Articles by Wesley Miller

What do Art21, NASA, and “The L Word” have in common?

by Wesley Miller | Jan 29, 2009

What do Art21, NASA, and “The L Word” have in common?

by Wesley Miller | Jan 29, 2009

We’re all featured podcasts on iTunes! As in, as of yesterday. I’m sure there are other things we have in common…but that’s for the comments section below. I spent most …

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Jenny Holzer | Programming

by Wesley Miller | Jan 29, 2009

Flash Points

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Jenny Holzer | Programming

by Wesley Miller | Jan 29, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Jenny Holzer discusses the programming of her LED sculptures during the installation of the exhibition PROTECT PROTECT at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Featured works include MONUMENT (2008), …

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Jenny Holzer | Writing & Difficulty

by Wesley Miller | Jan 23, 2009

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Jenny Holzer | Writing & Difficulty

by Wesley Miller | Jan 23, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Jenny Holzer discusses her difficult relationship to writing during the installation of the exhibition PROTECT PROTECT at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Featured works include Red Yellow Looming …

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Robert Ryman | Possibilities

by Wesley Miller | Jan 15, 2009

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Robert Ryman | Possibilities

by Wesley Miller | Jan 15, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Ryman installing Philadelphia Prototype (2002) at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Robert Ryman’s work explodes the classical distinctions between art as object and art as …

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Robert Adams | Light

by Wesley Miller | Jan 1, 2009

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Robert Adams | Light

by Wesley Miller | Jan 1, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Adams in his Oregon home. Robert Adams’s black-and-white photographs document scenes of the American West, revealing the impact of human activity on the last vestiges of wilderness and …

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Judy Pfaff | Assistant Rob van Erve

by Wesley Miller | Jan 1, 2009

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Judy Pfaff | Assistant Rob van Erve

by Wesley Miller | Jan 1, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Assistant Rob van Erve during the making of Judy Pfaff’s installation Buckets of Rain (2006) in the artist’s studio in Tivoli, New York. Balancing intense planning with improvisational decision-making, …

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Art21 “Exclusive” Video, Year 1

by Wesley Miller | Dec 19, 2008

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Art21 “Exclusive” Video, Year 1

by Wesley Miller | Dec 19, 2008

What a year it’s been! We’re taking a look back at the 45 Exclusive videos that premiered here on the Art21 Blog, and subsequently on YouTube and  iTunes. We hope …

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Lari Pittman | Teaching

by Wesley Miller | Dec 18, 2008

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Lari Pittman | Teaching

by Wesley Miller | Dec 18, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Lari Pittman at his home in Los Angeles; an exhibition of paintings at c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin. Inspired by commercial advertising, folk art, and decorative traditions, Lari Pittman’s …

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Mark Dion | Methodology

by Wesley Miller | Dec 11, 2008

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Mark Dion | Methodology

by Wesley Miller | Dec 11, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Dion at his Pennsylvania home and studio. Mark Dion’s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our understanding of history, knowledge, and the …

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Robert Adams | Working Along Freeways

by Wesley Miller | Dec 4, 2008

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Robert Adams | Working Along Freeways

by Wesley Miller | Dec 4, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Adams with photographs in his Oregon studio. Robert Adams’s black-and-white photographs document scenes of the American West, revealing the impact of human activity on the last vestiges of …

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Laurie Simmons | Choreographer Helen Pickett

by Wesley Miller | Nov 27, 2008

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Laurie Simmons | Choreographer Helen Pickett

by Wesley Miller | Nov 27, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Choreographer Helen Pickett during the making of Laurie Simmons’s The Music of Regret (2006) at the Alvin Ailey Dance Studio, New York. Laurie Simmons stages photographs and films with …

art twenty-one and a half

by Wesley Miller | Nov 24, 2008

art twenty-one and a half

by Wesley Miller | Nov 24, 2008

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOBMAN2JN3o] ‘Tis the season for spoofs it seems. This impressive video — aptly named Art:21.5 — comes from artist Scoop Brancisco in Hawaii. Appearing as a paper bag-head, alien, robot, …

Exclusive Videos Now on iTunes

by Wesley Miller | Nov 21, 2008

Exclusive Videos Now on iTunes

by Wesley Miller | Nov 21, 2008

In its first week on iTunes, Art21’s series of Exclusive videos debuted as the Top Video Podcast for both the overall Arts and Visual Arts categories! Sorry Martha Stewart and …

