Director: Megumi Sasaki
Producer: Megumi Sasaki
Executive Producer: Karl Katz, Catherine Price
Associate Producer: Takeshi Yamasaki
Cinematographers: Axel Baumann, Rafael De la uz
Editor: Bernadine Colish
Composer: David Majzlin
Synopsis:HERB & DOROTHY tells the extraordinary story of Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means. In the early 1960s, when very little attention was paid to Minimalist and Conceptual Art, Herb and Dorothy Vogel quietly began purchasing the works of unknown artists. Devoting all of Herb's salary to purchase art they liked, and living on Dorothy's paycheck alone, they continued collecting artworks guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Within these limitations, they proved themselves curatorial visionaries; most of those they supported and befriended went on to become world-renowned artists including Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, Chuck Close, Robert Mangold, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Lynda Benglis, Pat Steir, Robert Barry, Lucio Pozzi, and Lawrence Weiner.
After thirty years of meticulous collecting and buying, the Vogels managed to accumulate over 2,000 pieces, filling every corner of their tiny one bedroom apartment. "Not even a toothpick could be squeezed into the apartment," recalls Dorothy. In 1992, the Vogels decided to move their entire collection to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The vast majority of their collection was given as a gift to the institution. Many of the works they acquired appreciated so significantly over the years that their collection today is worth millions of dollars. Still, the Vogels never sold a single piece. Today Herb and Dorothy still live in the same apartment in New York with 19 turtles, lots of fish, and one cat. They've refilled it with piles of new art they've acquired.
www.herbanddorothy.com
Screening: Saturday • Academy Art Museum • 3:30pm • 98min • Q&A with Art Curator BRIAN K. YOUNG
Sponsor: Susan T. Forlifer, MD
BRIAN K. YOUNG
Curator, Academy Art Museum
January 2008 - present
Responsibilities: Curator for the premier art museum of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Responsible for the exhibition programming and permanent collection installation and interpretation.
Curator, Cranbrook Art Museum
February 2006 – July 2007
Responsibilities: Curator for the contemporary art museum located at the heart of Cranbrook Educational Community, one of the nation's greatest architectural complexes. Responsible for the Museum’s artistic programming, providing direction for curatorial affairs, and promoting the focus and growth of the permanent collection.
Curator of Art, Arkansas Arts Center
September 1997 – February 2006
Responsibilities: Curator of Art for the state’s largest art museum with specialized collections in drawings and contemporary craft. Served as the Department Head for exhibitions: in charge of staffing and the annual department budget of $650,000. Served as the staff liaison for the Collectors Group and forged the exhibition schedule in consultation with the Executive Director.
Adjunct Faculty, Ohio Dominican University
January 1994 – December 1996
Responsibilities: Taught undergraduate course on The History of Western Art. Drafted lectures, exams and writing assignment.
SINGLE SCREENING
$8 – available before Sat., 9/19 • $10 at the door
