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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

Art21 Extended Play

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 …

The Confluence Project looks for volunteers

by Maria Nicanor | Apr 27, 2008

The Confluence Project looks for volunteers

by Maria Nicanor | Apr 27, 2008

Season 1 artist Maya Lin‘s Confluence Project is looking for volunteers during June and October 2008 to complete a trail at Sandy River Delta in Oregon, which leads to Lin’s …

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Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle | “Oppenheimer”

by Wesley Miller | Apr 24, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

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 …

Barry McGee video on ArtTalk

by Kelly Shindler | Apr 22, 2008

Barry McGee video on ArtTalk

by Kelly Shindler | Apr 22, 2008

Watch this two-part conversation between artists Aaron Rose and Barry McGee(Season 1) on VBS’s ArtTalk. While the video features live shots of McGee’s artwork and installations, the interview subjects are …

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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 …

Tim Hawkinson on NewArtTV

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 16, 2008

Tim Hawkinson on NewArtTV

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 16, 2008

A video featuring Art21 artist Tim Hawkinson was recently released on NewArtTV.com. In this interview, Hawkinson discusses many of the objects in How Man is Knit, the artist’s first solo …

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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 …

Update: Oliver Herring | TASK

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 4, 2008

Update: Oliver Herring | TASK

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 4, 2008

As announced earlier this week, Art21 artist Oliver Herring (Season 3) concluded his residency at the University of Maryland on April 2nd with a Task performance. Videos such as the …

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Catherine Sullivan | Empathy

by Wesley Miller | Apr 3, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

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 …

Mel Chin: “Fundred” at George Jackson Academy

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 20, 2008

Mel Chin: “Fundred” at George Jackson Academy

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 20, 2008

Art21-featured artist Mel Chin (Season 1) originated the Fundred Dollar Bill Project to draw attention to and develop solutions for environmentally responsible rebuilding of New Orleans from below the ground …

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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 …

“Dan Flavin: Constructed Light” at the Pulitzer Foundation

by Paul Ha | Mar 19, 2008

“Dan Flavin: Constructed Light” at the Pulitzer Foundation

by Paul Ha | Mar 19, 2008

There is an amazing exhibition of Dan Flavin‚Äôs work at the Contemporary‚Äôs neighbor, the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis. Dan Flavin: Constructed Light will be on view …

Maya Lin interview at the Contemporary

by Paul Ha | Mar 18, 2008

Maya Lin interview at the Contemporary

by Paul Ha | Mar 18, 2008

Here is an interview that the Contemporary’s Director of Education Kathryn Adamchick did with Maya Lin this season. The conversation was captured during Maya’s visit to St. Louis to install …

Don’t Miss: Lecture with Mark Bradford

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 17, 2008

Don’t Miss: Lecture with Mark Bradford

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 17, 2008

On Wednesday, March 19, Season 4 artist Mark Bradford discusses the inspirations for his large scale multimedia works in the exhibition Maps and Manifests: New Works by Mark Bradford. On …

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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 …

“It is Difficult”: documentation of Alfredo Jaar lecture at MIT

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 4, 2008

“It is Difficult”: documentation of Alfredo Jaar lecture at MIT

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 4, 2008

Kicking off MIT’s Zones of Emergency series on Monday, February 25, 2008, Season 4 artist Alfredo Jaar presented a selection of works that focused on his practice in zones of …

Walton Ford’s home video

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 4, 2008

Walton Ford’s home video

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 4, 2008

Check out this short video, shot by Season 2 artist Walton Ford himself in his Berkshire studio, in conjunction with the release of his book Pancha Tantra by Taschen.

