Just before Xmas I watched on Netflix Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski, which had come to my attention because it features Tool‘s own Adam Jones. It’s a fascinating documentary, or a quite intriguing artist who has made quite an impact on Adam, who is as most of you should know a reasonably accomplished sculptor himself.
Here’s the trailer:
Polish sculpture not your thing? Perhaps you’d be interested in Sixteen Legs, a movie about Tasmanian Cave Spiders I was lucky enough to see while down there for a conference:
Struggle was a great documentary – szuklaskis work wouldnt look out of place on a Tool LP cover
I believe some of his work can be found on 10,000 Days if you look hard enough…
This was a good documentary. Adam’s part is minimal but Szukalski is an interesting artist. His nickname for Picasso is Picasshole… he’s quirky to say the least.
i remember hearing about this guy back in the early 2000’s thru tool. the dissection site maybe ? i cant remember but i ordered the one book on him. it had a thanks to adam and danny in it. i ended up returning it though cause i wasnt really my thing. ill check this docu out though.
thanks for the suggestion!
i also remember Leonardo Dicaprio is related to this guy. not sure they mention it in the docu but i recall that.
^I think DiCaprio is the executive producer of the documentary 🙂
I’ve watched most of the documentary – had to stop last night to go to bed. I found it to be very interesting even though I am generally not interested in visual art. He was certainly a cocky mofo, although I suppose I might be as well if I was that talented. Regarding Leo, there is a photo of him as a child with Szukalski but it pops up without any context. Maybe I didn’t notice his name in the opening credits or something.
Leo is the producer, and doesn’t appear in the doco at all (aside from that photo). His Dad features prominently though.
Oh I didn’t even catch that guy’s name.
Yeah, Leo sure didn’t get his good looks from his old man.