The story of a balancing act between the relentless demands of a global art market and a young artist's enduring desire to create something important. The vortex of a painter's whirlwind success begins and ends on the canvas. A behind-the-scenes chronicle of a turning point in the timeline of Hernan Bas, from the 29-year old's highly regarded 10-year retrospective at the Rubell Family Collection during Art Basel Miami Beach to his opening at the Brooklyn Museum on his 31st birthday, including studio sessions of the artist at work and frank commentary by influential collectors, curators, museum directors, dealers, gallerists and artists, revealing essential truths about the choices people make to support an artist and lift a career to new heights. This edition includes a special booklet with quotes, acknowledgements and music credits.
Additional DVD scenes include:
I sign it, but I keep working...ambient cut of the completion of "Ubu Roi (the war march)"
If I drop dead tomorrow...after the afterglow of Bas' important 2009 NYC solo show
Then again, he was drawing shoes...gay art/gay artists, and if it matters
A single good line...a case for artist statements and the fine art of writing

Wet Heat Project LLC; 2010; NTSC; Region 0 (All); 69 minutes