UBU Web Film & Video | Robert Hughes (1938 – 2012) – The Shock of the New (1982)

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The Shock of the New (1982)

A Classic Eight Part Documentary that Offers A Comprehensive View on the Development of Modernist Art in its Cultural Context.

It Focusses Mainly on Painting and Sculpting but Pays Some Attention to Architecture as Well. The Documentary is Presented and Narrated by the Art Critic Robert Hughes, Whose Views on Modernism Have Left an Unmistakable Stamp on the Film.
It was Originally Aired by the BBC.

http://www.ubu.com/film/hughes.html

The Shock of the New (1): The Mechanical Paradise

Published 14 mrt 2014

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Traces How Developments in Technology Inspired Art between 1880 and the End of WWI, Leading to Movements like Cubism and Futurism.

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https://youtu.be/J3ne7Udaetg

The Shock of the New (2) The Powers that Be

Pubished 14 mrt 2014

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Hughes Explores the Interplay between Art and Politics, Seeing How Artists were Affected by the Development of Mechanised Warfare and Ideologies like Fascism and Communism.

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https://youtu.be/3JEx6CDW6-o

The Shock of the New (3) The Landscape of Pleasure

Published 14 mrt 2014

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The French Artists Who Attempted to Reconcile Man with Nature, from the Determination of the Impressionists to Paint Outside to Henri Matisse A Vibrant Use of Colour.

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https://youtu.be/nIhc8qsJXIA

The Shock of the New (4) Trouble in Utopia

Published 14 mrt 2014

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How Modern Architects in the Wake of the Bauhaus Aspired to Change Societies with Their Designs, A Move Represented by Le Corbusier and the Plans for the City Brasilia.

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https://youtu.be/C04JZsoqs1A

The Shock of the New (5) The Threshold of Liberty

Published 14 mrt 2014

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The Art Movement that Gripped its Exponents with the Flavour of A Religion, Surrealism. Artists like Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernst, Juan Miro and Salvador Dali, Brought the Subconscious to the Fore and Attempted to Tap into Innocent and Irrationality.

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The Shock of the New (6) The View From the Edge

Published 14 mrt 2014

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Expressionism Sprung Out of the Harsh, Secular Atmosphere of the 20th Century and Evolved, Through the Strong Colors and Often Sombre Moods of Artists like Edward Munch, to the Non Figurative Work of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.

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https://youtu.be/xbS0Z-n3vww

The Shock of the New (7) Culture as Nature

Published 14 mrt 2014

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Artists Began to Take Man Made Images as Their Inspiration, Leading to the Pop Art of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein as Well as Stuart Davis’ Collages Inspired by Jazz.

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https://youtu.be/zgYDuA-fBLg

The Shock of the New (8) The Future That Was

Published 14 mrt 2014

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The Final Episode in the Series Explores the Decline of Modernism and How Various Artists Have Reacted to the Consequent Commercialization of Their Art.

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https://youtu.be/AFc1BeS0vKI

The Shock of the New (Complete Modern Art Documentary)

Published 5 feb 2025

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Robert Hughes – The Shock of the New (Complete Modern Art Documentary)

Critique

All 8 Episodes in One Film. The First Part of The Shock of the New, The Mechanical Paradise, was Broadcast on 21 September 1980.

Presenter Robert Hughes Promised Eight Television Essays on Eight Separate Themes of Modern Art.

His Opening Statement Cut between Multiple Locations, Setting Out the Scope of the Series in A Cheeky rRsponse to Kenneth Clark S Civilisation. Hughes Put Modern Western Art in the Context of the Culture and Social History of the Times, Demystifying It as Never Before. A Best Selling Book that Accompanied the Series Quickly Became A Popular Reference Work. The Shock of the New was Filmed over Three Years, during Which Time Hughes Travelled 250.000 Miles. Other than Visiting the Places and Filming the Works he was Talking About, the Programme Featured Archive Footage of Many of the Artists, an Option Not Available to the Producers of Civilisation! The Shock of the New was Produced by Lorna Pegram, Hughes’ S Frequent Collaborator.
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