The Influencers: Laibach

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 23, 2008

The Influencers: Laibach

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 23, 2008

From The Influencers festival, today’s guest is Laibach. Beginning in 1980 as artists, experimental musicians and social agitators, Laibach has been censored since its first public performance. In 1984, Laibach …

The Influencers: Alan Abel

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 19, 2008

The Influencers: Alan Abel

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 19, 2008

From The Influencers festival, today’s guest is Alan Abel. A writer, filmmaker, and actor, Abel is mostly known for being one of the fathers of media falsification, having professionally tricked …

The Influencers Festival in Barcelona

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 18, 2008

The Influencers Festival in Barcelona

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 18, 2008

Eva and Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.ORG and Bani present:THE INFLUENCERSFestival of media action and radical entertainment ————————————————– *February 28-29-1 March 2008* Center of Contemporary Culture Barcelona ————————————————– with ALAN ABEL, …

Video: TateShots on Louise Bourgeois

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 11, 2008

Video: TateShots on Louise Bourgeois

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 11, 2008

In Issue 9 of the TateShots online video series, Tate curator Frances Morris presents an overview of Season 1 artist Louise Bourgeois current Tate retrospective (on view until January 20) …

More video: Do-Ho Suh at Lehmann Maupin

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 8, 2008

More video: Do-Ho Suh at Lehmann Maupin

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 8, 2008

Just posted at Vernissage is a new video of Season 2 artist Do-Ho Suh‘s concurrent shows at Lehmann Maupin‘s Chelsea gallery and new space on the Lower East Side in …

Video: Ann Hamilton’s Tower on SPARK*

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 8, 2008

Video: Ann Hamilton’s Tower on SPARK*

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 8, 2008

Our friends at SPARK*, KQED‘s arts program in San Francisco, recently made a wonderful film about the construction of Season 1 artist Ann Hamilton‘s tower at Oliver Ranch. Art21 filmed …

Beautiful Losers trailer

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 11, 2007

Beautiful Losers trailer

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 11, 2007

Beautiful Losers, the new film about contemporary art and urban creative culture‚Äîprimarily springing from an East- (NYC) and West-coast (San Francisco/LA) do-it-yourself ethos‚Äîthat follows the book and exhibition by the …

Jenny Holzer’s Projections on live feed

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 11, 2007

Jenny Holzer’s Projections on live feed

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 11, 2007

More from MASS MoCA: Season 4 artist Jenny Holzer has new projections on view and you can view a live feed from the gallery on the museum’s site. These light …

More video: Ann Hamilton’s Corpus at MASS MoCA

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 10, 2007

More video: Ann Hamilton’s Corpus at MASS MoCA

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 10, 2007

Watch video documentation of Ann Hamilton‘s Corpus, installed at MASS MoCA from December 2002 – October 2004. Hamilton was featured in Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 1. View the …

Martin Puryear exhibition videos at www.MoMA.org

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 10, 2007

Martin Puryear exhibition videos at www.MoMA.org

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 10, 2007

MoMA features two videos of its current Martin Puryear show on the exhibition’s companion website. The first is a walk-through of the finished show, and the other provides a glimpse …

Video: Krzysztof Wodiczko at SculptureCenter 10-29-07

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 7, 2007

Video: Krzysztof Wodiczko at SculptureCenter 10-29-07

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 7, 2007

On October 29, Season 3 artist Krzysztof Wodiczko spoke with cultural theorist and Harvard professor Giuliana Bruno as part of ‚ÄúIn the Open: Art in Public Spaces,‚Äù a BOMBLive! event …

Robert Adams: On the Edge at Fondation Cartier

by Ana Otero | Dec 6, 2007

Robert Adams: On the Edge at Fondation Cartier

by Ana Otero | Dec 6, 2007

Robert Adams, who was recently featured in Art:21 — Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 4, recently opened his first solo show in France. On view in the exhibition, titled …

Hiroshi Sugimoto in New York Times’ T Magazine

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 3, 2007

Hiroshi Sugimoto in New York Times’ T Magazine

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 3, 2007

“Isn’t It Iconic?”‚Äîphotographs by Season 3 featured artist Hiroshi Sugimoto are published in the Holiday 2007 issue of the New York Times‘ T Magazine. “In his latest passion, Hiroshi Sugimoto …

Spotlight on Paradox: Catherine Sullivan

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 21, 2007

Spotlight on Paradox: Catherine Sullivan

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 21, 2007

Catherine Sullivan was born in Los Angeles, California in 1968. She earned a BFA from the California Institute of Arts, Valencia (1992) and an MFA from the Art Center College …