Spit Earth: Who is Jordan Wolfson? (2020)
Overview
Spit Earth: Who Is Jordan Wolfson? is a feature documentary film about this controversial and divisive artist who in the ensuing five years has only solidified his stature with unnerving and provocative new works that elicit extreme reactions from both critical naysayers and vocal proponents alike. Wolfson is not content to play by the rules of a conservative self-policing art market that favors the status quo, instead preferring to make us squirm as he engages a host of lightning-rod issues facing our society today; homophobia, misogyny, racism, white nationalism, antisemitism and violence to name but a few. Wolfson is an art maker on the world stage whose immersive works take on today’s endemic virtue signaling and politically correct narratives, veritably throwing it all back into our faces.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.387 |
Directed By
James Crump
Crew
Ronnie Sassoon
Nick Tamburri
James Crump
James Crump
James Crump
James Crump
Ronnie Sassoon
James Crump
TOP CAST
Jordan Wolfson
Self
Jack Bankowsky
Self
Jeffrey Deitch
Self
Jeremy O. Harris
Self
Erica Jong
Self
Stephan Kalmár
Self
Jeff Koons
Self
Kenny Schachter
Self
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