Waldemar's American Road Trip: Big Dreams, Big Art | Made In The USA: Full Series

Waldemar's American Road Trip: Big Dreams, Big Art | Made In The USA: Full Series | Perspective

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An investigation into where and how American art found itself by travelling across three diverse and crucial American territories. Featuring scores of artists who have been overlooked and undervalued and how they have contributed to America's art. Featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and many more.
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@edstathis7377 Жыл бұрын

After having watched hours and hours of Waldemar's videos for the past year, I finally decided to go the Fine Arts Museum in Springfield, Massachusetts. I went to see a glassblowing exhibit, but wandered off to another room. And there it was. A haystack painting by Monet. I actually felt that booming heartbeat that Waldemar so often talks about as my breathe was taken away. I cannot tell you how profound and life changing experience this was to me. Waldemar, you have brought me to so many marvelous museums around the world. You have opened my mind, and my eyes to the endless joys and inspirations that can be found in just one painting. I can't wait for my next museum visit. A simple thank you seems so trivial, but sir; thank you.

@thismeofmine9696 Жыл бұрын

Aww, you were star struck by a Monet haystack 🙃

@realskybluepink9124 Жыл бұрын

Ed, good for you! Happened to me with Van Gogh's painting of old boots on a chair, Boston Museum of Fine Arts. So humble he was. I've been to many art museums, that was for some reason revelatory to me. No substitute for seeing great works in person. All the best to you.

@tomquinn607 Жыл бұрын

There's a Van Gogh there too and Winslow Homer and much more.

@celtoloco788 Жыл бұрын

thats what the art world can do: open your mind. You dont have to enjoy it all, or even know it all. You just gotta get involved, and life changes for the better

@robertkapler6227 Жыл бұрын

This sounds like you were carried away

@lotanowo Жыл бұрын

I can't put into words how amazing this channel is. Waldemar's passion for art and these documentaries, the production value, the unique and sincere insight into art and history - and all of it for free on KZfaq - truly put this into the category of masterpieces of the Internet's golden age.

@PerspectiveArts Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@donaldwatkins6937 Жыл бұрын

Yeah he's definitely got that certain something

@treelinktree Жыл бұрын

Right? Great perspectives and connections! Who is this guy, anyway!?! 🤗

@philiptownsend4026 Жыл бұрын

@@treelinktree Just do a Google search for him to find out. An interesting background which well qualifies him to make these fascinating and educational videos. English. Much loved in the UK. Worshipped by some, life would be much poorer without his work.

@lisamccaff9217 Жыл бұрын

He’s wonderful. Just wonderful.

@jasminespencer3992 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful program. Love how he shows the same passion in seeing in describing a Remington western sculpture as he does a Van Gogh or Rembrandt masterpiece.

@magorzatamichalik7078 Жыл бұрын

Saturday evening with Waldemar, love it

@vercingetorixavernian8978 9 ай бұрын

I absolutely love Waldemar. I’ve been binging all his documentaries, he’s so wonderful

@mikeyoung9810 Жыл бұрын

Fifteen minutes in and it's good so far. I love that he's pointing out that many iconic paintings weren't necessarily based on reality and that much of what is remembered about the old west was made up.

@depARTmentUhaul Жыл бұрын

Bull crap, do some research

@JTA1961 Жыл бұрын

Sweat, urine, stale tobacco & cheap perfume... hard to capture in a painting

@Whoishere2333 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if he saw the Grand Canyon IRL. Impossible to capture the grandeur and breathtaking immensity.

@shangrila73eldorado 8 ай бұрын

He's a bit ignorant and it shows.@@Whoishere2333

@alinapopescu872 9 ай бұрын

Murals are some of the most impressive forms of art. And Rivera is the first name that comes to my mind when I think of them.

@snuugumz Жыл бұрын

This is probably my favourite of this man’s art history films. And it is the only one that i find myself adamantly disagreeing with him on what most will find to be a trivial point. The interior colour of that fabulous Duisenberg is no more mauve than i am a willowy thin fashion model. With all due respect, Waldemar, it is purple, and it is the finest shade i have ever seen. But, fear not: you remain the best art historian i have ever watched, and learned from. Also, i had a great-uncle Valdemar. Which means absolutely nothing, but is some sort of coincidence. Okay, i look forward to your next art film, good sir, sans mauve. Ciao!

