Who's Afraid of a Filming Trip!

I've been planning what I hope will be the possible last filming trip I make for this documentary. I need your help for this, as only you can do. Tip in $5 or $25 for a contribution, and help make this my most amazing filming journey ever. Every contribution helps get the film that much closer to finishing.

There were only so many spots on Indiegogo for contribution levels, so I am adding a few extras on here to help.

I was given two amazing prints by Painters Darryl Hughto and Susan Roth. Both prints are each 22X30" on Arches watercolor paper.

In our campaign contribution box is where you can send the funds through, you can choose the amount you wish to donate, just add it into the contribution box and type a note that you would like Darryl or Susan's print, I'll immediately get on here and make sure no one can buy it again. The whole process is fully secure and easy to use. Asking $600 for each. Shipping included.

Thanks for your time, and I'm sure Carl Belz, Peter Reginato, John Zinsser, Karen Wilkin, Klaus Kertess, Michael Brennan, Ronnie Landfield, Ruth Ann Fredenthal, Max Cole, Rodney Dickson, Susan Roth, Darryl Hughto, Louise P. Sloane, Forrest 'Frosty' Myers, Dennis Hollingsworth, Matthew Deleget, and James Panero already thank you. As will the many more to come.




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Darryl Hughto - Hickory Wind

Susan Roth - Love Behavior

These are two amazing prints and I'm sure they will both go quite fast. I will personally ship them to you once the campaign is over with. They will come unframed.

Thank You Ever So Much for your kindness and support. It will be remembered forever.

Jeffrey Collins
Director

Painters Journal archives.

Unfortunately this feature on www.artnet.com didn't last more than 2 years. It's understandable as the people who wrote it got very busy. But these were some great writings on Painting in NYC from 99 to 2K. Written by painters Michael Brennan and John Zinsser who are both in my art documentary. I'm working on getting a special interview done where they are both interviewing each other. Should make for one hell of a special.

http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/painter'sjournal1999.asp

http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/painter'sjournal.asp

Cheers.

Who's Afraid of Red Yellow and Blue...The documentary.

I have been working on this documentary for over a year now. Getting ready to make my second November filming trip to NYC. November 2011 was the first NYC filming trip I made. During that visit, I got to interview Peter Reginato, Karen Wilkin, John Zinsser, and Klaus Kertess. I got to meet Pat Steir (we had to make a raincheck for another day), and Ronnie Landfield (whom I interviewed on the next trip to NYC in April of 2012).

I feel amazing to have gotten this far with the film and am happy to share with you a recent trailer I made to show to some prospective funders. I know that in the future I'll be making a second version of the trailer, but this is with what I have right now.



I hope you enjoy it. As I was working on the trailer, I finally came up with the name for the documentary. If you know me, you know I was thinking of calling it Painters Painting Two....or maybe Too. Kinda cheesy, but hey I couldn't come up with much better. After working on the trailer a bit I was just thinking about it while waiting for sleep. Suddenly I thought of the title 'Birth Of Venus' or maybe Re-Birth...but that sounded more like a sculpture film. I thought the idea of naming it after a famous painting could be a possible good idea. Almost immediately the name flashed in my mind.

WHO'S AFRAID OF RED YELLOW AND BLUE

One of the many great titles for paintings that one of my absolute favorite painters Barnett Newman gave to his work. But it also rang true with what I felt I was trying to accomplish with this film. To give a sense that even 60 years later, people are still (to use the analogy) afraid or abstract modern art. And I hope with this film that it will give people a much needed eye into the world of these people, which will inevitably give people more insight than before into the world of Non-representational painting and sculpture. As I do have Peter Reginato, an amazing sculptor in the film and am in the process of interviewing Forrest 'Frosty' Myers for the film too. I didn't want to give the film an overtly painting type title.

I am about to make another trip for filming next month and have had much help from some amazing people to allow me to make this film. I have a donation button below if you would like to help out. It will allow you to put in any amount of funds you would be willing to donate. And if you are really willing, I am working on a referral plan where if you guide people to the site and they too donate (while giving your name in the comment box). Depending on how much you are able to bring in, I can offer some amazing footage of any or ALL of the participants being sent to you on DVD's after the release of the film. You can learn more about it here.

Thanks for all your help. Remember, you helped make this happen. With all your donations, and all your praise and just getting in touch to let me know you are happy about what I'm working on.

Cheers.
Jeffrey Collins
Director (and all the other stuff too!)

Memories sweet as stevia...

Many wonderful things happening around the homestead. Spent a great week in NYC during the first week in November. Nice weather, nothing too cold to deal with. Got a fantastic amount of interviews for the documentary film. Had a wonderful time with Klaus Kertess, Karen Wilkin, John Zinsser, and Peter Reginato. While there I also got to hang out with other participants whom I didn't get to film this time. Including Pat Steir, Ronnie Landfield, and Michael Brennan. Also finally got to meet and hang out with Matthew Deleget, Daniel Levine, and Ruth Ann Fredenthal. Wonderful memories i'll carry with me the rest of my days. 

I really can't wait to let everyone see these wonderful interviews. You can check out a few extra little interview sections on the film blog. Have fun. The Kickstarter campaign begins at the beginning of the new year. Get ready for one hell of a push.

"Untitled" A documentary on Modern Painting.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/105716108/untitled-a-documentary-on-modern-painting

This is to become a historical document on modern painting at the beginning of the 21st century. And I hope one that will be as beloved 40 years from now as the seminal 1972 painting documentary by Emile De Antonio 'Painters Painting' is right now.

This will be a film with an emphasis on interviews with painters. Along with commentary from art writers, critics and curators.

Painters i have already received confirmation to be interviewed include...

Joseph Marioni:
http://www.thepainter.net/
Marioni is a leader in high modernist painting.

John Zinsser:
http://www.johnzinsser.com/
Zinsser is a leader in duochrome painting.

Max Cole:
http://www.artnet.com/artist/4256/max-cole.html
Cole is a leader in minimalist painting.

Michael Brennan:
http://www.michaelbrennan.info
Brennan is a powerful source in modern painting.

There are a number of other painters I am in negotiations with for being included in the film. You'll be advised on them as they make their decisions.

Writers and Curators I have received confirmation to be interviewed include...

Carl Belz:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss...
Belz is Director Emeritus of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, along with being a writer in many art books.

Klaus Kertess:
http://www.amazon.com/Klaus-Kertess/e/B001K22I84/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1...
Kertess is the curator of the 1995 Whitney Biennial along with being a gallerist and writer of many art books.

James Elkins:
http://www.jameselkins.com/
Elkins is the writer of such books as 'What Painting Is...', 'How to Use Your Eye's' and is also a professor at the School for the Art Institute of Chicago.

Matthew Deleget:
http://www.minusspace.com/
Deleget is an artist, and runs the Non-Profit Minus Space in NYC. Which showcases the best in modernist and contemporary art.

I am going to be getting a lot of help from friends on this project, many of whom have a lot of film experience.

This film is currently in pre-production and donations raised will go solely into the funding of this documentary. This includes equipment, research, conducting interviews, editing costs, and miscellaneous financing. All funds will be used for the film. If we exceed our budget goal, all proceeds will go toward the production budget. With your funding help through Kickstarter, we'll be able to move forward on this film with less hurdles.

Any donation is very appreciated to help me achieve this dream.