Tag Archives: Film & Video

Mike Kelley’s Day Is Done at PICA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 5, 2008

Mike Kelley’s Day Is Done at PICA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 5, 2008

The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art is showing Mike Kelley’s new work Day Is Done as part of selection of films put together with the Northwest Film Center.  The program …

Cai Guo-Qiang Responds to Olympics Fireworks “Controversy”

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 22, 2008

Cai Guo-Qiang Responds to Olympics Fireworks “Controversy”

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 22, 2008

Over 34 million people watched the dazzling opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Days later, eager buzz-killers were quick to point out that deceptive “augmentations” were actually employed …

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Matthew Ritchie | Apocalypse

by Wesley Miller | Aug 21, 2008

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Matthew Ritchie | Apocalypse

by Wesley Miller | Aug 21, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Ritchie discusses the apocalyptic themes in his videos The Iron City (2007) and Raphael (2007), featured in his upcoming exhibition The Morning Line (2008) for the 3rd Bienal …

Meat After Meat Joy

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 16, 2008

Meat After Meat Joy

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 16, 2008

Zhang Huan, My New York, 2002, still from video performance. Courtesy of Pierre Menard Gallery. One of the last shows I saw in the United States before leaving for Belgium …

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Pierre Huyghe | “Anlee”

by Wesley Miller | Jul 24, 2008

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Pierre Huyghe | “Anlee”

by Wesley Miller | Jul 24, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Pierre Huyghe’s videos One Million Kingdoms (2001) and Two Minutes Out of Time (2000), part of the collaborative project No Ghost Just a Shell (1999-2003) with Philippe Parreno. Pierre …

SIDE X SIDE

by Amy Mackie | Jul 17, 2008

SIDE X SIDE

by Amy Mackie | Jul 17, 2008

Art and activism have been intimately engaged throughout contemporary art history, reiterating the notion that the personal is political. In 2007, Art:21’s Season 4 addressed activist strategies (in particular, the …

Berliner Salon: Richard Serra at Kunst Werke

by Emilie Trice | Jul 11, 2008

Berliner Salon: Richard Serra at Kunst Werke

by Emilie Trice | Jul 11, 2008

Last weekend Kunst Werke opened an exhibition of films by Ricarda Roggan, Albrecht Schäfer and Art:21 Season 1 artist Richard Serra. Serra’s part of the exhibition, entitled Thinking on Your …

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Eleanor Antin | Inventing Histories

by Wesley Miller | Jul 10, 2008

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Eleanor Antin | Inventing Histories

by Wesley Miller | Jul 10, 2008

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 …

Conversations: An-My Lê with Michael Almereyda part 2

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 9, 2008

Conversations: An-My Lê with Michael Almereyda part 2

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 9, 2008

Following is the second half of the conversation between An-My Lê and filmmaker Michael Almereyda that took place on May 5, 2008 at the Mid-Manhattan Library. This event was co-presented …

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Let’s See It Again!

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 9, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Let’s See It Again!

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 9, 2008

I had a great experience recently sitting with my son, Paul, and doing a little preparation for this column. Since he’s an inquisitive, very verbal, curly-haired three year old, I …

Conversations: An-My Lê with Michael Almereyda part 1

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 8, 2008

Conversations: An-My Lê with Michael Almereyda part 1

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 8, 2008

The following is a conversation between An-My Lê and Michael Almereyda that took place at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public Library on May 5th, 2008. This event …

Bourgeois at Anthology Film Archives

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 7, 2008

Bourgeois at Anthology Film Archives

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 7, 2008

On the occasion of Louise Bourgeois’s Guggenheim retrospective exhibition, Anthology Film Archives will present Brigitte Cornand’s trilogy of films about the artist. Screening July 9-20, Louise Bourgeois: Portrait Trilogy 1995-2007 …

Berliner Salon: Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno at DAAD Galerie

by Emilie Trice | Jun 27, 2008

Berliner Salon: Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno at DAAD Galerie

by Emilie Trice | Jun 27, 2008

The streets of Berlin have been unusually rowdy these past few weeks, with the screams of belligerent football fans reverberating off every wall. As is customary in this country, a …

Sound & Language

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 26, 2008

Sound & Language

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 26, 2008

The human voice is the most specific expression of an individual. With its infinite potential for sound effects and imitation along with its prime role in communication, it is clearly …

1968 | 2008

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 24, 2008

1968 | 2008

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 24, 2008

This is not the first time that Summer Olympics Games are embroiled in environmental and political controversies. In 1968, Mexico City, with its high altitude containing 30% less oxygen than …

Museum

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 20, 2008

Museum

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 20, 2008

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was established eighteen years ago in Kansas City, Missouri on 18th and Vine Streets, just around the corner from the Paseo YMCA building where the …

Beyond the Reel

by Marc Mayer | Jun 16, 2008

Beyond the Reel

by Marc Mayer | Jun 16, 2008

On Thursday, June 19, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden opens the second installment of The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image, titled Part II: Realisms. While Part …

The Puppet Show in Santa Monica

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 16, 2008

The Puppet Show in Santa Monica

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 16, 2008

Taking Alfred Jarry’s 1896 Ubu Roi as its historic point of departure, The Puppet Show at the Santa Monica Museum of Art includes work by 28 artists, including Art:21 alumni …

