Art21 Extended Play

New Video: Zanele Muholi Unplugs from the Studio

Art21 Extended Play

New Video: Zanele Muholi Unplugs from the Studio

by Art21 | May 30, 2019

Zanele Muholi explains the impetus behind creating what they call “mobile studios” to photograph members of the LGBTI community in South Africa. Freed from the limitations of a single studio space, Muholi travels to the homes and community spaces shared by the people depicted in their photographs.

Art21 Extended Play

Liz Magor: “Studios should be issued by the government as health-mandated items”

by Ian Forster | Feb 10, 2017

Art21 Extended Play

Liz Magor: “Studios should be issued by the government as health-mandated items”

by Ian Forster | Feb 10, 2017

In today’s Art21 “Exclusive,” Liz Magor describes her Vancouver studio as a place for pleasure as well as productivity while working on a cast sculpture of a paper bag.

Art21 Extended Play

Brian Jungen: Printing Two Perspectives

by Ian Forster | Dec 22, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Brian Jungen: Printing Two Perspectives

by Ian Forster | Dec 22, 2016

In a new Art21 “Exclusive,” artist Brian Jungen creates two-sided prints from archival newspaper clippings, revealing the lens of otherness through which Native people are frequently viewed.

Art21 Extended Play

Do Ho Suh Memorializes His New York Apartment

by Ian Forster | Dec 9, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Do Ho Suh Memorializes His New York Apartment

by Ian Forster | Dec 9, 2016

In a new Art21 “Exclusive,” Do Ho Suh rubs every surface in his NYC apartment with colored pencil, creating a three-dimensional drawing of the space that was his home and studio for 18 years.

Art21 Extended Play

Diana Thater’s Animal Activism

by Ian Forster | Oct 21, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Diana Thater’s Animal Activism

by Ian Forster | Oct 21, 2016

In a new ART21 “Exclusive” episode, Diana Thater discusses her interest in improving the lives of both humans and animals through art and activism.

Art21 Extended Play

Nick Cave’s Thick Skin

by Ian Forster | Oct 7, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Nick Cave’s Thick Skin

by Ian Forster | Oct 7, 2016

In a new ART21 “Exclusive,” Nick Cave discusses the experiences that force him to confront his identity as a black man—including being racially profiled by police—and how they fuel his impulse to create.

Art21 Extended Play

Carrie Mae Weems Commemorates Black Lives

by Ian Forster | Aug 9, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Carrie Mae Weems Commemorates Black Lives

by Ian Forster | Aug 9, 2016

In a new ART21 “Exclusive,” Carrie Mae Weems stages a performance that honors the deaths of black men in the U.S.

Art21 Extended Play

Richard Tuttle Makes Tools for Life

by Ian Forster | Jul 22, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Richard Tuttle Makes Tools for Life

by Ian Forster | Jul 22, 2016

Richard Tuttle reflects on the conceptual, thematic, and stylistic threads from his 26 New York gallery exhibitions in a new ART21 “Exclusive” episode.

Art21 Extended Play

Eleanor Antin Plays with Politics

by Ian Forster | Jun 29, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Eleanor Antin Plays with Politics

by Ian Forster | Jun 29, 2016

Eleanor Antin discusses her use of paper dolls to create politically charged sculptures and videos in a new episode of ART21 “Exclusive.”

Art21 Extended Play

The Making of Martin Puryear’s “Big Bling”

by Ian Forster | Jun 10, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

The Making of Martin Puryear’s “Big Bling”

by Ian Forster | Jun 10, 2016

Today’s ART21 “Exclusive” follows Martin Puryear’s monumental public sculpture “Big Bling” as it’s created and installed in Madison Square Park.

Art21 Extended Play

Sarah Sze’s Experimental Site

by Ian Forster | Apr 1, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Sarah Sze’s Experimental Site

by Ian Forster | Apr 1, 2016

Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Sarah Sze discussing her sculpture “Measuring Stick,” which explores the “measurement of time and space through the moving image.”

Art21 Extended Play

Sarah Sze’s Desire for Tactility

by Ian Forster | Mar 25, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Sarah Sze’s Desire for Tactility

by Ian Forster | Mar 25, 2016

Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Sarah Sze expressing her desire to have a tactile relationship with materials in a world saturated with digital imagery.

Art21 Extended Play

Abraham Cruzvillegas: Self-Constructing Identity

by Ian Forster | Mar 4, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Abraham Cruzvillegas: Self-Constructing Identity

by Ian Forster | Mar 4, 2016

In today’s ART21 Exclusive, Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas discusses his personal and artistic relationship to the concept of autoconstrucción.

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny Projects Maya Deren

by Ian Forster | Feb 12, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny Projects Maya Deren

by Ian Forster | Feb 12, 2016

“I’m trying to understand this relationship of abstraction and the body.” — Josiah McElheny Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Josiah McElheny exploring the relationship between abstraction and the body as he …

Art21 Extended Play

Omer Fast Interrupts “Continuity”

by Ian Forster | Jan 29, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Omer Fast Interrupts “Continuity”

by Ian Forster | Jan 29, 2016

“Those moments are magical in film—when we have a pure linear motion that approaches something and reveals it—but I’m interested in the stuff that gets in the way.” — Omer …

Art21 Extended Play

Omer Fast Distills Broadcasted Anxiety

by Ian Forster | Dec 18, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Omer Fast Distills Broadcasted Anxiety

by Ian Forster | Dec 18, 2015

“What have we done to deserve this? What could we have done to prevent it from happening? What can we learn?” — CNN Concatenated (2002) Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Omer Fast …