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Gabriel Orozco | On Photography

by Wesley Miller | Nov 20, 2008

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Gabriel Orozco | On Photography

by Wesley Miller | Nov 20, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel Orozco discusses recent photographs taken in Mexico and Ecuador in 2007, and the role photography plays in his broader artistic practice. Gabriel Orozco’s sculptures and photographs disrupt conventional …

Love Note to Franz West

by Wesley Miller | Nov 17, 2008

Love Note to Franz West

by Wesley Miller | Nov 17, 2008

As the curator of online video here at Art21, I spend a lot of time looking at work produced by colleagues around the world. And while there’s a lot of …

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Ursula Von Rydingsvard | “Weeping Plates”

by Wesley Miller | Nov 13, 2008

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Ursula Von Rydingsvard | “Weeping Plates”

by Wesley Miller | Nov 13, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Ursula von Rydingsvard’s sculpture Weeping Plates (2005) at her studio in Brooklyn, New York. Ursula von Rydingsvard builds towering cedar structures, creating an intricate network of individual beams and …

There Goes the Neighborhood

by Wesley Miller | Nov 7, 2008

There Goes the Neighborhood

by Wesley Miller | Nov 7, 2008

Artistic interventions in neighborhoods and community-inspired artworks are popping up all around us, from Pierre Huyghe‘s playfully ritualistic Streamside Day (2003) to Mel Chin‘s New Orleans recovery effort SAFEHOUSE (2008). …

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Gabriel Orozco | “Samurai Tree”

by Wesley Miller | Nov 6, 2008

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Gabriel Orozco | “Samurai Tree”

by Wesley Miller | Nov 6, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel Orozco discusses recent paintings from his ongoing Samurai Tree series, including the works Fugaz, Tuttifruti and Red Roots (all 2008), and the computer animation Dandelion Animation (2008), shown …

Saw:21

by Wesley Miller | Oct 31, 2008

Saw:21

by Wesley Miller | Oct 31, 2008

It’s October 31st — Halloween — in the year 2041. In its twenty-first season, Art21 joins forces with the Saw horror film franchise. Artists Richard Serra, Josiah McElheny, Do-Ho Suh, …

Art:21 Episode Uncovered!

by Wesley Miller | Oct 30, 2008

Art:21 Episode Uncovered!

by Wesley Miller | Oct 30, 2008

As the curator of online videos, I’ve spent the last several months digging through Art21’s archival footage, searching for interesting behind-the-scenes moments to present as Art21 Exclusives. So, you can …

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Judy Pfaff | Assistants Kate Hodges & Ryan Muller

by Wesley Miller | Oct 30, 2008

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Judy Pfaff | Assistants Kate Hodges & Ryan Muller

by Wesley Miller | Oct 30, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Assistant Kate Hodges at Judy Pfaff’s studio in Tivoli, New York. EXCLUSIVE: Assistant Ryan Muller at Judy Pfaff’s studio in Tivoli, New York. Balancing intense planning with improvisational decision-making, …

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Lari Pittman | Aesthetics

by Wesley Miller | Oct 23, 2008

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Lari Pittman | Aesthetics

by Wesley Miller | Oct 23, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Lari Pittman draws connections between aesthetics and feelings of safety, at his home and cactus garden in Los Angeles. An exhibition of Pittman’s latest paintings opens Friday, October 24th …

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Jenny Holzer | Collaboration

by Wesley Miller | Oct 16, 2008

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Jenny Holzer | Collaboration

by Wesley Miller | Oct 16, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Jenny Holzer and poet Henri Cole with various Redaction Paintings in her studio in Hoosick Falls, New York, and BIG HANDS YELLOW WHITE (2006) installed at Cheim & Read, …

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Gabriel Orozco | “Obit”

by Wesley Miller | Oct 9, 2008

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Gabriel Orozco | “Obit”

by Wesley Miller | Oct 9, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel Orozco discusses his installation Obit (2008), on view at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York. Gabriel Orozco’s sculptures and photographs disrupt conventional notions of reality. Drawing our attention …