@yubantwo2086 Жыл бұрын

The interior of the Duisenberg, I thoroughly agree with you, is not mauve. However, I beg to differ with you because it wasn't purple either, at least not on my screen (as can be experienced when choosing a tv in a store looking at the same program on different size screens or your tv vs your tablet). That might be the issue. The color may appear differently in person than how the color reads through the lens of the camera and then again how the light translated the color through whatever screen we are viewing the clip on. Although amethysts is beautiful, the color as it appeared on my screen had a great deal of regal blue in its undertone. Whatever color it was, the color, textures of materials, and craftsmanship were the complete and total embodiment and epitome of luxury and elegance to be experienced by a chosen few souls fortunate enough to be able to peak inside or own the vehicle. It was one of the many exquisite jewels that Waldemar Januszczak unearthed and so deliciously presented to us viewers.

@nathanchildress5596 Жыл бұрын

You have to be in the room with a Rothko to experience it’s full effect. I used to sneer about them, but when I saw one at the DeYoung it dominated the room, so much energy was pulsing I off it.

@snuugumz Жыл бұрын

@Nathan Childress Same! My late husband and i were DeYoung (& Asian Art Museum & MOMA & Academy of Arts and Sciences) groupies, for lack of better terms. Took my Ma when Chihuly’s amazing exhibit of blown glass creations were on display. Some critics claimed the medium didn’t qualify as ‘fine art’. Funny, i don’t recall any exhibits on art critics, come to think of it…

@nathanchildress5596 Жыл бұрын

@@snuugumz Haha, agreed. Critics can be important for context, but it's ironic when people try to discuss rules when it comes to art. Leveling that criticism at Chihuly of all people is ridiculous, the grandest and most talented glass artist of all. I loved that exhibit as well.

@westho7314 Жыл бұрын

Great series, Enjoy the Perspective channel immensely and Waldemars walk through time, history and art is unsurpassed in it's quality & unique delivery. Ive always been interested in history, but so many educators fall so short in keeping the student's interest alive. It's documentaries and content such as these that should be used to inspire both students and armchair enthusiasts alike, for those who care to dwell in such interesting subjects..

@junebrilly5302 4 ай бұрын

Words fail me to describe just how wonderful Waldemar's epic journey through American Art is. Profound, irreverent, deeply intelligent. I Love you, Waldemar!! Thankyou!

@randyastle3301 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Salt Lake City, spent my youth camping in the desert, and never heard of the Spiral Jetty until I moved to London and saw a film about it at the Tate Modern. Now I’m a constant museum goer in New York and know so many of these paintings intimately, but these films are still teaching me so much about them. Thanks for posting and top marks to the entire team.

@randyastle3301 Жыл бұрын

Also who gets to bring an egg into the Met?? Kudos! ;)

@margueritemitchell1829 7 ай бұрын

Ha ha

@susanmerila4958 9 ай бұрын

Once again, i am speechless with the delight of this wonderful production!

@Kathysart Жыл бұрын

I am absolutely addicted to this channel and WALDEMAR!

@Luboman411 Жыл бұрын

At 1:24:28. Thank you for introducing me to Reginald Marsh. What a fascinatingly different American artist that one almost never hears about. The mainstream education in America makes it seem like no modern painters of worth came up in the U.S. until after 1945 and Jackson Pollock. But here you're showing me one that is an exuberant portraitist of the American every-man, as removed as can be from the stiff Upper East Side / Newport paintings of someone like John Singer Sargent or James Whistler.

@penaleve9727 Жыл бұрын

thank you Waldemar, for being so accurate, fun, surprising, generous, genius! this channel is a gift!!!

@Kathysart Жыл бұрын

I’m just going to watch one… for now. I’m saving the rest for Christmas as a gift to myself. No one tells the history of art and artists like Waldemar Januszczak.

@maximusaugustus6823 Жыл бұрын

I would listen to Waldemar all day and still ask for more.

@critterkarma Жыл бұрын

In the early 1970’s there was a show at the Guggenheim, where the up and coming artists of the time… ( minimalists, etc) were challenged to create pieces specifically to interact with the Wright’s building, it’s ramps, and concept. As a teenager, I was lucky to have a mentor, in the sculptor Michael Singer, who had one of his balance pieces in the show. He is best known today for his environmental works. And like the Guggenheim, Wright’s Chapel in Sedona is also an inspiration of light and space, enjoying the vista’s of the south western dessert. I’m so loving all these videos. Thank you for sharing them here on KZfaq. 😁

@junebrilly5302 4 ай бұрын

As usual, I want-and will- go back and start all over again. As a visual artist-.and a simple human being- my life and vision has been profoundly enriched by Waldemar's programmes. Thankyou so much! Pure Genius!❤

@fookdatchit4245 Жыл бұрын

Didn't think I'd watch all of this, but was hooked after a few minutes. Great work, as usual. Thank you 4 the education.

