Leon Golub
Tribute to Leon Golub
“Leon Golub Can Be Reached Under G”
short film (rough cut)
by
geo geller
3 and 19 min excerpt from conversation at
ArtOmi awards ceremony – January 27, 2003
tribute to the wonder and humanity of Leon Golub – 1922-2004 – whose life was dedicated to Challenging us to Challenging the Status Quo
Leon was truly in his own private revolution –
i stumbled on Leon Golub at the Art Omi 2003 award event at the new museum – at the time i was and am still filming two parallel works which are still in progress – Courage to Be Creative – discovering the imagination and creative process and the other called “Framing New York” – on the life/energy/art of new york with an extensive segment on “art in new york and new york in art” – and so what you see is a brief glimpse in both the 3 &19 min pieces from my encounter of the unusual/usual kind with Leon Golub – which Leon inadvertently titled “Leon Golub Can Be Reached Under G” i believe “Leon Golub Can Be Reached Under G” captures a little bit of his spark, spirit, complexity and quick mindedness in action – with an added peek into his his-ness, his wonder, delight, playfulness, thoughtfulness, passion, compassion, intensity, vitality, warmth, social conscious and forever engaged in life and its inventions and a willingness to think and re-inventing himself like all good revolutionaries willing to question the unquestionable – the status quo