Since 1957 the British painter has lived a reclusive life in America. He remains aloof from the art world and avoids association with the ‘isms’ of contemporary art, though he pioneered many of them – most notably Photo-Realism – and was once described by art critic Robert Hughes as “the man whose methods have been relentlessly plundered by a generation of artists”. In this programme, the elusive Morley talks at length about his art and is seen working in his New York studio.
Raymond Carver
On his death in 1988, the American writer Carver was mourned as a national literary figure. Only ten years before he had been a chronic alcoholic, abandoned by his wife and family. From these experiences he produced stories and poems of profound humanity about the downside of the American Dream. This film portrait includes interviews with his second wife, his close friends and members of his family, as well as dramatisations of two of his most famous stories.