@Artandmusiclover Жыл бұрын

I’m amazed of the quality and content of this series and Waldemar is such a fantastic narrator, he is one of a kind, espectacular indeed !!!

@celtoloco788 Жыл бұрын

you shouldnt be surprised, its a BBC show. Theyve basically made every good documentary of the last 30 yrs

@arcsta_rr 8 ай бұрын

Hail!!!!

@tamarab5751 Жыл бұрын

Great to hear Waldemar (who I admire) talking about Detroit (which I came from). 'Although it's funny to hear him say Mitchigan.' The Rivera murals are a treasure & there could be a whole Perspective series on the city & its artistic influences & impact.

@jackiecarson859 Жыл бұрын

I have as of yet met anyone from England who doesn't pronounce Michigan that way ✨🤣.

@celtoloco788 Жыл бұрын

yeah im from Kitchener. Over the border. We all would rather go to Detroit than New York. Detroit got soul, real art, real culture. New York is just a giant shopping mall. Vegas with hiphop lol. Up here as many guys cheer for the Wolverines or Redwings as they do the Leafs or Argos

@yarnmoods Жыл бұрын

Yay! I’ve watched all the other episodes 3x. Now, a new one to love 🎉

@brentlottering Жыл бұрын

I also simply can't get enough 💜

@user-jm7ri9vu8g 5 ай бұрын

Adorable lecturer! I can't thank you enough!

@ericswain4177 13 күн бұрын

Waldemar has a wonderful Perspective on the art world, he presents more of a documentary that has a gentle critique.

@mje1625 Жыл бұрын

This documentary, like most of Waldemar's art documentaries, was as delicious, satisfying, enlightening, and inspirational as the art it features. Thank you, Perspecive and Waldemar, for treating your audience with respect and intelligence. Note: I would enjoy watching Waldemar closely examine more photographers. Though this program did briefly address two photographers, typically, Waldemar approaches the subject of photography and/or photographers with a glancing or obscure comment, usually attributed to how it has contributed to a painting or painter.

@beverleypeacock 5 ай бұрын

Thank you..Thank you. I am having such fun watching this. I have not ever heard of many of these artists. I l am Canadian and British...So even though the Arts have been in my world, these guys slipped by...I wonder, given their obervational talents and how they might have been disliked by the powers that be, if their works have been simply 'not talked about' until you, now (as in big picture time) , tell us so brilliantly about them.. Thank you.

@acesarato 5 ай бұрын

So cool, I thought this artist looked familiar, then saw the illustrations she made for the In Trieste magazine! I believe I’ve spoken to her at the presentation, what a coincidence. And she’s so talented! As an illustrator myself - not quite as accomplished as Sofi, and definitely not as young 😅 I also appreciated the feedback you gave her. Thanks for such super helpful reviews! 😊

@DailyMyChildhood Жыл бұрын

That's an impressive video . Thanks for creating this content 😍

@celtoloco788 Жыл бұрын

the BBC created this 'content'. Its a tv show

@constancewalsh3646 Жыл бұрын

I would never have guessed where this video would lead. It is different and far more interesting than anything I've seen or read on art in America. The story of Jackson Pollock's name is delightful!

@tristanmcgregor2593 Жыл бұрын

I really couldn't have enjoyed this more. Great work and a beautiful showing of American art and hosted expertly. Thanks man.

@douglastarvestad186 6 ай бұрын

That is so cool. I have been watching the program for years. I never thought that he would be in Cedar Rapids. I not only have been to all those places I drive by it daily to work. That studio Grant Wood worked and lived in was so tiny.

@banzand 5 ай бұрын

HOLY COW! Not a word about the Hudson River school?! 😱

@johntellnott12345 Жыл бұрын

I just popped over and fixed my Neighbour re this. He's an artist but despite having KZfaq on his massive TV he sat there complaining there was nothing to watch. So, I hooked him up and left him happy and high. What a good chap I am.

@ellesmithfagan Жыл бұрын

APRIL 15TH IS WORLD ART DAY! have fun! Connecticut USA artist here, thanking you for the grand tours of so many aspects of the arts worldwide and through the ages!

@treelinktree Жыл бұрын

Holy person of insight(s) to artists... I'm not even half way through this video and I'm in awe with your perspectives. Thank you very very very much for the connections between time periods, artists, artisans... I'm in awe. Will write more later.

@nihilism242 10 күн бұрын

The part where you visit Mexico was quite exciting, I had no idea about those Murals!

