Film & Video
Art21 New York Close Up
Bryan Zanisnik & Eric Winkler’s Animated Conversation
Art21 New York Close Up
Bryan Zanisnik & Eric Winkler’s Animated Conversation
Stories from Bryan Zanisnik’s life as an artist are transformed into animated comics by his friend Eric Winkler in a special new film from the ART21 “New York Close Up” series.
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Josiah McElheny Projects Maya Deren
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Josiah McElheny Projects Maya Deren
“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
Politics and Dignity in Graciela Iturbide’s Photographs
Art21 Extended Play
Politics and Dignity in Graciela Iturbide’s Photographs
“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
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Josiah McElheny Sees Potential in Painting
“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
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Lynda Benglis Reunites with a Lost Fountain
“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 New York Close Up
Caroline Woolard Steps Up to the Mic
Art21 New York Close Up
Caroline Woolard Steps Up to the Mic
Today’s New York Close Up premiere—our first film with artist Caroline Woolard—is a little different. And that has everything to do with Caroline. Her work involving affordable space in New …
Art21 New York Close Up
Jamian Juliano-Villani’s Painting Compulsion
Art21 New York Close Up
Jamian Juliano-Villani’s Painting Compulsion
Filmed in her Bedford-Stuyvesant studio, artist Jamian Juliano-Villani uses a digital projector to create surreal paintings and discusses the graphic source material that inspires her.
Art21 Extended Play
Tania Bruguera and the Art of Empowerment
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Tania Bruguera and the Art of Empowerment
“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
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Elliott Hundley Is Playing with Your Emotions
“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 New York Close Up
Welcome to Whoop Dee Doo! (with Matt Roche & Jaimie Warren Too)
Art21 New York Close Up
Welcome to Whoop Dee Doo! (with Matt Roche & Jaimie Warren Too)
In a new “New York Close Up” film, artists Jaimie Warren and Matt Roche produce a one-day-only performance of their variety show, Whoop Dee Doo, at Abrons Arts Center.
Art21 Extended Play
Perspectives from the “Gramsci Monument”
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Perspectives from the “Gramsci Monument”
“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 …
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Leonardo Drew and Piet Mondrian Meet on the Grid
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Leonardo Drew and Piet Mondrian Meet on the Grid
“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.” …
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Joan Jonas Performs in the Streets of New York
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Joan Jonas Performs in the Streets of New York
“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
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Anarchic Color in Katharina Grosse’s Paintings
“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 New York Close Up
Rashid Johnson Keeps His Cool
Art21 New York Close Up
Rashid Johnson Keeps His Cool
In a new ART21 “New York Close Up” film, artist Rashid Johnson charts a decade-long aesthetic and professional development from his early portrait photographs to his later conceptually-based sculptures.
Art21 New York Close Up
Alejandro Almanza Pereda Escapes from New York
Art21 New York Close Up
Alejandro Almanza Pereda Escapes from New York
In a new ART21 New York Close Up film, artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda lives out his own personal “Escape from New York” (1981), completing a big mission before time runs out.
Art21 New York Close Up
Daniel Gordon & Ruby Sky Stiler Take Baby Steps
Art21 New York Close Up
Daniel Gordon & Ruby Sky Stiler Take Baby Steps
In a new “New York Close Up” film, married artists Daniel Gordon and Ruby Sky Stiler candidly discuss the complex professional and personal dynamics of bringing a baby into their already busy lives.
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