Spit Earth: Who Is Jordan Wolfson?

Spit Earth: Who Is Jordan Wolfson? is a 2020 American documentary film directed by James Crump which examines the divisive and controversial American contemporary artist, Jordan Wolfson. In addition to Wolfson himself, the film features a diverse array of voices assessing Wolfson’s life and contemporary art practice, including playwright Jeremy O. Harris, artist Jeff Koons, the art world impresario and gallerist Jeffrey Deitch and curator and art historian Andrianna Campbell, among others.

Spit Earth: Who Is Jordan Wolfson?
Directed byJames Crump
Produced byRonnie Sassoon
James Crump
Written byJames Crump
StarringJordan Wolfson
Jeremy O. Harris
Jeff Koons
Andrianna Campbell
Jeffrey Deitch
Jack Bankowsky
Erica Jong
Stefan Kalmár
Release date
  • May 1, 2020 (2020-05-01) (online)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Reception

Kenny Schachter of Artnet News declared the film a "searing psychological portrait.”[1] Writing for ARTnews, Christian Lorentzen noted that “Wolfson comes across less as a provocateur than as a sophisticated and entertaining nostalgia act, repackaging familiar transgressions in novel trappings like animatronics and virtual-reality headsets…but his days as an enfant terrible are behind him. Spit Earth serves as a capstone to that phase.”[2] Calling it “a spicy little film, its interviews edited into whiplash pronouncements from art critics [and] dealers,” Hettie Judah, writing for i (newspaper), however noted that “all the conflict and revelations certainly make Spit Earth entertaining viewing, but as a character study it risks reducing the work to little more than a psychological access point: shrinking the art to fit the artist.”[3] Writing for Dazed, Ashleigh Kane observed that “while Spit Earth doesn’t arrive at any solid conclusions, the various experiences and opinions shared in the film open even more questions around Wolfson’s character, and, in turn, his work.”[4]

Release

The film was an official selection of the 2020 Festival International du Livres d’Art et du Film, Perpignan, France and the 2020 Lo schermo dell’arte Film Festival, Florence, Italy.[5][6] Due to the Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema, the film was released worldwide May 1, 2020 on the leading streaming platforms.[7]

References
  1. Kenny Schacter, Spit Earth: Who is Jordan Wolfson?, Artnet News, February 25, 2020
  2. Christian Lorentzen, Is Artist Jordan Wolfson Really So Offensive? A New Documentary Considers the Artist’s Persona, ARTnews, May 1, 2020
  3. Hettie Judah, Spit Earth: Who is Jordan Wolfson?, Review, i (newspaper), May 18, 2020
  4. Ashleigh Kane, A New Doc Asks: Is Art Enfant Terrible Jordan Wolfson Actually a Bad Guy?, Dazed, May 5, 2020
  5. 10th Festival International du Livres d’Art et du Film 2020
  6. Lo schermo dell'arte, 13th edition, 2020
  7. Lorentzen, Christian (May 1, 2020). "Is Artist Jordan Wolfson Really So Offensive? A New Documentary Considers the Artist's Persona". ARTnews. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
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