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Eleanor Antin | “Helen’s Odyssey”

by Wesley Miller | Jun 12, 2008

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Eleanor Antin | “Helen’s Odyssey”

by Wesley Miller | Jun 12, 2008

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 …

Conversations | Charles Atlas with Lia Gangitano | Ask questions for follow-up interview

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 12, 2008

Conversations | Charles Atlas with Lia Gangitano | Ask questions for follow-up interview

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 12, 2008

The following interview took place at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public Library on April 7, 2008, following a screening of the Art:21 episode Paradox. Consulting Director and …

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Second Look

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 11, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Second Look

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 11, 2008

In the May 14th column I commented on the fact that some people were having a hard time incorporating Season 4 artists into their classrooms and studios. This weekend, hiding …

EXIT and Enter

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 10, 2008

EXIT and Enter

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 10, 2008

I’ve already mentioned that one way to catch up on the contemporary Danish art scene is to get a glimpse of Forårsudstillingen at Charlottenborg, but another and maybe even more …

Rebirth of Danish art and design

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 3, 2008

Rebirth of Danish art and design

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 3, 2008

If you want to keep track of modern Danish art and design, Forårsudstillingen at Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen is a pivotal point of departure. Yesterday was the final day of …

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle wins Richard H. Driehaus Foundation award

by Marc Mayer | Jun 3, 2008

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle wins Richard H. Driehaus Foundation award

by Marc Mayer | Jun 3, 2008

Art21 artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle (Season 4) is the winner of a 2008 individual artist award granted by the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. This award recognizes artists living in the Chicago …

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Josiah McElheny | “Conceptual Drawings for a Chandelier, 1965”

by Wesley Miller | May 29, 2008

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Josiah McElheny | “Conceptual Drawings for a Chandelier, 1965”

by Wesley Miller | May 29, 2008

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 …

Best Supporting Artists

by Ben Street | May 23, 2008

Best Supporting Artists

by Ben Street | May 23, 2008

Artists in films tend to act as shorthand for oversensitive loners, just as lawyers in films are shorthand for unscrupulous money-grubbers and people with British accents are shorthand for oleaginous …

When in Rome 78

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 16, 2008

When in Rome 78

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 16, 2008

Through May 22nd at Anthology Film Archives is a retrospective of artist/filmmaker James Nares, perhaps best known for Rome 78, an anachronistic, subcultural take on decadent Rome via New York …

Matthew Ritchie at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

by Maria Nicanor | May 1, 2008

Matthew Ritchie at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

by Maria Nicanor | May 1, 2008

Season 3 artist Matthew Ritchie’s The Hierarchy Problem (2003) and The Fine Constant (2003) are on view at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao as part of Installations: Selections from the Guggenheim …

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Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle | “Oppenheimer”

by Wesley Miller | Apr 24, 2008

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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 …

Orozco Revelation

by Maria Nicanor | Apr 18, 2008

Orozco Revelation

by Maria Nicanor | Apr 18, 2008

One of the most interesting documentaries I have ever seen about Gabriel Orozco (Season 2) – and which was a total revelation into his work – is the Mexican production …

Picks from the Blanton Museum

by Maria Nicanor | Apr 16, 2008

Picks from the Blanton Museum

by Maria Nicanor | Apr 16, 2008

Check out The Blanton Museum of Art’s two exciting exhibitions featuring works by Art21 artists Richard Tuttle (Season 3), Michael Ray Charles (Season 1) and Hubbard + Birchler (Season 3). …

Art21 artists in “TRANSactions” in Atlanta

by David Roesing | Apr 9, 2008

Art21 artists in “TRANSactions” in Atlanta

by David Roesing | Apr 9, 2008

TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art, a group show which opened on March 15 at the High Museum in Atlanta features work from three Art21 artists. Alfredo Jaar, Inigo …

Photos from Charles Atlas/Lia Gangitano at NYPL

by Ana Otero | Apr 8, 2008

Photos from Charles Atlas/Lia Gangitano at NYPL

by Ana Otero | Apr 8, 2008

Check out the pictures from yesterday night’s screening of Paradox and discussion with Charles Atlas and Lia Gangitano, Director of Participant Inc, at the Mid-Manhattan Library. Art21 is co-presenting monthly …

Josiah McElheny at the Henry Art Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 7, 2008

Josiah McElheny at the Henry Art Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 7, 2008

The Last Scattering Surface, an enormous spherical sculpture composed of metal and glass by Art21 artist Josiah McElheny (Season 3), has traveled to the University of Washington’s Henry Art Gallery. …

Reminder: Charles Atlas with Lia Gangitano at NYPL tonight

by Kelly Shindler | Apr 7, 2008

Reminder: Charles Atlas with Lia Gangitano at NYPL tonight

by Kelly Shindler | Apr 7, 2008

Art21, BOMB, & the Mid-Manhattan Library present a film screening and conversation Art:21‚ÄîArt in the Twenty-First Century Season 4 episode Paradox After the screening Lia Gangitano, Director of Participant Inc., …

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Catherine Sullivan | Empathy

by Wesley Miller | Apr 3, 2008

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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 …