1971: Artistic vs. Corporate Control Post-60s
Many Minimalist artists during the late 1960s and 1970s were funded by for-profit and non-profit corporations, including the Dia Foundation, which funded Walter De Maria's Lightning Field, and Donald Judd's installation in Marfa Texas, which had similar financial woes.
Tension between corporate control and free artistic expression simmers below the surface in this interview with Dennis Hopper:
A similar tension was growing in the music industry with large record labels underwriting blockbuster concert tours by Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd. There was no shortage of reflexive angst and cynicism expressed by musicians, e.g. Have A Cigar by Pink Floyd (1975).
Towards the end of this clip, Hopper talks about how his films could be seen as a bridge between generations: 1930s-1960s, 1940s-1970s (GI-Silent-Boomer), (Silent-Boomer-Gen X).
Tension between corporate control and free artistic expression simmers below the surface in this interview with Dennis Hopper:
A similar tension was growing in the music industry with large record labels underwriting blockbuster concert tours by Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd. There was no shortage of reflexive angst and cynicism expressed by musicians, e.g. Have A Cigar by Pink Floyd (1975).
Towards the end of this clip, Hopper talks about how his films could be seen as a bridge between generations: 1930s-1960s, 1940s-1970s (GI-Silent-Boomer), (Silent-Boomer-Gen X).
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