Julian Schnabel in "In the Course of Seven Days" by Porfirio Munoz (Excerpt)

An intimate portrait of the controversial artist and film director, Julian Schnabel, whose hybrid approach to painting keeps him at the forefront of the contemporary art scene.
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[@LJD25]

“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” ― Søren Kierkegaard

[@goldbada]

MiltonD he mentions Kierkegaard 0:35

[@TEXGLAM]

Julian saved my a life. He has no clue. I was 18 coming out of foster homes, nowhere to turn but to him. He had a meeting with his housemates and they all agreed to let me move in. He introduced me to my first thrift store, Purple Heart and contemporary artist friends which was my first introduction into that world coming from only the classics . The rest is history.

[@justsaying9483]

I believe the soul is a mirror and it doesn’t suffer. It stays clean while the suffering is just a reflection of life

[@jameswarhol442]

A lot of people say Schnabel is a better film maker than painter and that's because film making is a collaborative effort. Schnabel as a painter is not as great as he thinks he is but not as bad his worst critics.

[@AI-xs4fp]

I WANT that studio!!

[@PoppyB2011]

I adore Julian. His work has a kind of chaotic perfection that inspires emotional response. If you really look... you will feel. Perfect.

[@kydop6128]

I like his paintings. He is not afraid to use unusual materials and to branch out from making art that people expect artists to make.

[@tubeberk08]

where is the studio in this video?

[@GannaAnd]

True pleasure to watch it!! On 4:10 I realized that the video is about legendary Julian Schnabel!!))) Amazing!!

[@lewisfaraday469]

It says on the title

[@cohencohen54]

Legendary? WOOOOOHAHAHAHA...….

[@jeffhindman2052]

I'm an Architect & amateur painter, and what I've come to realize in my 53 years, is that abstract art, such as the paintings in this video, are "objectively un-judgeable" . . . meaning there is no universal "right vs wrong", there is no "this is GREAT, and that SUCKS" in an objective analysis, now "subjective analysis"? yes ! of course, we all have opinions, as to which pieces of art speak to our hearts, what pleases our eyes, what stimulates our brain (what will we buy$) and we are also capable of having an opinion about a piece which does not do those things for us.

[@mayormc]

in the eye of the beholder

[@huseynkbrov7136]

Abstract art is just objectively superior, there's nothing unjudgeable. The better you judge the clearer you will see and come to similar conclusions with who can do it too.

[@RonaldGosses]

Thanks for showing. AWESOME!

[@shiveerramphal1802]

contemporary art was, honestly, people who were trying too hard. it doesn't last. van gogh was brilliant because people were able to read his stories. this looks like some misguided, late 20th century preschool child colouring book. also using other images are just lazy and he seems very arrogant and full of himself.

[@viviendomisabatico1587]

Amazing, thank you!

[@NachoPrimo]

Beautifully made

[@eg-g]

Love it.

[@fanyromero3487]

Te admiro muchísimo

[@ianmoore6165]

where is this place..?

[@SirBoot32]

Holy shit this guy loves himself.

[@jhb61249]

We artist have been schooled in the notion that art is the artist and the artist is art and one art is about the self of the artist. Is this narcissim? Perhaps. Then so be it until new schools come along.

[@luiso.9103]

holy shit , u should to ! lol

[@John-rb3yv]

never heard of him til this..THANKS youtube...;~(>

[@MrMelgibstein]

Master Finger Painter - Not Even.

[@damsonpirate]

The canvas at 4:20 is insane

[@tele68]

I've always wondered what the market is for those huge canvases. If you were a ollector where would you put those things?

[@ziraprod6090]

ny

[@Eli-ce9vh]

la

[@drinkingpoolwater]

you have to have a large open wall. art isn’t for everyone. some people are happy as long as they have a television and a pepsi

[@glenncambray626]

In a huge shredder.

[@glenncambray626]

They would also go well on a huge bonfire.

[@kimbatha3555]

Fantastic painter. Schnabel, Bazelitz, Fetting, Basquiat. The list goes on.

[@stephenblessed92]

If you wear glasses, clean them. Otherwise see an optometrist.

[@auri9487]

the absolute brilliance of your visual art pieces and linguistic juxtapositioning of ideas expressed here in the setting of you in an outdoor studio is a gift better tha any I received at all my Christmas's combined!! LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU Julian

[@vealgangains6314]

You must b joking

[@sooptv]

Freedom can drown a man who doesn't know how to swim!

