Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists

Name: Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists
Released: 2014
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 9.2
Cast: Roger Brown, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Jeff Koons, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke

2014 · 109 MIN · IMDB 9.2 · 15 VOTES

Overview

Profiles the formation and development of The Hairy Who, aka the Chicago Imagists, a ragtag group of young artists nurtured by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, whose irreverent lowbrow style gained media attention from the late sixties through the mid-eighties. The Hairy Who and subsequent group exhibitors included artists Karl Wirsum, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Suellen Rocca, Ed Paschke, Roger Brown, and their mentor Ray Yoshida.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,332 lines

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00:00:02 *

00:05:32 it was like, my gosh.

00:09:57 Another thing you would see painting on windows

00:13:53 Hyde Park was home to the University of Chicago

00:17:03 And Don, knowing me, said, you know

00:20:42 Limbs became intertwined so that it was more

00:25:45 Chewing up this kind of colored gum and...

00:29:39 You're entertainers. We're comedians. Why didn't you tell me?

00:33:30 Some people hated them.

00:37:34 More dangerous I guess.

00:43:25 how are the Monsters doing in Chicago art?

00:47:16 So I say, New York was cool and we were hot.

00:50:24 Which lasted probably a couple years.

00:53:33 artist-curator Don Baum assembled a second exhibition group

00:56:52 At the same time that I was a student

01:01:05 who was kind of rooted in a landscape tradition rather than an urban tradition

01:05:34 The diseased skins and the organs being operated on, all very beautiful.

01:09:08 It was kind of a spooky place.

01:14:27 I want to place them in the most visible places and the most important places.

01:19:36 And I was not part of that so in some ways, when people asked

01:23:31 the Chicago Imagists were still held at arm's length by the art establishment.

01:28:31 It's not really important to me that they're from Chicago

01:31:55 you know the composition of comics and that sort of thing

01:36:20 This particular stick here, I've been using this for

Cast & Characters

Roger Brown Chicago Imagist Artist Cheryl Lynn Bruce Narrator Jeff Koons Contemporary Artist Jim Nutt Chicago Imagist Artist Ed Paschke Chicago Imagist Artist Chris Ware Contemporary Artist

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,332

Dialogue density12.2 lines / min

First line00:00:02

Final line01:36:20

Production Record

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes15