medley.
Thank you again. You being the history of art to life, and you explain the links and relationships across art. You make the opaqueness of art crystal clear!
Thank you for this . Interesting. I have chuckled a couple of times and laughed out loud twice to boot!
Ive watched every film numerous times..Ken Burns of Art History...the best
so many gems in this one, thanks so much Waldemar and Perspective
I love Waldemar, and this is another fine presentation, I just wish he would not have neglected all the people who were already living in those areas doing amazing art way before the European wave hit.
whoever came up with ''Jack the dripper '' for Jackson Pollock is a genius
Inspired by linoleum.
Wow I can NOT wait for this to be OVER!!!
So skip to the next video weirdo.
Awesome!!! Keep these documentaries coming. Each is very much appreciated.
PERSPECTIVE never disappoints!👍
WJ is thoughtful, colourful and plain speaking whose investigation into the meaning of artworks keep me coming back for more. An original thinker.
The spiral jetty in the Great Salt Lake. I was the newspaper cartoonist in Ogden, Utah, USA. Love your art documentaries.
Thanks it is great to see you covering American Art. I look forward to all of your videos.
He is the best at his job as an art historian.
It's ALWAYS in the 🎭 ART!
Incredible. Very educating and entertaining.
Great Series , Bravo !
Life would be greater if good art videos had LESS ads on them.
He is delightful. "Your heart would go boom-bitty boom-bitty boom."
Where waldemar goes, I go. Best show and information.
Wonderful - as always. Thank you.
Always fascinating, informative, fun--big thank you for "Jack the Dripper"--but...the first abstractionist theosophist artist was Hilga af Klint. (Yes, that's how her name is written, and her work is spellbinding.)
Thank you so much This is a great thought and concept of art, new information that I do not know them This is very wonderful
Totally brilliant! Thank you Waldemar
Artlife always i2f the artist...one love...blessings
More, please.
First we learn ‘em W-I-N-D-ER , then we goes out an does ‘em.
Fantastic series! Some things I’ve seen & some not in my life travels but seeing everything again for the first time is wonderful!
In the video there's a slight green cast diminishing the redness to Double Negative, Monument Valley and probably Spiral Jetty (I haven't been). (you can see it in Januszczak's black clothing.) What I noticed at Monument Valley is as you approach the area you notice how intense the red in the sandstone is, but by the time you get to the overlook and see Shiprock and the other buttes, that red is muted - but then I looked back at my white Honda and it looked greenish. So a bit of over correcting going on. Film will capture it straight - because film doesn't compensate like our eyes or video. All in all though I love these videos. Januszczak does a terrific service to art and humanity.
Footnote: I delivered the biggest rock in one of Michael Heizer's Displaced/Replaced Mass (1969/1977) from Ace Gallery to the collector's house (Yawl St, Marina del Rey). Drove it down Speedway in Venice and Marina del Rey with a large forklift. the forklift wasn't large enough though, so I dragged the bottom of the boulder along the asphalt leaving a mark that lasted until it was resurfaced years later. If I ever took a photo of my own Heizer inspired earth art (1984) I don't know where it is.
Best. Art. Docos. Ever.
I loved this.I always liked Jackson Pollock but never knew much about where he came from or that he was a model for Benton.I enjoyed watching you create your own drip painting as well.I will be watching more of your content.
I love this man and his art videos. Such a great voice and intelligence that I have learned about art I have studied, thought I knew all about it.
Waldemar what an excellent analysis of Jackson Pollack! I really appreciate this
But so many of his facts are all wrong. Bullshit myth promulgation.
wow!
The Carl Sagan of Art. I love him.
Your section on Native art (contrasted with cowboys.. chef’s kiss btw 😏) was the finest piece of critique in your entire body of work. I felt briefly like I was watching Sagan’s Cosmos again; I was transported, and my heart ached.
It almost redeems you for your Magdalene episode, for which I still believe you secretly intended to be a drinking game (take a shot every time Waldemar says whooor)
But yes, the native segment touched my soul and I’m grateful.
From this moment I’m so hoping you will visit the Diego Rivera murals in San Francisc, because my great aunt Helen is featured in them. (She was a record breaking diver and an immigrant from Yugoslavia, along with my grandmother and their parents)
On my mother’s side, my great grandfather came over from Naples, and unfortunately fought Pancho Villa in the Mexican Revolution. Grandpa survived, I had him until I was seven.
I love that a lot of the artists were free spirits … and broke and wild and free.
Thanks!
Yay! New Waldemar vid
I was ready to press stop til I realised it was Artwaldy. Anything with Artwaldy is a must see.
Thanks so much for posting
great episode!I enjoyed every minute of it it:thanks,Waldemar.
Thank you for making these films, I love them.! What a way to pass the covid Times. Oh how I loved art history as a student.
Benton's use of light is extraordinary.
Love those boots Waldi..you look like a true Texan!!
Excelente travesía histórica y artística.
Really good presentation into the "how it all came about" into the world of abstract expressionism.
Very informative , no ads with RUclips premium .
My favorite so far!
Love your cowboy boots, Waldemar!
