Pollock Squared is an offhanded pickup sassy feature film by
filmmaker/artist Bill Rabinovitch. Known for his monumental
archive of the last decade of the New York art world, Rabinovitch
has produced a bold improv interpretation of one of the most
thought provoking artists of the twentieth century. This was not a
Hollywood concept but rather a film created in the hotbed of
contemporary art. It has that raw smell to it. Our 90’s artists acting
as 50’s artists were uncanny matchs. it's a film where frivolity and
seriousness ricochet from romantic artists who have bucked the
odds.
With a raw cast of NYC artists starring Barnaby Ruhe as Jackson
Pollock and Lisa Renko as Lee Krasner, along with many of New
York's premiere artists such as Dennis Oppenheim & Vito Acconci,
Pollock Squared reveals a depth of perspective only an artist can
render. Beginning after that ill fated night, where the fine Ed Harris
version left off, our Pollock escapes the car crash with the help of
his winsome Muse. The film then unfolds in a rocky journey that
will take moviegoers over the span of a century to witness Pollock
interacting with Van Gogh, Picasso, Warhol & continuing thru
today. Also integrated within this revisionist film are famous artist
friends of the real Pollock: Phil Pavia, Will Barnet & Paul Jenkins,
as well renowned art historians: Arthur Danto as the ‘still alive’
Pollock, Irving Sandler, Bob Metzger, et al.
Bill states, "I was already making my more imaginative version during the time
Ed Harris was doing his, & finally when his Pollock came out I
somewhat expanded mine filling in various gaps which I thought
should have been addressed in his.
"I've become passionately carried away during the past five years in
making this film with a great many of the most charismatic &
talented figures on every level of the New York City art world. I've
was also allowed to shoot with my cast at the Pollock-Krasner
House in the Hamptons four times as the film has evolved and a
great deal of positive press has begun to emerge, including a feature
article last summer by Walter Robinson,"
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