Tag Archives: Social

Flashback

Ten (More) Artists on Radicalism and Resistance

by Art21 | Nov 18, 2015

Flashback

Ten (More) Artists on Radicalism and Resistance

by Art21 | Nov 18, 2015

In last year’s November/December issue we investigated ideas of unrest and revolution, and the ways art can and has innovated in the name of change. The months that followed saw huge …
"E.m-bed.de/d" (left) and "Augmented Real" by Yung Jake.

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Art 2.1 | New Frontier at Sundance 2013: 4D Art and Augmented Real

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 7, 2013

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Art 2.1 | New Frontier at Sundance 2013: 4D Art and Augmented Real

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 7, 2013

Nettrice Gaskins speaks with “datamoshing, glitch-creating, meta-rapping” artist Yung Jake in a second post from New Frontier at Sundance.
Welcome to the desert of the real: the entrance to New Frontier at Sundance 2013.

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Art 2.1 | New Frontier at Sundance 2013: The Pixelated Pavilion

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 5, 2013

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Art 2.1 | New Frontier at Sundance 2013: The Pixelated Pavilion

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 5, 2013

Nettrice Gaskins introduces a series of reports from New Frontier: an experimental space at the 2013 Sundance Film Fesitval.

Eleanor Antin Takes Over @Art21 (Again!) | #AntinCWS

by Jonathan Munar | Jan 29, 2013

Eleanor Antin Takes Over @Art21 (Again!) | #AntinCWS

by Jonathan Munar | Jan 29, 2013

Artist Eleanor Antin will take over the @Art21 Twitter account to perform a special reading on Wednesday, January 30, from 3:00–4:00 p.m. EST.

The Art21 Translation Project: Bringing the Words of Contemporary Artists to Global Audiences

by Jonathan Munar | Jan 23, 2013

The Art21 Translation Project: Bringing the Words of Contemporary Artists to Global Audiences

by Jonathan Munar | Jan 23, 2013

An introduction to the Art21 Translation Project by Art21 Director of Digital Media and Strategy, Jonathan Munar.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

More Moments, More Dialogue

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 2, 2013

Teaching with Contemporary Art

More Moments, More Dialogue

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 2, 2013

This week I want to follow up on the two most recent posts, Speak About What’s Unspeakable and Teachable Moments in 2012, because there are some loose ends to attend to.

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | The Best in Food-Art 2012

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 21, 2012

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | The Best in Food-Art 2012

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 21, 2012

Writers Megan Fizzel and Andrew Russeth join Nicole Caruth for a look at the year’s best food-art projects.

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Anti-Cancer Cooking in a Post-Hurricane Sandy World

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 16, 2012

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Anti-Cancer Cooking in a Post-Hurricane Sandy World

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 16, 2012

Nicole Caruth looks at two recent projects by Beatriz da Costa, both part of Art, Environment, Action! at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons.

Flash Points

Eleanor Antin Takes Over @Art21 on Twitter Today at 2pm EST!

by Claudine Isé | Oct 26, 2012

Flash Points

Eleanor Antin Takes Over @Art21 on Twitter Today at 2pm EST!

by Claudine Isé | Oct 26, 2012

Today, artist Eleanor Antin will take over the @Art21 Twitter account to perform a special reading from 2:00–3:00 p.m. EST. Please follow along!

Eleanor Antin Takes Over @Art21 on Twitter

by Jonathan Munar | Oct 22, 2012

Eleanor Antin Takes Over @Art21 on Twitter

by Jonathan Munar | Oct 22, 2012

Artist Eleanor Antin will take over the @Art21 Twitter account to perform a special reading on Friday, October 26, from 2:00–3:00 p.m. EST.

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Lucy + Jorge Orta: Food-Water-Life

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 19, 2012

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Lucy + Jorge Orta: Food-Water-Life

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 19, 2012

Nicole Caruth on Lucy + Jorge Orta, whose first major traveling exhibition “Food-Water-Life” is now up at Tufts University Art Gallery in Boston.

Internet Forager Shuns Art World; Embraces Open Source

by Brendan Carroll | Sep 24, 2012

Internet Forager Shuns Art World; Embraces Open Source

by Brendan Carroll | Sep 24, 2012

Carroll talks to artist Angie Waller about her decision to make open-sourced, non-collectable work, and how she negotiates the dynamic between cost and labor without sacrificing creativity.
Ellen Gallagher. "Bird in Hand," 2006. Image courtesy of Tate Liverpool.

Art21 New York Close Up

Polyculturalist Visions Revisited

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 4, 2012

Art21 New York Close Up

Polyculturalist Visions Revisited

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 4, 2012

Nettrice Gaskins revisits themes she first explored in her essay on “polyculturalism” for Art21.org’s Ideas series on “The Culture Wars, Redux.”

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Doug Ashford

by Thom Donovan | Aug 28, 2012

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Doug Ashford

by Thom Donovan | Aug 28, 2012

Thom Donovan interviews Doug Ashford, who is widely known for his work with Group Material during the period 1983-1996.
Yayoi Kusama. "Yellow Trees" at 14th Street, 2012. Photo courtesy Nettrice Gaskins.

Yayoi Kusama at the Whitney: Accumulation, Infinity and the Multiverse

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 27, 2012

Yayoi Kusama at the Whitney: Accumulation, Infinity and the Multiverse

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 27, 2012

Nettrice Gaskins reviews the Yayoi Kusama retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and considers Kusama’s work in light of immersive 3D worlds and “Augmented Spaces.”

