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Prelude 19
UNITED STATES · 1996

Prelude 19

Stan Brakhage
abstract expressionism color field painting hand-painted animation visual rhythm chromatic progression
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Synopsis

Prelude 19 begins with hand-painted swatches of variable colors encompassed eventually by vertical strokes of reds and blues, followed by sudden clearings which are counterpointed by sections of multiple blobs of color, these effects alternating again and again to then become contrasted with pale washes of color deepening to end on blacks.

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