Art21 Extended Play

Politics and Dignity in Graciela Iturbide’s Photographs

by Ian Forster | Nov 6, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Politics and Dignity in Graciela Iturbide’s Photographs

by Ian Forster | Nov 6, 2015

“Politics are already implied when I’m working in Mexico. I don’t have to say ‘Look, what injustice!’ because it would be sensationalized.” — Graciela Iturbide Artist Graciela Iturbide discusses her personal and …

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny Sees Potential in Painting

by Ian Forster | Oct 23, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny Sees Potential in Painting

by Ian Forster | Oct 23, 2015

“Abstraction – in its potential hopefulness for imagining a different world or imagining a world that’s not absolutely apparent – can tie us together.” — Josiah McElheny Today’s ART21 Exclusive features …

Art21 Extended Play

Lynda Benglis Reunites with a Lost Fountain

by Ian Forster | Sep 1, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Lynda Benglis Reunites with a Lost Fountain

by Ian Forster | Sep 1, 2015

“I’m not trying to satisfy anyone. I really make things because I’m curious – that’s the reason” — Lynda Benglis Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Lynda Benglis reuniting with her first …

Art21 Extended Play

Arlene Shechet Sculpts Time

by Ian Forster | Jun 29, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Arlene Shechet Sculpts Time

by Ian Forster | Jun 29, 2015

Arlene Shechet discusses a series of plaster sculptures that she created over the course of six years in the mid-1990s, following the death of a close friend.

Art21 Extended Play

Arlene Shechet Reveals the Unseen

by Ian Forster | Jun 26, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Arlene Shechet Reveals the Unseen

by Ian Forster | Jun 26, 2015

“The thing that’s unseen is sometimes way more interesting than what people want you to see.” —Arlene Shechet In the first of two new ART21 Exclusive episodes featuring Arlene Shechet, …

Art21 Extended Play

Tania Bruguera and the Art of Empowerment

by Ian Forster | Jun 19, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Tania Bruguera and the Art of Empowerment

by Ian Forster | Jun 19, 2015

“The idea of sitting face to face, it’s a very intimate experience. Having a model and painting them always makes people open up.” —Aliza Nisenbaum Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Immigrant Movement …

Art21 Extended Play

Elliott Hundley Is Playing with Your Emotions

by Ian Forster | Jun 5, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Elliott Hundley Is Playing with Your Emotions

by Ian Forster | Jun 5, 2015

“What’s appealing to me about collage is the fact that it’s so straightforward—that it’s a good foil to my subject.” —Elliott Hundley Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Elliott Hundley describing an …

Art21 Extended Play

Perspectives from the “Gramsci Monument”

by Ian Forster | May 22, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Perspectives from the “Gramsci Monument”

by Ian Forster | May 22, 2015

“I don’t do something for the community, I do something, I hope, for art and the understanding of art – my goal is this.” —Thomas Hirschhorn Today’s ART21 Exclusive features the …

Art21 Extended Play

Leonardo Drew and Piet Mondrian Meet on the Grid

by Ian Forster | May 15, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Leonardo Drew and Piet Mondrian Meet on the Grid

by Ian Forster | May 15, 2015

“What can I say about Mondrian, he’s just the man. As far as the grid and composition, obviously I’m working off of him and standing on the shoulders of giants.” …

Art21 Extended Play

Joan Jonas Performs in the Streets of New York

by Ian Forster | May 6, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Joan Jonas Performs in the Streets of New York

by Ian Forster | May 6, 2015

“I wanted to develop my own language and the minute I started performing I began to invent in a different way.” —Joan Jonas Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Joan Jonas discussing her decision to …

Art21 Extended Play

Anarchic Color in Katharina Grosse’s Paintings

by Ian Forster | Apr 17, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Anarchic Color in Katharina Grosse’s Paintings

by Ian Forster | Apr 17, 2015

“Painting is one of the ways to actually make [my thoughts] visible and understandable for myself” —Katharina Grosse Today’s ART21 Exclusive shows Katharina Grosse in her studio and at Johann König Gallery (both …

Art21 Extended Play

Trevor Paglen Photographs the NSA

by Ian Forster | Mar 27, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Trevor Paglen Photographs the NSA

by Ian Forster | Mar 27, 2015

“You as a member of the public should be able to exert the same kind of power over this institution that we can symbolically do by looking at a photograph …

Art21 Extended Play

Trevor Paglen Flexes His Rights

by Ian Forster | Mar 13, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Trevor Paglen Flexes His Rights

by Ian Forster | Mar 13, 2015

“To go and photograph an airbase is not only to photograph something but it is to insist on one’s right to photograph. You’re flexing that right.” —Trevor Paglen Today’s ART21 …

Art21 Extended Play

Deeper into the Desert with Andrea Zittel

by Ian Forster | Jan 30, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Deeper into the Desert with Andrea Zittel

by Ian Forster | Jan 30, 2015

“We’ve always tried to help artists find situations to make their work, where it can retain that quality of unknowableness.” —Andrea Zittel Today’s ART21 Exclusive features High Desert Test Sites, …

Art21 Extended Play

Andrea Zittel’s Social Experiment

by Ian Forster | Jan 23, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Andrea Zittel’s Social Experiment

by Ian Forster | Jan 23, 2015

Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Andrea Zittel’s Wagon Station Encampment—a collection of ”sleeping pods“ installed throughout her property in Joshua Tree, California.

Art21 Extended Play

Andrea Zittel’s Desert Designs

by Ian Forster | Jan 16, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Andrea Zittel’s Desert Designs

by Ian Forster | Jan 16, 2015

“You could say that design has power because it actually touches people in a much more concrete way, but I think that art has more wiggle room and more flexibility.” …