An ART ON SCREEN Film
Q&A with Stuart Horodner, Director, University of Kentucky Art Museum
Leon Golub’s massive canvasses depict scenes most of us would prefer not to see – mercenary killings, torture, and death squads. Golub offers not simply a profile of a painter with a political conscience, but an investigation into the power of the artist to reflect our times and to change the way we think about our world.
This film juxtaposes scenes of violence and political repression around the world, statements by American politicians and others, the responses of viewers to Golub’s exhibitions and an extended sequence capturing the artist at work.
This film is presented in conjunction with Leon Golub & Ben Shahn: A Report, an exhibition at the UK Art Museum.