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A stylishly dark docu-comedy excavating America's craving for fame and fortune via one of its most outrageous addicts. Once a legitimate art star in the 1980s New York scene, millionaire 'business artist' Mark Kostabi hires others to conceive and create paintings which he openly signs and sells as his

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A stylishly dark docu-comedy excavating America's craving for fame and fortune via one of its most outrageous addicts. Once a legitimate art star in the 1980s New York scene, millionaire 'business artist' Mark Kostabi hires others to conceive and create paintings which he openly signs and sells as his own. 'Con Artist' focuses on Kostabi's attempts to regain prominence and find happiness through fame, which he openly equates with love.

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Title: Con artist
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Publisher: New Yorker Video

Additional Contributors: Sládek, Michael
Kostabi, Mark
Gondry, Michel
Koons, Jeff

Imprint: New York, NY : - New Yorker Video

ISBN: 1567304982, 9781567304985

Language: English

Credits: Music by The Willowz ... [et al.].

Performers: Mark Kostabi, Michel Gondry, Jeff Koons, and more.

Notes: DVD ; widescreen (16x9).
Special features: deleted scenes, art industry 101, the wisdom of Nick Zedd, theatrical trailer, director's commentary.

Statement of responsibility: New Yorker Films ; a film by Michael Sládek

Characteristics: 1 videodisc (84 min.) :,sd., col. ;,4 3/4 in.

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