Richard Tuttle’s extraordinary work has exuded vitality and energy for over four decades–a remarkable feat, particularly since his art is so modest, vulnerable and daringly simplified. An elegant iconoclast who never hesitates to take risks, Tuttle uses frail and transitory materials such as plywood, tissue, wire, cloth–even shadows–to create entire worlds of thought, while challenging the ‘super-size’ aesthetic with his minor-scaled works.
From his early years as assistant at the famed Betty Parsons Gallery in New York to his major retrospective launched in San Francisco in Summer 2005, Tuttle’s commitment to the small, the anti-heroic, the barely visible, has inspired generations of younger artists to follow one’s own personal vision.
Filmed in New Mexico, New York, San Francisco, Miami and Los Angeles, this engaging production takes viewers into the studio and life of a most distinctive artist, while exploring issues of commitment, communication and controversy, the relationship between size and value, the language of materials and learning how to "see" art.
Featuring Richard Tuttle, Marcia Tucker, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Roy Dowell, Connie Butler, Herb & Dorothy Vogel, Angela Westwater and others
Music by Tom Waits, Umiliani, Steve Jaqua, Ted Greene
Subtitles: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German
Bonus track