Articles by Wesley Miller

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Pierre Huyghe | “Anlee”

by Wesley Miller | Jul 24, 2008

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Pierre Huyghe | “Anlee”

by Wesley Miller | Jul 24, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Pierre Huyghe’s videos One Million Kingdoms (2001) and Two Minutes Out of Time (2000), part of the collaborative project No Ghost Just a Shell (1999-2003) with Philippe Parreno. Pierre …

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Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle | Casta Paintings

by Wesley Miller | Jul 17, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle | Casta Paintings

by Wesley Miller | Jul 17, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle at home in Chicago, with photographs of the installation The Garden of Delights (1998) at the XXIV Sao Paulo Bienal. Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle’s technologically sophisticated works use natural …

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Eleanor Antin | Inventing Histories

by Wesley Miller | Jul 10, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Eleanor Antin | Inventing Histories

by Wesley Miller | Jul 10, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Eleanor Antin reveals the process behind her photographic series Helen’s Odyssey (2007), installed at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in New York, in particular the work The Tourists (2007) that …

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Kerry James Marshall | Being an Artist

by Wesley Miller | Jul 3, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Kerry James Marshall | Being an Artist

by Wesley Miller | Jul 3, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Kerry James Marshall discusses three recent paintings, all Untitled (2008), during the installation of his exhibition Black Romantic at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. The exhibition is on view …

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Kerry James Marshall | “Black Romantic”

by Wesley Miller | Jun 26, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Kerry James Marshall | “Black Romantic”

by Wesley Miller | Jun 26, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Kerry James Marshall discusses two recent paintings, both Untitled (2008), during the installation of his exhibition Black Romantic at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. The exhibition is on view …

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Eleanor Antin | “Helen’s Odyssey”

by Wesley Miller | Jun 12, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Eleanor Antin | “Helen’s Odyssey”

by Wesley Miller | Jun 12, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Eleanor Antin’s exhibition Helen’s Odyssey (2007) installed at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in New York. Antin discusses the historical figure Helen of Troy, and how she became the inspiration …

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An-My Lê | Becoming an Artist

by Wesley Miller | Jun 5, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

An-My Lê | Becoming an Artist

by Wesley Miller | Jun 5, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: An-My Lê discusses how she came to be an artist after studying biology, while printing a photograph from the series Trap Rock (2006) in her New York studio. An-My …

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Josiah McElheny | “Conceptual Drawings for a Chandelier, 1965”

by Wesley Miller | May 29, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny | “Conceptual Drawings for a Chandelier, 1965”

by Wesley Miller | May 29, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Josiah McElheny discusses his film Conceptual Drawings for a Chandelier, 1965 (2005), shot at The Metropolitan Opera in New York. Josiah McElheny creates finely crafted, handmade glass objects that …

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Mark Dion | “Neukom Vivarium”

by Wesley Miller | May 22, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Mark Dion | “Neukom Vivarium”

by Wesley Miller | May 22, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Dion leads a discussion of his installation Neukom Vivarium (2006) at the Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle. Mark Dion’s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public …

Cai Guo-Qiang media explosion

by Wesley Miller | May 22, 2008

Cai Guo-Qiang media explosion

by Wesley Miller | May 22, 2008

Art21 artist (Season 3) Cai Guo-Qiang‘s exhibition I Want to Believe at the Guggenheim Museum may go down as the most-documented show on video of 2008 in New York. However, …

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Josiah McElheny | “The Alpine Cathedral and the City-Crown”

by Wesley Miller | May 15, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny | “The Alpine Cathedral and the City-Crown”

by Wesley Miller | May 15, 2008

(Also watch Josiah McElheny’s “Conceptual Drawings for a Chandelier, 1965” on the Art21 blog.) EXCLUSIVE: Josiah McElheny discusses his installation The Alpine Cathedral and the City-Crown (2007) at the Museum …

