Podcasts about lisanne skyler

Lisanne Skyler is the writer/director of award-winning feature, short and documentary films that have played at Sundance, New York Film Festival,  South x Southwest Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival, and broadcast on PBS' POV series, Sundance Channel, on HBO and around the world. Across different genres and platforms, her films engage audiences with complex social issues, through vivid character portrayals and dynamic visual style.

Lisanne Skyler is an award-winning writer/director of scripted, documentary, short form and branded films that have screened at Sundance, South x Southwest and the Venice Film Festival, and aired on PBS, Sundance Channel, and HBO. Her films include the Oscar-shortlisted HBO Documentary Film Brillo Box (3¢ off), A Few Things About Robert Irwin for the LACMA Art + Film Gala, the fiction feature Getting To Know You and the South Central LA documentary No Loans Today.  Brillo Box (3¢ off), an official selection of the 54th New York Film Festival, debuted on HBO in August 2017 and is now streaming on all HBO platforms. Visit/follow  www.lisanneskyler.com  / @LisanneSkyler.   Brillo Box (3¢ off) Trailer :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPAV0hQe4Bk

Lisanne Skyler's parents were art collectors in the 1970s. Her father was a young lawyer in Manhattan who spent his weekends going to gallery shows looking for exciting young artists. To buy new paintings he often had to sell the works he already owned. That's how he came in 1969 to buy from the OK Harris gallery a small yellow Brillo Box sculpture made by Andy Warhol. Two years later, Skyler sold the work to buy a drawing by another artist who, at the time, seemed like he was going to have a career that would eclipse the faltering Warhol's.  Over time, the Skylers' Brillo Box passed through the hands of collectors like Charles Saatchi and other anonymous figures before landing among the possessions of Robert Shapazian, a noted gallerist who ran Gagosian in Los Angeles. When Shapazian's estate was sold at Christie's in 2010, the little yellow Brillo Box made $3m, a shock to Lisanne Skyler who was now an adult.  Curious about her family's glancing role in the art world, Lisanne made a documentary film now available on HBO. Brillo Box (3¢ Off) is not just about the sculpture's journey from her childhood living room to the auction block at Christie's but about how and why her parents collected art; what became of the works they owned and the stress art collecting eventually placed on their marriage. In this podcast, Lisanne Skyler talks about the role art played in her parents marriage, their personal evolution and the family that they raised.

In this week's episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, we're joined by Lisanne Skyler, writer and director of Brillo Box (3¢ OFF), a documentary film following an Andy Warhol Brillo Box sculpture as it makes its way from her family's living room to the auction block at Christie's. The film debuts on HBO on August 7th at 10 PM ET. First, Lisanne shares with us what kind of collectors her parents were to purchase the artwork in 1969 for $1,000 at a time when nearly the entire art world was critical of Warhol's new sculptures. Then, she tells us how many people foresaw Warhol's importance and eventual legacy in the 1970's when her parents sold the artwork. Also, Lisanne reveals why she believes the Brillo Box sculpture is such an important work in not only Warhol's oeuvre but also in American pop art. Lastly, she recounts her parents' emotions when they saw the Brillo Box sell at Christie's for $3 million.

In 1969, filmmaker Lisanne Skyler’s parents bought an Andy Warhol Brillo Box for $1,000. A budding collector, her father was drawn to the work of the young, emerging artists of the time—Pop artists, Abstract Expressionists and Photorealists—and saw it as an investment. Unlike critics of the era, who panned Warhol’s consumer-themed sculptures, her mother considered it a delightful addition to the family’s Manhattan living room. Eventually the piece was traded away, largely forgotten except in family artifacts like a snapshot of baby Lisanne perched on top of the yellow cube. The filmmaker often wondered what happened to the now-iconic work that had briefly decorated her childhood. Forty years later, in 2010, the sameandy-warhol sculpture sold for $3 million at a record-breaking Christie’s auction. Fascinated by this eyebrow-raising turn of events, Skyler wondered about all of the personal decisions that shaped this object’s journey. What was the role it played in other lives, and what secrets did it hold about her own family? Colorfully blending Pop Art history with personal narrative, BRILLO BOX (3¢ OFF) follows this Warhol sculpture as it makes its way from a family home to the global art market, exploring the ephemeral nature of art and value, and the decisions that shape family history. Director and daughter Lisanne Skyler to talk about a sweeping and insightful look into the world of POP art and her own intimate family tale. BRILLO BOX (3¢ OFF) will air exclusively on HBO in June of 2017 For news and updates go to: brilloboxmovie.com