Sept / Oct 2016 Issue
Looking at Los Angeles
Devin Farrand, Ariel Herwitz and the Phenomenon of Gravitation
Looking at Los Angeles
Devin Farrand, Ariel Herwitz and the Phenomenon of Gravitation
Erin Sweeny explores the lives and work of LA-based artists Devin Farrand and Ariel Herwitz, a couple investigating vastly different materials in their independent art practices.
Art21 Artist to Artist
Change from Within: Kerry James Marshall Corrects the Canon
Art21 Artist to Artist
Change from Within: Kerry James Marshall Corrects the Canon
In this previously unpublished interview, artist Kerry James Marshall discusses his strategy for centralizing the Black figure in contemporary art.
New Kids on the Block
Places Within Us: Jesse Chun’s On Paper Series
New Kids on the Block
Places Within Us: Jesse Chun’s On Paper Series
An exploration of Jesse Chun’s “On Paper” series, which appropriates immigration paperwork and passports, searching for a place of belonging that extends beyond geography.
Writer-in-Residence
New Works by Marilyn Lerner: A Sustained Spontaneity
Writer-in-Residence
New Works by Marilyn Lerner: A Sustained Spontaneity
In this essay, Writer-in-Residence Anna Tome explores the rich abstracted colors in Marilyn Lerner’s exhibition “Harmonies,” closing next week at CUE Art Foundation.
Deep Focus: Inside Art21 Films
Directing Los Angeles and Mexico City: An Interview with Deborah Dickson
Deep Focus: Inside Art21 Films
Directing Los Angeles and Mexico City: An Interview with Deborah Dickson
Executive Producer Eve Moros Ortega interviews the director of the “Los Angeles” and “Mexico City” hours in “Art in the Twenty-First Century” Season 8, three-time Academy Award nominee Deborah Dickson.
Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor: Chris Sharp
Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor: Chris Sharp
Writer and curator Chris Sharp joins ART21 Magazine as guest editor of the September/October issue “Place Part I,” explored with a focus on art and artists in Mexico City and Los Angeles.