Art Bastard (NR)

synopsis

The mischievous tale of a rebel who never fit into today's art world... yet has become one of its most provocative, rabble-rousing characters nevertheless. By turns funny and touching, this rollicking portrait of New York painter Robert Cenedella - a contemporary of Andy Warhol who set himself up in the 60s as the anti-Warhol - uncovers a fascinating story of family secrets vs. personal identity, art vs. money, and conventional success vs. creating a life on one's own defiant terms. At once a portrait of the artist as a young troublemaker, an alternate history of modern art and a quintessential New York story, ART BASTARD is as energetic, humorous and unapologetically honest as the uncompromising man at its center.