He's an excellent critic with a unique eye who also obviously does his research. My only true criticism -- and rightly gives short shrift -- is not exploring the women artists who were so central to the early days of American Modernism: O'Keeffe is just one. And I'm certain there were artists of color worth exploring.
I agree, it is a wonderful documentary but I also kept waiting to see O'Keeffe's New Mexico landscapes to appear. She would have been a perfect fit.
We have been so marginalized. When I was studying Art History in college in the 80’s, the only female artists in the entire Jansen “Art Bible” were O’Keefe and Grandma Moses!
It's a very abbreviated history
I enjoy your work so much. Thank you.
Easy to relate and listen to to,brilliant as always erudite
I don't know if you'll see this comment but I wanted to thank your for your videos!!
This is great
Mr. Waldemar, you have your thoughts, ideas, and prejudices: and you express them well. If you check out the comments, you will see everyone else does just as well. Few agree totally or perfectly. But it's all interesting. For me, an American, it's always good to revisit some of America's artistic output- good, bad, or otherwise. Thanks.
I hope you enjoyed your visit "bumbing around" in the USA!
Here in New Mexico I can walk right up to the petroglyphs and see them from mere inches away, no barriers. There are hundreds of them. To me what they seem to say is, “Hello! I was here!” But those wall paintings Walder showed…they are fierce, and do seem to speak of other worlds.
Appreciate the spotlight on the amazing compositions of Benton, a long time favorite. Had not known of close association to Pollock, who fills wall space too, but, with self-centered statements . Not surprising the socialites approved.
Thank you Waldemar, that was breath takingly beautiful & insightfully knowledgeable.
Thanks
Hilma af Klimt was a theosophist too. She preceded the American abstract expressionism movement. I never realized that the American abstract expressionists were also theosophists. I’ve taken many art history classes and never knew about this! It really explains so much!
*IN A FREAKY COINCIDENCE* I just messaged my friend in Utah that I am watching Sego Canyon Utah...
"HOW" she screamed? "On my computer" - save the repetition of a 15 minute back and forth... She was DRIVING THROUGH SEGO CANYON at the moment I messaged her - 2.3 miles from the Roc art....
One of the great western artists not recognized by the official art world is Will James. His human figures aren't much, but his horses are alive and unsugared as few others. His books, too, describe real western life, which had few gunfights.
Thank you Sanni Epstein for mentioning this. As a child I stayed at my Grandmother's, in my father's and uncle's room, with their childhood books. Among them was Smoky by Will James. I had long ago forgotten.
Masterpiece Presentation
Awesome..
All it needs is a few more ads every 2 minutes.
God bless America.
Nice series. As usual in the Pollack history telling, there is a missing key element in the story. The woman behind the man. The woman that saw the talent. The woman that made the ultimate sacrifice of no children, took control of the money, negotiated a loan with Peggy G. to buy a place away from the city so Jackson could stop drinking, to focus on his art. Thank woman: Lee Krasner. without whom, Pollack would have been dead years earlier and we would have never heard of him.
That would have been no loss.
My son ate a packet of blueberries and a bowl of warm semolina for lunch, after we saw Blue Poles at the Canberra Art Gallery. The next morning he cried out 'Hey Dad, I've just created a Jackson Pollock in the dunny".
Nicely done man... great storytelling🍻
I hope you kept your Pollock Waldemar, it's brilliant! re comments below It's amazing people haven't heard of adblock!
brilliant if everyone watched there would be an ah ha moment in understanding artists and art
Wonderful content and don't mind supporting the artists with ads, but every 3-5 minutes? It's a bit ridiculous.
Get adblocker. I get no ads at all, except from the pitchmen in the videos.
@@ferociousgumby The only problem with adblockers is that the video maker doesn't get any revenue. Not an issue for this channel but a lot of the smaller channels are reliant on the revenue.
I've just unsubscribed for that very reason
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I really dislike ads but without them there would be no 'free' stuff for people to gripe about and say "adblocker" to everyone. Get enough people using adblockers and you'll get the same result.
Thomas Moran (February 12, 1837 - August 25, 1926)
That 10 Grand he got for the painting would have bought ten very nice houses at the time.
Perfect.
We need a artist that will paint just what America has and is becoming, painting Crime scene,
You mean white collar guys and billionaires ignoring the law and constitutions of this country and getting away with everything they want? Yeah lets paint that.
I want to paint a portrait of Sir Waldermar. How did he know all these???! Master storyteller is an understatement.
Master bullshitter too! Too many facts wrong.
Lots and lots of ads. But they are set perfectly (almost) to create cliffhangers to the documentary.
On PC? Get adblock and they're gone..
An avalanche of ads interrupted by an art documentary!
Get adblocker
Welcome, traveller from the century long-gone, let me tell you the story of the ad-blocking extensions...
@@sanniepstein4835 Thanks for the advice but it would stop me having something to moan about! Cheers!
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"Country Music Hall of Fame" and "marvelous" are two phrases I would not expect to find in the same sentence...
The narrator of this series really knows his sh*t. I have seen several of his videos. he is good.
Wow...so cool you talked about THB. He is a big deal....thank you for talking about him....