[@chopsonyou2007]

Why are you here are you a russian bot net that lost it’s address?

[@mercatorprmerc3040]

As a longboader and artist myself life is good Julian

[@sylviemetal1858]

belle couleurs

[@jaydubya3698]

IMHO...A fantastic film maker, but as a painter...meh. He was one of the giants of the NY art world in the 1980s, but I have a sense his work won't hold its current place over time. I think Francisco Clemente may be riding in the same boat. On the other hand, Basquiat's work will only gain importance as will the larger works of Keith Haring.

[@earinsound]

And I think Clemente would be fine with that, unlike Schnabel.

[@cohencohen54]

I agree but Clemente is far more talented than him. I think history will judge Clemente more kindly.

[@tharkanzox1493]

good assessment but i think haring is crap and clemente has stuff that isn't bad

[@jameswarhol442]

Haring is ok. Basquiat is a neo-primitive cartoonist with average talent who was made into an art star by gallerists and big money in the 1980's.

[@edwidgewhatsosons1727]

George Schulman taught Basquiat when he was doing xeroxs.

[@hectoralejandrovargassalaz8890]

I so freakin' love him

[@ilphil5]

+Héctor Alejandro Vargas Salazar he s really elegant in his doings. The philosophy that moves him is quite infectious as an artist. I see paintings everywhere as well. His range of style and boldness is breath taking. And he produced Basquiat. Kudos to you julian

[@coreycox2345]

"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" was brilliant. I love him too, Hector Alejandro Vargas Salazar.

[@margietalk]

4:24

[@RoseanneSeason1]

His art is perfect. I'll never forget the time i was living off some girl watching infomercials all night because i loved infomercials, and i begged her to buy me a 100 dollar book of Julian's art.

[@misspitters2766]

if he was a real artist, he wouldn't have to say it.Iam not an artist, but watching this, Iam still waiting for the art to appear. This guy had a pretentious studio in NYC in the 1980's, Its the old draw a white line in a black circle and call yourself an artist. He is still doing the exact same thing.

[@chopsonyou2007]

miss pitters you know nothing

[@misspitters2766]

@@chopsonyou2007 Ick, your taste is in your mouth.

[@misspitters2766]

@@chopsonyou2007 I know it all,I was there,sorry its something you know nothing about, but when your an adult, than you can hit me back up!

[@jabundis]

i guess everyone has there own personal taste! I for one love his paintings and have loved them for a very long time. He is more of a painters painter and i can see that being a little difficult to love.

[@holyfox94]

Well, his “white line in a black circle” art is beautiful. That’s good enough for me and more you and I are capable of.

[@alexismarquez3674]

HE PAINTED FASHION DESIGNER ROBERTO CAVALLI, AS WELL AS HAVING EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATING IN HOTEL DESIGN WORLDWIDE.

[@neoone5942]

I draw, very badly, but I look for something new Or authentic, and I fail painly. I wonder if J S is honest enough to himself to admit he fails with most of those works shown here.

[@howardhill3395]

I like some of his "caligraphy" on the blank canvas. I don't like some of his work on the already painted canvas - imo it looks too much like defacement.

[@JJ66888]

1:52 the only art I saw in this video

[@writersloane]

Hahaha yes

[@stephenblessed92]

That wall looks more like art than anything this pretentious ass has done.

[@annapatrini]

👏👏👏

[@TheTerminalExpress]

sometimes, as artists, we can over-think things. 4:37--too much. 4:41--just right!

[@JNieckarz]

4:37 might be my favorite in the entire video.

[@earinsound]

"Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom" is a quote from Kierkegaard spoken as if it were his own. Much like inserting famous artist or writer's names into his work it is a sign of pretension and bluster. I do like a lot of his paintings, it's too bad he can't let them live without his twaddle

[@goldbada]

he mentions Kierkegaard at 0:35 Am I the only one who can hear that? Schnabel would not steal such famous quotes. Why not search and learn about Schnabel?

[@chopsonyou2007]

Twaddle? Typical bot net vocabulary

[@hal973]

PLEASE DO CHUCK CLOSE PLEASE DO CHUCK CLOSE

[@tommasocorona7097]

I would not put a Julian shnable painting in the trash just to not dirty the basket

[@sacredsoma]

Clip and soundtrack delightful, the art is crap though

[@maurob8586]

sacredsoma I disagree on the art part

[@chopsonyou2007]

Go somewhere else this is for shnabel schnobz only

[@sebastianmelmoth685]

I agree.