@brentlottering Жыл бұрын

Marvelous Waldemar. You constantly blow me out of the proverbial water. Thank you 💜 💜

@singlesideman Жыл бұрын

A+. And I'm not even a huge fan of much of the art here, but I find it fascinating, because of the way it is presented and contextualized. Fascinating. Brilliant.

@mygad Жыл бұрын

Whenever I see Waldemar show up in my feed I watch it. Whenever I can find one of these for sale, anything done by Waldemar, I buy it. Just brilliant as well as cleverly honest.

@eligoitein6499 Жыл бұрын

Waldemar has really outdone himself on this USA series, weaving together so fluently his themes, even coming up w/overlooked details that tell you something

@milespuckett392 Жыл бұрын

Waldemar's whit is artistic as well as anything else he describes!

@rauri76 6 ай бұрын

Yeppers any time I get bored with the inane content on all the streaming services.. . I turn to Waldemar J's infinitely entertaining and educational vids. Honestly I can't get enough and don't understand why his series aren't numeral uno on everyone else's watchlist also... I guess I'm a lucky freak.

@danieldonohue189 Жыл бұрын

These programs a such gifts. Waldamar’s ability to share his perspective and knowledge is amazing.

@pennybeck8749 4 ай бұрын

I wish I could give this 100 thumbs up , so good!!

@quantumprotocol6045 Жыл бұрын

Waldemar is an artist in his own right, his talent is bringing history and humanity to life, reminding us of that our heritage present and making the imperceptible matter.. He can transport us to real and imaginary places by just pointing at the road to guide us there. Even a blank canvas is an opportunity for him to fabricate an entire narrative just by envisioning the possibilities. This American series is glorious, refreshing and unique. Well done again Waldo.

@lizmoran1336 Жыл бұрын

couldn't agree more about Waldemar!

@FunkmeyersShow Жыл бұрын

I love this show! ❤

@stormwalker321 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely adore Waldemar's programs...He's beyond Excellent...?!!!...the BEST! thank you, thank you thank you!!!❤

@tommyvictorbuch6960 Жыл бұрын

México lindo, mi amor. Superb documentary. Waldemar el bueno.

@AlejandroLopez-cd9de Жыл бұрын

THANKS for Min. 40 onwards... as a Dadaist Punk Rock Artist, ot means a lot to see the "before NYC Subway Graffitti art" in the US!

@AlejandroLopez-cd9de Жыл бұрын

Mind U Im very anti-communist, I live under a communist regime, regardless: Bob Marley's Buffalo Soldier is... like one of my three personal/national anthems!

@ijustwanttolikecomments4677 Жыл бұрын

i hope i'm supposed to...cuz i laugh every time i see Waldemar walk into a scene and the focus is on his cowboy boots lol. well done! i've just found this channel and so far Waldemar is the brightest gem(no offense meant to the others, just praise for Waldemar)

@leannacjoseph Жыл бұрын

How exciting and refreshing! Passionate about art and TRUTH!! Thank you.

@sidneylewis8728 Жыл бұрын

Love this series!

@bonnievysotsky6311 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for Highlighting Gorky. I'm reading about the women of the Abstract Expressionism. They talk about what an influence Gorky was to them and how deeply crushed they all were when he died.

@FredKaffenberger Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this documentary a lot, but there's no women artists in it except for Frida Kahlo as on object of Rivera's painting

@patriciablue2739 Жыл бұрын

Man that was great. Thank you for posting.

@brankaveselinovic8621 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!❤

@edwardlobb931 9 ай бұрын

As history unfolds behind abstract painting, one will blend into another in an endless line of invention.

@sketchbookblue6033 Жыл бұрын

Spirit of the place...Lake Ballard in Western Australia...humanesque sculptures standing in a remote salt lake by Antony Gormley...haunting and intense

@nikkid9615 Жыл бұрын

I loved this. As an American and Waldemar fan, I have to wonder what he thought of this place. And how they found so many places to film without trash on the ground.

@celtoloco788 Жыл бұрын

i used to work with tv, Im pretty sure if there was trash the coffee boy would be forced to pick it up first! lol

@margueritemitchell1829 7 ай бұрын

Hello from Beautiful British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦

@SPDOCS 9 ай бұрын

Great Documentary! - One of many good ones!... Congrats!.. 💝

@ellengriesmeyer4269 Жыл бұрын

Love your work. Studied art for 50 years myself. I guess you'll be making a separate film on the Ashcan School and the Full seeing school on Cape Cod MS inspired by Monet's apprentice. Loved it.

@mariamhelmand3983 8 ай бұрын

beautiful, as always...

