Film & Video
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Judy Pfaff | Assistants Kate Hodges & Ryan Muller
Art21 Extended Play
Judy Pfaff | Assistants Kate Hodges & Ryan Muller
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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Special report: Mel Chin’s “SAFEHOUSE”
Art21 Extended Play
Special report: Mel Chin’s “SAFEHOUSE”
Following is an exclusive update from Mel Chin‘s FUNDRED/PAYDIRT team on their latest New Orleans-based project, SAFEHOUSE. Written by Mary Rubin and Amanda Wiles, with photos by FUNDRED, Elliot Coon, …
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Gabriel Orozco | “Obit”
Art21 Extended Play
Gabriel Orozco | “Obit”
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
Art21 Extended Play
Matthew Ritchie | Architect Benjamin Aranda
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 …
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Kerry James Marshall | On Museums
Art21 Extended Play
Kerry James Marshall | On Museums
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
Art21 Extended Play
Roundup: 30 Weeks & 30 Exclusive Videos
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”
Art21 Extended Play
Gabriel Orozco | “Mobile Matrix”
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”
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Nancy Spero | Leon Golub’s “Gigantomachy II”
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”
Art21 Extended Play
Matthew Ritchie | “The Morning Line”
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
Art21 Extended Play
Alfredo Jaar | Gramsci & Pasolini
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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Ursula von Rydingsvard | Giotto
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Ursula von Rydingsvard | Giotto
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)”
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Mark Dion | “Herbarium Perrine (Marine Algae)”
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
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Mark Bradford | Paper
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 …
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Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle | Casta Paintings
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Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle | Casta Paintings
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
Art21 Extended Play
Eleanor Antin | Inventing Histories
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
Art21 Extended Play
Kerry James Marshall | Being an Artist
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”
Art21 Extended Play
Kerry James Marshall | “Black Romantic”
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”
Art21 Extended Play
Eleanor Antin | “Helen’s Odyssey”
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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Josiah McElheny | “Conceptual Drawings for a Chandelier, 1965”
Art21 Extended Play
Josiah McElheny | “Conceptual Drawings for a Chandelier, 1965”
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 …