[@3lueant347]

nope music suuuucks art inspires

[@LINDAOZAG]

chance

[@tarcrystalline]

He's badass. Wild and free...how art should be.

[@justsaying9483]

Out of kindness I hope he doesn’t read the comments

[@barbaraclark249]

oh god endless ego verbiage and self promotion and wasting of talent

[@chopsonyou2007]

Russian bot ! Away with thee

[@arthurg.3787]

Freedom in Art is posible, but the idea of a aesthetic, stolen images, mixed with wall patterms and holes, in words of Schnabel, sound to pretend being highly decorative, however he practice certain liberty in his work proccess, freedom is no a matter of emptiness, or to reach it by accident, freedom is another level, you need to focus and be progressive in the attempt. it requires patient, no because a woman is pregnant 1 day she will be a mother, and this is just a physical experience, Dear friend i guess Kierkegaard is talking about another meaning, (anxiety is the dizzeness of freedom, sound nice) it is no the wright word to enter into this space.

[@e5642]

This guy looks at himself in the mirror first thing in the morning. He already has his shades on and he just practices these lines. Trying out different hand gestures as he talks.

[@writersloane]

Yes.

[@Eli-ce9vh]

Yass

[@chopsonyou2007]

Whatever it takes to be great maybe You should try it

[@cohencohen54]

He said so many things that added all up to nothing.

[@olusha]

Kinda like life, eh

[@cohencohen54]

Robert Hughes was right about him!

[@cdchalmers]

"I have nothing to say, and I am saying it, and that is poetry." --John Cage

[@sergiolobato1798]

Who?

[@PacificExpressions]

S. D. Cocaine is a helluva drug

[@alexismarquez3674]

JULIAN SCHNABEL IS A NEW YORK ARTIST.

[@donnybrooklads]

I enjoy the bravado and the bigger than life Americanism of Julian but: 1/ He should pay more homage to Robert Rauschenberg's greatness than he is projecting. 2/ The action painting looks awkward. 3/ Incredible to think at times you may be looking at a David Salle work viewing this body of work. (ouch!)

[@odem___]

Ich weiß nicht, privat mal( matsche) ich auch sehr gerne mit Acryl auf Leinwand oder ähnliches. Meine Bilder sehen seiner Art ähnlich....nur werde ich nicht als Künstler gesehen, da ich keinerlei Ausbildung in die Richtung genossen habe, somit auch kein Portfolio und erreiche damit keine bis Null Aufmerksamkeit . Warum gibt es Menschen, die sich damit einen Namen machen können? Kann mir irgendjemand dabei helfen, auch Erfolgreich zu werden? Meine Bilder will niemand kaufen :-/

[@cvekris8177]

koonz, schnabel, hirst....financial art born in financial era [eighties}....it says nothing but ia good brand investment.

[@misspitters2766]

Exactly! He was very lucky to be born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

[@blueberry9696ify]

Absolutely , this is CORPORATE ART , if you have a deep understanding of Art , you realize that those creations are truly average , the artist completely lost his inspiration , but when you are an etablished and famous artist , people will buy and take every thing you do no matter what . Art market is truly corrupt . They are money makers with a deep understanding of the current market not genuwine and authentic Artists

[@RichardCorral]

YAWN

[@chopsonyou2007]

Unloke you who are so interestink

[@francesculus]

Horrible.

[@lynwilcock1796]

Each to their own, but this kind of art reminds me of the old story king with no clothes.. good luck if you can get away with it.

[@writersloane]

Emperor has no painting talent either lol.

[@lynwilcock1796]

How true, but if you can spin it ..i guess its a kind of Art, i must be too kind.

[@writersloane]

@@lynwilcock1796 Idk, I get abstract but this...just looks like a pretentious sham to me. Defacing others work.

[@lynwilcock1796]

WriterSloane ...has i said the king with no clothes, these pretentious non talented people get on look was wahol he didnt even paint or print those tins of soup someone else did it, look at daly he could paint but is four eyes and two noses made him famous, look at emin the unmade bed another one... I’m sure the painter turner would be turning in his grave knowing a turner prize went to a scots woman who came out as lesbian on video was classed asa turner award.. i will say it again ..this topsy turvy world.. murderers are commended and truth-sayers are apprehended.

[@misspitters2766]

f he was a real artist, he wouldn't have to say it.Iam not an artist, but watching this, Iam still waiting for the art to appear. This guy had a pretentious studio in NYC in the 1980's, Its the old draw a white line in a black circle and call yourself an artist. He is still doing the exact same thing.

