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Goldmark Films, based in Uppingham Rutland is the independent film making arm of the world renowned Goldmark Gallery. It specialises in fine art and ceramic films working with artists and pot makers all over the globe. It has been making films for online platforms since 2000 under the guidance of Goldmark MD and producer/director Jay Goldmark who, with RTS award winning film maker Jonny Lewis, has travelled the world to capture unique insights into the work and character of contemporary artists and ceramic masters. Goldmark Films has produced 24 feature length documentaries and 100 plus shorts since its foundation. http://www.goldmarkart.com
Check out the latest Goldmark film by Jonny in this playlist and watch content on Goldmark TV
latest goldmark films by Jonny
Featured Films
Graham Boyd: A Life In Colour
Two years in the making, this new Goldmark film finds 93 year old veteran of abstraction Graham Boyd at work in his Hertfordshire studio. He talks about his life and inspiration; the early development of his painting into pure abstraction, the impact on his work of his time spent in Africa and America and his continuing artistic journey. http://goldmarkart.com ‘Standing in front of his paintings we might feel just such variegations of mood and feeling. They are so alive, so unpredictable, so disconcerting, and, yes, so beautiful if we make them so.’ Mel Gooding ‘I am just curious about what is going to happen … what I can do with colour… I don’t want to do what I have done before … the main thing is to do what surprises me.’ Graham Boyd
“You’ve done it again, Goldmark! You make the best art documentaries ever. Thank you for showing this inspiring film of an artist who has such humility that one cannot fail to be inspired by him: both as an artist and as a man.
The Graham Boyd film is a jewel. It addresses most relevant issues when showing the incomparable modesty and honesty of a genuine “artist” something rarely available at the best of time. It encourages older practitioners like myself to persevere and find joy in the making without necessarily expecting gallery success or recognition. Gratitude to the Goldmark Team for offering such a uniquely deep experience.
Wonderful. Graham Boyd is such an inspiring artist. His words, thoughts and paintings have triggered delight and wonder in me. Thank you.
What a wonderful documentary, wow ! He is so inspiring and all he says I really do feel too as an artist...he made some amazing works of art.
What a pleasure to peak into the world of Graham Boyd. Good story of the evolution of painting alongside his personal journey. I liked his summation at the end of the video that creativity is a spiritual thing and that it requires honesty. Very beautiful work.
What an inspiring words and works , Thanks for creating such a good film . Thanks for showing life full of COLOURS...
What an amazing artist and before his time with abstract art.
Inspiring words. I can´t remember any art teachers or art lessons at school but i´m sure grahams words will keep me going for some time.
Really interesting video never heard of the artist until now but very good talented. I very much find nature an inspiration, I live in the Welsh valleys full of mountains all shapes sizes...the trees look gorgeous in autumn...all different colours 😀
Fantastic! One of the best I’ve seen...Thank you!
Thank you! So inspiring.
Interesting and thought provoking ... thx for the presentation ....
Thank you 😊 Yep, no rules. True to life…. 💫
Loved this”
Our Late Familiars: Witnessing the Palermo Catacombs DOCUMENTARY
Our Late Familiars: Witnessing the Palermo Catacombs DOCUMENTARY | Iain Sinclair & Ian Wilkinson
For close on five centuries the catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, have played host to the undead. When the local Capuchin brotherhood embalmed their first member, preserved in his habit, with him began a tradition of macabre display that prevailed in Sicilian society for over four hundred years. ourlatefamiliars.com/
Today, tourists are encouraged to make their own visits to the crypts. But when artist and Goldmark Atelier’s master printmaker Ian Wilkinson made his, it prompted a visceral re-awakening. He was reminded of two childhood nightmares: a darkened corridor leading to a door, unknown voices whispering from the shadows; and a black bird alighting on the windowsill, announcing it was ‘time to go’. Left with an unshakeable association, he resolved to explore it. He bought himself a camera and over five years returned to document Palermo’s necropolitan populace.
The results are these: 67 photographic images of catacombed saints and sinners, still dressed in their finery. Attending them are a company of portentous birds, bearers of tidings good and ill, in similar states of mummification. Wilkinson discovered them soon after his return from Palermo, entombed within the chimney breast of an abandoned farmstead in Northamptonshire. Excavated by hand and photographed in his home studio, man and bird – and two personal visions – are united in these prints: departed souls and underworld envoys.
What began as a private endeavour to reanimate Palermo’s eternally interred quickly evolved when acclaimed writer Iain Sinclair was apprised of the project. In a fortuitous meeting with the publisher, Mike Goldmark, Sinclair accepted the kind of Sicilian offer that can’t be refused and left town for the catacombs. After years writing his way out of the labyrinth of London’s East End, Sinclair found himself in a true labyrinth, where all the familiar ghosts were waiting, eager to dictate their stories.
Our Late Familiars presents Wilkinson’s haunting imagery with Sinclair’s words: a fever-dream immersion in the plural connections of Palermo and its land of the dead.
