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June 15, 2011
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Banner: Barry McGee installing at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 2000. Production still from the series Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 1, Episode: Place. © Art21, Inc. 2001. Left: Artist Kalup Linzy prepares for a performance with an acupuncture treatment at Natural Health (Midtown, Manhattan, 12.08.10). Production still from the series New York Close Up. © Art21, Inc. 2011. Cinematography by Rafael Moreno Salazar and Ava Wiland. |
 New Series: New York Close Up |
Art21 is proud to unveil New York Close Up--a new documentary film series devoted to artists in the first decade of their professional career, living and working in New York City. "We aspire to chronicle what it feels like to be an artist today in New York, what's at stake in our culture, and what it means to make art," state series co-creators Wesley Miller and Nick Ravich in their introduction to the project.
Ten films will premiere exclusively online on Mondays and Fridays throughout the remainder of June. The first two films--A Brief History of Shana Moulton & Whispering Pines and Kalup Linzy & James Franco, That's Entertainment!--premiered earlier this week and are available to watch immediately.
The project is accompanied by a special website where each of the films will premiere. The website will also present on-going commentary from the series creators, as well additional features as the project progresses.
Visit the New York Close Up website to view the first two films from the series, meet the featured artists, read the full series introduction, and much more.
New York Close Up is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional support provided by The 1896 Studios & Stages.
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| Art21 Educators 2011-2012: Meet the Participants |
Art21 introduces the new cohort of teachers who were accepted to be part of the Art21 Educators 2011-2012 program. Each participant applied with a partner to provide additional support and feedback, as well as opportunities for collaborative and interdisciplinary teaching during the upcoming school year.
Every Tuesday for the last six weeks we have introduced a pair of educators who will be participating in the third year of this program on the Art21 Blog. Take a moment and catch up by meeting the first six pairs: Maureen Hergott and Julia CopperSmith; Jack Watson and Holly Loranger; Jethro Gillespie and James Rees; Jeannine Bardo and Mary Curry; Todd Elkin and Teri Hu; and Samantha Melvin and Kim Timmons.
Stay tuned to the Art21 Blog as we introduce the final two pairs of Art21 Educators, all of who will join us this summer in New York City and will continue to work with us during the course of the school year!
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| New Videos: Shana Moulton and Kalup Linzy |
| | A Brief History of Shana Moulton & Whispering Pines
New York Close Up Episode #001: Should an artist separate herself from the character she creates? In this film, artist Shana Moulton traces the development of her ongoing video and performance series Whispering Pines and its central protagonist Cynthia. Shana charts the various ways in which fiction and autobiography meld and diverge in the character of Cynthia, played by the artist herself.
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| | Kalup Linzy & James Franco, That's Entertainment!
New York Close Up Episode #002: What's the difference between art and entertainment? In this film, artist Kalup Linzy prepares for his debut performance as Kalup & Franco--a performance art music-based collaboration with the actor James Franco--at Rob Pruitt's 2010 Art Awards at Webster Hall in the East Village. Kalup & Franco are the closing act for a Hollywood-style awards show where celebrity and contemporary art merge in ambiguous ways.
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Keep up with the New York Close Up series at the project website. Keep up with the Exclusive series on the Art21 Blog, or subscribe to the series via RSS or iTunes (note: link opens in iTunes). A blend of newly-shot original filming and previously unreleased archival footage, videos from the biweekly Exclusive series focus on singular aspects of an artist's process, significant individual works and exhibitions, provocative ideas, and biographical anecdotes.
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Highlights from the Art21 Blog
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| | New Column: Problematic
Guest Blog alum Lindsay Lawson returns with a monthly column, "aimed at diffusing, rather than shedding light on subjects that are particularly tricky, paradoxical, and well...problematic." Don't miss: VeniceЯUs
A run through from the 2011 Venice Biennale by Art21 Blog contributor, Alex Freedman. |
Want to write for the Art21 Blog? Email interest and writing samples to blog [at] art21 [dot] org.
IMAGES (from top): Allora & Calzadilla, installation of Track and Field, 2011, © All rights reserved by the Indianapolis Museum of Art; Barbara Kruger, The Globe Shrinks, 2010, video installation, Photo: Joshua White/JWPictures.com, Courtesy L&M Arts; Anne Wilson, Wind-Up: Walking the Warp Houston, performance with Hope Stone Dance, CAM Houston, 2010. Photo: Simon Gentry'
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| Support Art21: Join the Circle of Excellence |
On May 23rd, Art21 was among the 38 producers of documentary films, broadcast news programs, and prime-time television series to receive the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. Art21 Executive Director Susan Sollins and Art21 film director Charles Atlas attended the ceremony, accepting the honor given for Art21's latest film for PBS broadcast, William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible.
The Art21 Board is commemorating this very special accomplishment--Art21's second Peabody award--through the Circle of Excellence. Combined with Art21's Spring Appeal, the Circle of Excellence celebrates Art21's recent achievements by raising tax-deductible contributions for Art21's ongoing programs and new initiatives. In the next 18 days, Art21 hopes to achieve its Spring campaign goal of $25,000. With 28% raised through the Circle of Excellence to date, we hope you will make a donation today--in any amount--to help us reach our goal.
Your contribution keeps Art21's programs free and accessible to audiences worldwide. Please help us celebrate Art21's achievement through a contribution to the Circle of Excellence today!
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| Shop Art21 |
William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible
Art21's Peabody Award-winning feature film provides an in-depth portrait of South African artist William Kentridge as he creates a series of new works, including a staging of Shostakovich's The Nose at The Metropolitan Opera in New York City. William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible is available on DVD from ShopPBS and other retailers.
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Miss a season? Looking for a particular artist's segment? All five seasons of Art in the Twenty-First Century are available on DVD and digital download, giving you first-hand access to today's most compelling artists and thought-provoking themes. (Season 5 is also available in high-definition Blu-ray.)
Companion books
Spanning all five seasons, the Art in the Twenty-First Century companion books feature in-depth interviews with all 86 series-featured artists, high-quality images, and essays from Art21 Executive Director Susan Sollins.
Visit ShopPBS.org to view all available products from Art21.
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