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Matthew Ritchie | Architect Benjamin Aranda

by Wesley Miller | Oct 2, 2008

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Matthew Ritchie | Architect Benjamin Aranda

by Wesley Miller | Oct 2, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Architect Benjamin Aranda, of Aranda/Lasch, discusses his contribution to artist Matthew Ritchie’s anti-pavillion project The Morning Line (2008), produced in collaboration with engineer-architect Daniel Bosia & Arup AGU, and …

Matthew Ritchie Venice Video

by Wesley Miller | Oct 2, 2008

Matthew Ritchie Venice Video

by Wesley Miller | Oct 2, 2008

On Matthew Ritchie’s The Evening Line project at the Bienniale Architecture in Venice, via MINI Space blog: It’s not just about architecture here in Venice. Matthew Ritchie is an artist …

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Kerry James Marshall | On Museums

by Wesley Miller | Sep 25, 2008

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Kerry James Marshall | On Museums

by Wesley Miller | Sep 25, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Kerry James Marshall discusses his relationship to museums during the installation of the exhibition Black Romantic at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, which features five paintings from the artist’s …

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Roundup: 30 Weeks & 30 Exclusive Videos

by Wesley Miller | Sep 18, 2008

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Roundup: 30 Weeks & 30 Exclusive Videos

by Wesley Miller | Sep 18, 2008

Hooray! We’re celebrating thirty consecutive weeks of thirty exclusive online videos! Looking back over these past few months, we’ve featured several 2008 exhibitions by artists such as Eleanor Antin, Kerry …

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Gabriel Orozco | “Mobile Matrix”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 18, 2008

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Gabriel Orozco | “Mobile Matrix”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 18, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel Orozco discusses the process behind his sculpture Mobile Matrix (2006), a permanent installation for the José Vasconcelos Library in Mexico City. Gabriel Orozco’s sculptures and photographs disrupt conventional …

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Nancy Spero | Leon Golub’s “Gigantomachy II”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 11, 2008

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Nancy Spero | Leon Golub’s “Gigantomachy II”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 11, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Leon Golub’s Gigantomachy II (1966) and Nancy Spero’s Maypole: Take No Prisoners (2007) in her New York studio. A pioneer of feminist art, Nancy Spero’s work since the 1960s …

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Matthew Ritchie | “The Morning Line”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 4, 2008

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Matthew Ritchie | “The Morning Line”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 4, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Ritchie discusses his upcoming exhibition The Morning Line (2008) in his New York studio, with animated architectural schematics of the installation. The Morning Line will be on view …

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Alfredo Jaar | Gramsci & Pasolini

by Wesley Miller | Aug 28, 2008

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Alfredo Jaar | Gramsci & Pasolini

by Wesley Miller | Aug 28, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Alfredo Jaar in his installation Infinite Cell (2004) in Santiago, Chile, and various works. Through installations, photographs, and community-based projects, Alfredo Jaar explores the public’s desensitization to images and …

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Matthew Ritchie | Apocalypse

by Wesley Miller | Aug 21, 2008

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Matthew Ritchie | Apocalypse

by Wesley Miller | Aug 21, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Ritchie discusses the apocalyptic themes in his videos The Iron City (2007) and Raphael (2007), featured in his upcoming exhibition The Morning Line (2008) for the 3rd Bienal …

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Ursula von Rydingsvard | Giotto

by Wesley Miller | Aug 14, 2008

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Ursula von Rydingsvard | Giotto

by Wesley Miller | Aug 14, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Ursula von Rydingsvard in her Brooklyn, New York studio. Ursula von Rydingsvard builds towering cedar structures, creating an intricate network of individual beams and sensuous, puzzle-like surfaces. While abstract …

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Mark Dion | “Herbarium Perrine (Marine Algae)”

by Wesley Miller | Aug 7, 2008

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Mark Dion | “Herbarium Perrine (Marine Algae)”

by Wesley Miller | Aug 7, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Dion with Herbarium Perrine (Marine Algae) (2006) at his Pennsylvania home and studio. Mark Dion’s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our …

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Mark Bradford | Paper

by Wesley Miller | Jul 31, 2008

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Mark Bradford | Paper

by Wesley Miller | Jul 31, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Bradford painting Ridin’ Dirty (2006) in his Los Angeles studio. Mark Bradford transforms materials scavenged from the street into wall-sized collages and installations that respond to the impromptu …