McElheny, Mies, & Modernism

by Wesley Miller | May 15, 2008

McElheny, Mies, & Modernism

by Wesley Miller | May 15, 2008

In this week’s Art:21 video and interview The Alpine Cathedral and the City-Crown, artist Josiah McElheny references a number of modernist figures and projects, from architects Bruno Taut and Mies …

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Lari Pittman | Craft

by Wesley Miller | May 8, 2008

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Lari Pittman | Craft

by Wesley Miller | May 8, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Lari Pittman painting Palace (2006) in his Los Angeles studio. Inspired by commercial advertising, folk art, and decorative traditions, Lari Pittman’s meticulously layered paintings transform pattern and signage into …

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Allora & Calzadilla | Form

by Wesley Miller | May 1, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Allora & Calzadilla | Form

by Wesley Miller | May 1, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Allora & Calzadilla’s Ruin (2006) installed at Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris. Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla approach visual art as a set of experiments that test whether ideas such …

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Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle | “Oppenheimer”

by Wesley Miller | Apr 24, 2008

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Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle | “Oppenheimer”

by Wesley Miller | Apr 24, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle’s film Oppenheimer (2003) and mural Time (2003) installed at the Rochester Art Center, Minnesota. Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle’s technologically sophisticated works use natural forms such as clouds, icebergs, and …

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Nancy Spero | Becoming an Artist

by Wesley Miller | Apr 17, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Nancy Spero | Becoming an Artist

by Wesley Miller | Apr 17, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Photographs of Nancy Spero from the 1960s to 2000. A pioneer of feminist art, Nancy Spero’s work since the 1960s is an unapologetic statement against the pervasive abuse of …

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Judy Pfaff | “Buckets of Rain” Time Lapse

by Wesley Miller | Apr 10, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Judy Pfaff | “Buckets of Rain” Time Lapse

by Wesley Miller | Apr 10, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Two week time lapse of Judy Pfaff’s installation Buckets of Rain (2006) at Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art, New York. Balancing intense planning with improvisational decision-making, Judy Pfaff creates …

Art:21 Wins Prestigious 2007 Peabody Award!

by Wesley Miller | Apr 4, 2008

Art:21 Wins Prestigious 2007 Peabody Award!

by Wesley Miller | Apr 4, 2008

Season Four of Art:21–Art in the Twenty-First Century has been honored with a George Foster Peabody Award – the premiere international prize in electronic media – in the 67th Annual …

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Catherine Sullivan | Empathy

by Wesley Miller | Apr 3, 2008

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Catherine Sullivan | Empathy

by Wesley Miller | Apr 3, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Excerpts from Catherine Sullivan’s film installations Big Hunt (2002), Ice Floes of Franz Joseph Land (2003), and The Chittendens (2006). Catherine Sullivan’s anxiety-inducing films and live performances reveal the …

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Laurie Simmons | Dancer Greg Sinacori

by Wesley Miller | Mar 27, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Laurie Simmons | Dancer Greg Sinacori

by Wesley Miller | Mar 27, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Dancer Greg Sinacori 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 …

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Robert Adams | Books & Gravures

by Wesley Miller | Mar 20, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Robert Adams | Books & Gravures

by Wesley Miller | Mar 20, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Adam’s with photogravure plates for Harney County, Oregon (1999-2003) in his Oregon studio. Robert Adams’s black-and-white photographs document scenes of the American West, revealing the impact of human …

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Mark Bradford | Super 8 Movies

by Wesley Miller | Mar 13, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Mark Bradford | Super 8 Movies

by Wesley Miller | Mar 13, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Bradford at his home in Los Angeles, with excerpts from his childhood Super 8 home movies. Mark Bradford transforms materials scavenged from the street into wall-sized collages and …

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Season 4 Exclusives

by Wesley Miller | Mar 12, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Season 4 Exclusives

by Wesley Miller | Mar 12, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Every Thursday through September 2008 on the blog, Art21 will be premiering exclusive new videos from Season 4 of the PBS series Art:21‚ÄîArt in the Twenty-First Century. These short …