Royal Television Society Award Shortlisted: Ron King - Alphabets, Bandits and Collaborations
Ron King - Alphabets, Bandits and Collaborations - 2020 Royal Television Society Award nominated Best Factual
2020 Royal Television Society Award nominated Best Factual. When a young boy sees a photo of the decapitated head of notorious Brazilian bandit Lampião in a book, it becomes an obsession and inspires him to create incredible multifaceted artworks in a life time journey that takes him from Brazil, to England, Canada and the United States as he struggles to have his work recognised and accepted. http://goldmarkart.com
Ron King has had an artistic life that spans a multi faceted and inspiring 60 years. His iconographic work is marked by a distinctive, fresh and often pioneering approach. As an artist his work can’t be pinned down by genre but it does have an approach that is hallmarked by a distinctive curiosity, questioning and energy. King is considered one of the modern-day masters of artist books and his cut out Alphabets are recognised as timeless 20th century works of arts. The iconic status of his Alphabet was recognised in 2011 when the Crafts Council chose it for its '40:40' selection of Forty Objects for Forty Years. In this new Goldmark film, shot mostly on location in his studio in Sussex, Ron King talks about his life and inspiration; the development of his work and the founding of Circle Press as an ongoing collaboration with other artists. The film highlights his continuing relationship with the USA which was underlined in 2002 with the purchase of the Circle Press' complete output and archives by the Paul Mellon Foundation at The Yale Center for British Art. King also talks movingly in the film about the sudden death of his son, from cancer, aged only 15 and that of his second son from the same disease 30 years later and the profound effect the passing of his sons has had on his life and his work. Featuring interviews with writer, art historian and critic Mel Gooding and artist, designer and filmmaker John Christie, this latest Goldmark film provides a sensitive and revealing insight into the life of this extraordinarily inventive and energetic man. http://goldmarkart.com
Randy Johnston | An Expansive Vision | GOLDMARK
Randy Johnston | An Expansive Vision
Our documentary tells the story of one of America's most respected studio potters, Randy Johnston. Set against the backdrop of his picturesque Wisconsin studio, it gives a revealing and moving insight into his artistic journey. Kicking against his family's desire for him to become a doctor, Johnston tells of his early travels to Japan, meeting the great Shoji Hamada and apprenticing to National Living Treasure, Tatsuzo Shimaoka. We are also taken on a visit to the Minnesotan studio of his lifelong mentor and friend, 94 year old American legend, Warren MacKenzie. A deep thinker, Johnston talks about his approach to his working practice and his philosophy on art and teaching. Having studied with Warren MacKenzie and Hamada's favourite apprentice, Tatsuzo Shimaoka, Johnston is one of the most exciting and innovative potters working in America today. He is recognized internationally as an artist who has pursued functional expression and brought a fresh aesthetic vision to contemporary form, and for his many contributions to the development of wood kiln technology in the United States. http://www.goldmarkart.com See more films like this at http://www.WeLoveClay.com
Ken Matsuzaki | The Intangible Spirit | GOLDMARK
Ken Matsuzaki | The Intangible Spirit
Our brand new documentary tells the story of one of Japan's most respected studio potters, Ken Matsuzaki. Set against the backdrop of his picturesque Mashiko studio in Japan, it gives a revealing insight into his creative journey and his philosophy on art and working practice. Born into an artistic family, Matsuzaki talks of his apprenticeship with National Living Treasure, Tatsuzo Shimaoka and the subsequent difficulties in finding his own voice. We hear how his pottery town was decimated by the terrible earthquake of 2011 and the international efforts to rebuild it. We see him at work in his studio and we are taken to his exhibitions in Japan and England and hear of his desire now to encourage younger Mashiko potters to be true to themselves as artists and promote them on a world stage. http://goldmarkart.com
David Suff | Journeys Beyond Appearance
David Suff | Journeys Beyond Appearance
David Suff’s work is almost always based upon observational drawing of the landscape, especially gardens, and is often created on hand-made paper. He has described how there is an important link between the symbol of the garden and spirituality in his work which attempts to illustrate mankind’s constant search for the divine. He has shown in a number of solo shows, in the UK and abroad. http://goldmarkart.com With works held in prominent public and private collections, David Suff is well known for his work on paper – and in particular his large, rich, and meticulously drawn landscapes in coloured pencil. Building up crayon layer upon layer, Suff creates intimate views of enclosed gardens and landscaped spaces that can take many years to complete. Each drawing explores the garden as a place of temporary imposition on the natural world; one of quiet contemplation and spiritual mystery. This film features a look at the life and work of Suff including the making of a small suite of drawings and book called A Conversation with William Blake. It also features Suff’s autobiographical ‘River of Life’ pen drawing stretching over 30 feet long. Featuring footage from the film "River" featuring original music by Martin Simpson and Kathryn Tickell. You can purchase work by David Suff at http://goldmarkart.com
Walter Keeler: Treasures of the Everyday
Walter Keeler is a British studio potter, born in London in 1942. He attended Harrow School of Art, London where he was trained by Michael Casson. He established his first pottery at Bledlow Bridge, Buckinghamshire in 1965 then moved to his current studio in Penallt Wales, where he lives with his potter wife Madoline. He was professor of Ceramics at the University of the West of England and in 2007 was named Welsh Artist of the Year. http://www.goldmarkart.com Keeler makes salt glaze pottery influenced by early Staffordshire Creamware. Writer Oliver Watson described him as 'one of the most important and influential potters of the 1980s'. Keeler's work is held in a number of public collections including Victoria & Albert Museum, National Museum Wales, American Craft Museum, New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA and the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
Below is an archive of Goldmark films by Jonny Lewis
Archive
selection of GOLDMARK TV
A streaming TV service from Goldmark featuring the best in art, books, ceramics & music, started during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic featuring regular broadcasts from the gallery, seeking to entertain, , inform and maybe even tempt you! WATCH MORE at Goldmark.tv and read an article about GTV on the Royal Television Society website here