[@eduardbrodka7028]

Hamparte

[@chopsonyou2007]

Schnabel

[@ricconstituantabrogatoirei4999]

quand un peintre n'a plus rien à dire, il serait préférable pour tout le monde qu'il pose les pinceaux....That's pathetic of emptiness !

[@mariadamelio6974]

he's a fake! what I see is someone who really wants to be an artist but it is not. it doesn't work this way

[@nillehessy]

why don´t you check him out he does movies too

[@vealgangains6314]

This clown got lucky in the 80s hes made a couple terrible movies aswell

[@chopsonyou2007]

Says the acclaimed art critic and art historian

[@Wtfraven305]

Please.... tell me what you’d do differently to make his pieces ‘Art’ ? Please tell me...

[@vealgangains6314]

This is the kind of artist you are when you don't know how to draw

[@gregorysgarrison]

Knowing how to draw is such a small part of making art.

[@vealgangains6314]

@@gregorysgarrison very untrue you need to know how to put down ideas composition etc even abstract. This is why Julian is a crap artist. To say drawing is such a small part of making art is to say i dont know how to draw

[@gregorysgarrison]

@@vealgangains6314 I've always been very talented at drawing. And I've been a professional artist for forty years. So think again.

[@peterney2402]

Drawing is the primacy of all art. The best abstract artists are excellent draughsmen.

[@A__Love]

How do you judge good drawing? That it resembles exactly the thing you're trying to depict? What if you're depicting a feeling?

[@nicholeleekolovanigruber2678]

IN THE COURSE OF SEVEN YEARS .. 0 HELP IN A ROOM HA XO ° K

[@asuramir2110]

😂

[@PacificExpressions]

Gibberish

[@zattoart]

The story doesn’t make a painting! He’s done for!

[@TrumanGN]

I think art lovers should Boycott all of this crap. It has nothing to do with painting or art. If a reasonably intelligent viewer has no chance of understanding a so-called work of art it is just self indulgent garbage.

[@johncastle8254]

An accident

[@bbg515011]

Crap. No wonder he wanted association with Jean Micheal, he wanted to have what Jean possessed

[@martecontreras]

Samo G what you mean

[@vealgangains6314]

basquait was an equaly horrible artist. None of these clowns can or could draw what kind of artist can u b if you cant draw

[@Guayabero1977]

He talks lots of nonsense

[@molly9929]

Where he sayed any nonsense. You know what NONSENSE means? NON- SENSE. What simply means, NO SENSE. When you don't understand something, or you ain't want to understand, then it not means that it's not have any sense. It's just your ignorance.

[@sergiolobato1798]

I agree, no need for hostility. Mr ZaZa3, perhaps the artistc expresions of Thomas Kencade makes more sense to you?

[@gardenlover9663]

I turned off the sound. Then I saw what you wrote, and I burst out, laughing.

[@galileoshift8330]

he distorted vincent van gogh portait in his cliche "at the eternity's gate" as well as his basquait movie while "gaming the con" this is art bs as if his own so called art can be mentioned along side basquait or Gogh.

[@vealgangains6314]

He was one of the horrible artists of the 80s that also included Basquait another crap self involved artist. Generally self involved ppl make terrible artists

[@molly9929]

He's not a best painter in the world, but he's still better then the most FB artists and instagram unicorn and anime lovers. There's some of his paintings that are nice, if you don't like someone, when you don't somobody's art. Please. Show some respect. Show that your parents wasn't stupid pieces of shit, and that they actually raised you. And when you critic someone's art, critic it good, or when you don't know shit, just leave and go where you like. Jeez. People nowadays are terrible, uneducated, and raised... pff. Raised. Raised is bad word for that.

[@lauramarkovic5307]

pretentious bs

[@coresss19]

what a bunch of frustrated little people negatively commenting on this video. envious frustrated little people.

[@esarempee]

Don't like a lot of what he does but I sort of like him.

[@percyrush1560]

shite

[@chopsonyou2007]

schanananabell

[@Jacklette]

crap!

[@legionpigsmack1153]

You can't watch Before Night Falls and deny Schnabel has talent...but he was never a good painter.

[@jabundis]

I Love his paintings! I think he is an amazing painter some of his works have left me breathless when I've seen them in person.

[@vealgangains6314]

Probably one of the worst artist who ever lived

[@alphajava761]

He's horrible. Been riding those broken plate pieces for decades, those were great. He's full of crap too.