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Sam Francis: Three Short Films
Part 1: Canyon Roots

Canyon Roots is the first part of filmmaker Tiana Alexandria Williams’s “Sam Francis: Santa Monica and a Legacy of Supporting Artists”, a documentary series on the artist Sam Francis produced by 18th Street Arts Center in collaboration with the Sam Francis Foundation.

Sam Francis: Three Short Films
Part 2: Fostering the Arts

Fostering the Arts is the second part of filmmaker Tiana Alexandria Williams’s “Sam Francis: Santa Monica and a Legacy of Supporting Artists”, a documentary series on the artist Sam Francis produced by 18th Street Arts Center in collaboration with the Sam Francis Foundation.

Sam Francis: Three Short Films
Part 3: Dreams

Dreams is the third part of filmmaker Tiana Alexandria Williams’s “Sam Francis: Santa Monica and a Legacy of Supporting Artists”, a documentary series on the artist Sam Francis produced by 18th Street Arts Center in collaboration with the Sam Francis Foundation.

Forty years in the making, ‘The Painter Sam Francis’ is artist Jeffrey Perkins’ lyrical and intimate portrait of a friend, mentor, and leading light of American abstract art. The film retraces Francis’ life and career from his childhood in California to his artistic maturation in post-war Paris, his time spent in Japan, and his return to the United States.

A riveting glimpse into the private world of Francis’ studio, “A Portrait of the Self” documents a man who — in Mark Whitney’s words –“totally gave himself over to painting.” Francis himself believed strongly that the creative act was motivated by the artist’s connection to his inner life. “Love and the creative are one,” he wrote, “and reflect the ego’s indwelling urge to know the self.”

Sam Francis: California Zen (Leslie Sacks Fine Art)

An overview of the Leslie Sack Fine Art exhibition directed by Eric Minh Swenson.

Sam Francis

Sam Francis documentary by Michael Blackwood Productions, released in 1975 and filmed with Sam in Paris, Japan and California. Full release available for rent on Vimeo.  https://www.michaelblackwoodproductions.com/project/sam-francis/

Sam Francis

Gallery Delaive presents Sam Francis painting in his studio in Venice.

Sydney Residence: Harry and Penelope Seidler House

A look into the home and art collection built by famed Australian architects Harry and Penelope Seidler featuring a stunning 1975 work by Sam Francis. Video courtesy of Monocle Films.

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