Revolution 2.1

Revolution 2.1 | The Dictator Will Be Tagged: Power, Revolution Graffiti and the Deconstructed Superhero

by Safa Samiezade'-Yazd | Aug 16, 2012

Revolution 2.1

Revolution 2.1 | The Dictator Will Be Tagged: Power, Revolution Graffiti and the Deconstructed Superhero

by Safa Samiezade'-Yazd | Aug 16, 2012

TheArt21 Blog’s newest column debuts today!

Interview with Critic, Curator and Art Historian Cuauhtémoc Medina, Part 2

by Mariana Aguirre | Aug 7, 2012

Interview with Critic, Curator and Art Historian Cuauhtémoc Medina, Part 2

by Mariana Aguirre | Aug 7, 2012

Part 2 of guest blogger Mariana Aguirre’s conversation with Mexico City-based critic, curator and art historian Cuauhtémoc Medina.

Bedfellows: Art and Visual Culture

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Leeza Ahmady (Part 2)

by Georgia Kotretsos | Aug 3, 2012

Bedfellows: Art and Visual Culture

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Leeza Ahmady (Part 2)

by Georgia Kotretsos | Aug 3, 2012

Part 2 of Georgia Kotretsos’ interview with independent curator Leeza Ahmady, the director of Asian Contemporary Art Week in New York.

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Ai Weiwei: New Communication

by Claudine Isé | Jul 6, 2012

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Ai Weiwei: New Communication

by Claudine Isé | Jul 6, 2012

Art21’s latest Exclusive video: in one of his first on-camera interviews following his release from detention in 2011, Ai Weiwei discusses the potential for artists to express themselves online.

avaf + art21 comboworks: A Collaboration with assume vivid astro focus, Art21, and You

by Jonathan Munar | Jun 15, 2012

avaf + art21 comboworks: A Collaboration with assume vivid astro focus, Art21, and You

by Jonathan Munar | Jun 15, 2012

Introducing a new interactive and collaborative online artist project with artist collective, assume vivid astro focus.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Change

by Joe Fusaro | May 23, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Change

by Joe Fusaro | May 23, 2012

Last week I presented a Season 6 Access screening of the Change episode featuring Catherine Opie, El Anatsui and Ai Weiwei. During the screening I made some notes to share …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 Meets Fluxus

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 4, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 Meets Fluxus

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 4, 2012

This past Saturday I had the pleasure of working with the University of Michigan Museum of Art to present “Art21 Meets Fluxus”. Over thirty teachers from a variety of disciplines came together to learn more about working with Art21 education materials and to brainstorm ways of bringing this smart and provocative exhibition, titled Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life, into their classrooms.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part Two

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 29, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part Two

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 29, 2012

Part two of my recent interview with Janine Antoni in advance of her keynote address and workshop at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference here in New York from March 1-4.

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Iraqi Cuisine Goes Mobile

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 17, 2012

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Iraqi Cuisine Goes Mobile

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 17, 2012

Artist Michael Rakowitz’s “Enemy Kitchen (Food Truck)” is a roving eatery where local Iraqi cooks and US veterans of the Iraq war serve meals to the public.

Queer Past/Queer Future: In Conversation

by Aldrin Valdez | Jan 30, 2012

Queer Past/Queer Future: In Conversation

by Aldrin Valdez | Jan 30, 2012

What can the Occupy movement learn from the history of HIV/AIDS activism? Ted Kerr’s “Questions for a Revolution” offers a starting point.

From the Voice of the People to the People of the Voice

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 13, 2012

From the Voice of the People to the People of the Voice

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 13, 2012

Matias Viegener offers different ways of thinking about Occupy LA in the wake of its LA City Hall site’s forced closure.

Dirt and Blankets

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 10, 2012

Dirt and Blankets

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 10, 2012

Anna Mayer shows how protest encampments are themselves a form of embodied activism that puts basic human needs front and center.

#OccupyOccupyArt21

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 9, 2012

#OccupyOccupyArt21

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 9, 2012

No matter where you live, you can Occupy. Conceptual artist Mikal Czech offers a series of proposals to get you started.

Octupy Los Angeles

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 6, 2012

Octupy Los Angeles

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 6, 2012

Teresa Carmody talks with Owen Driggs about the making of a giant Octopus puppet, which stands as a visual metaphor for corporate reach as well as leaderless organization.

Radical Receptivities

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 4, 2012

Radical Receptivities

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 4, 2012

Can listening more actively spur radical change? Elana Mann and Juliana Snapper on The People’s Mic and the power of attentive voices.

Human Pyramids and the Capitalist System

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 3, 2012

Human Pyramids and the Capitalist System

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 3, 2012

Robby Herbst discusses his grandfather’s 1930s-era amateur acrobatic troupe, whose stunts symbolically enacted the power and pleasure of united workers.

Gastro-Vision | It Was a Sweet Year

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 23, 2011

Gastro-Vision | It Was a Sweet Year

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 23, 2011

Think sweets are just for kids? Think again: Caruth surveys ten memorable food art projects from 2011 that take a cutting-edge approach to the dessert genre.

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment Newbie

by Chiara Galimberti | Dec 14, 2011

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment Newbie

by Chiara Galimberti | Dec 14, 2011

New Open Enrollment blogger Chiara Galimberti writes about the challenges she faces pursuing an MFA degree in painting while raising two young daughters.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Occupy This

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 23, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Occupy This

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 23, 2011

Yinka Shonibare MBE says in his season 5 segment that he would like to have the “trappings of wealth” himself, even though he may be criticizing it. And being made …

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Ben Kinmont

by Thom Donovan | Nov 21, 2011

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Ben Kinmont

by Thom Donovan | Nov 21, 2011

  This past month, I encountered Ben Kinmont’s work for the first time, appropriately enough at the Fales special collection in New York University’s Bobst library. Walking through the double …