@realskybluepink9124 Жыл бұрын

Val! You tease 😂@2:39 Really great episode, finally got to see this one. Very interesting, the American Gothic artist, Wood. Always so informative, Perspective. Thank you 💖.

@LSTEdD1 Жыл бұрын

Only 2 minutes in and I know this will be great! How did I not know about it until today!!

@designellementorganicartde2456 4 ай бұрын

so well Researched !

@susankay497 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable !!!!!

@junebennett978 Жыл бұрын

Great Episode! Thamks!!

@zsofiamolnar5292 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant !

@KatySei Жыл бұрын

Love this channel!!!

@TheNinnyfee Жыл бұрын

Freddie Remington seems to be Waldemar's secret best friend he doesn't want to admit to. 😂♥️

@lisengel2498 Жыл бұрын

I just love to follow these art præsentations. They are so well done and very often eye opening. Here I was especially seduced by the rock art. 🎶🖤🎵

@helendixon1959 Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday. FUN episode! My favorite birthday treat is a layered strawberry cake with whipped cream frosting. 🎂

@mannymoseley4005 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for such beautiful art. Thank you for an adventure. This was fun 😊. I enjoyed viewing the lovely art. Thank you for posting this video, I appreciate it. Waldemar is entertaining and insightful and fun. Thank you.

@goodiesgumdrops1164 Жыл бұрын

So Good I Watched it 3 Times to Absorb the Gobs of Information!

@DaveRCollins1 Жыл бұрын

Gold. Bravo.

@portalrene2485 Жыл бұрын

So glad to have reconnected with Perpective.

@bessiehadley3497 Жыл бұрын

Just - thank you. I learned so much - maybe even about my own art.

@801walt 8 күн бұрын

There is one towering figure from American art who is missing from this presentation: Georgia O'Keeffe. Just yesterday I visited a current show on her work at the Chicago. A large collection and well put together, concentrating on her time in New York.

@dortebuttenschn3764 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much!

@susanmercurio1060 Жыл бұрын

The crews of James J Hill blew up a cave in a cliff under what is now known as Mounds Bluff Park in St Paul, MN, where a few of the original Indian mounds survive. They blew it up to make room for more railroad tracks by the Mississippi River. The cave had ancient pictographs, which were irreplaceable, and the crews didn't even wait until someone could take photographs to record them.

@sandravega6645 Жыл бұрын

@Susan Mercurio, It's deplorable how so many of the early Europeans came to the Americas to forcibly take lands from the existing nations and in the process also destroyed their cultures. There was little respect for their artwork. The Spaniards destroyed so much of the Aztec and Mayan texts and their temples were torn down because of their religious zeal and superstitious beliefs. It's amazing how much ancient remnants are left alone in Europe but unfortunately here in the Americas, they were just destroyed.

@JulieNunziata Жыл бұрын

All jokes aside this is excellent for regaining strength when going through a rough time. Stay strong head up, eyes forward.

@Hollylivengood Жыл бұрын

"Before the fall, when they wrote it on a wall, when there wasn't even any Hollywood, they heard the call. And they wrote it on the wall for you and me, we understood."

@davidescozzi9885 Жыл бұрын

I tought that I have seen this before, still, Waldemar it's a great teller

@treelinktree Жыл бұрын

That's the description I was looking For (thankyou)... he's a great "teller". Yes

@moonstoneway2694 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic. Learned a lot. Thank you.

@MarthaDwyer 4 ай бұрын

Saturday mornings with Waldrmar.

@bretnielsen5502 Жыл бұрын

I have been up close to the Grant Wood "American Gothic" even the lace in the curtains is painted in. 2 30:00 also his studio. The painting is truly a Masterpiece.

@stevenjbeto Жыл бұрын

Your work, Mr. Januszczak, reconnects me with an ideal which relieves the chaotic disorder of current USA politics and is therefore a work of art in and of itself.

@georgeflutey838 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou for an incredible video, watched whole thing over 2 nights. from New Zealand

@PerspectiveArts Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@oscarmoscarm Жыл бұрын

We love Waldermar! So easy to appreciate art even when he talks about styles that are not my cup of tea. Is it possible to know the bibliography for the edition of the Secret Doctrine book he's using as a reference along the video?

@nickidaisydandelion4044 Жыл бұрын

Ohh gosh I love your golden ring.

@MrDXRamirez Жыл бұрын

Viva Mexico! Pancho delayed his battles so Hollywood camera people can film it is an interesting piece of film history. The origins of film documentary is traceable to Pancho’s use of the new medium for real battles has found its rightful place in the history of film.