Ascension

Ascension begins by superimposing paintings that look like clouds over extremely close views of mottled paint, peculiarly intimate in their three-dimensionality. Juxtaposing images of transcendence with representations of what he liked to call the "mess" of life, Brakhage distances himself from both.

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Persian Series #4

Persian Series #4

1999

The Lion's Den

The Lion's Den

2017

Brain Damage

Brain Damage

2006

The Shoplifters

The Shoplifters

2019

Decasia: The State of Decay

Decasia: The State of Decay

2002

House

House

1977

Dick Cheney in a Cold, Dark Cell

2009

Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux

Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux

2014

Wildness of Waves

Wildness of Waves

2018

The Big Departure

The Big Departure

1972

Bedways

Bedways

2010

Duration-Landscape: Road

2012

Distance-Landscape: Fishermen in the Same Sea

2011

H*art On

H*art On

2017

23rd Psalm Branch

23rd Psalm Branch

1967

The Dilemma

The Dilemma

2018

Somniloquies

Somniloquies

2017

Engel und Puppe

Engel und Puppe

1975

Amor y Asfixia

Amor y Asfixia

2020

Personal Life of a Hole

Personal Life of a Hole

2021