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September 19, 2012
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Banner: Detail view of the Josephine Halvorson painting, The Heat Inside (2011), at her exhibition, What Looks Back, Sikkema Jenkins & Co. (Chelsea, 11.19.11). Production still from the New York Close Up film Close Encounters with Josephine Halvorson. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Rafael Moreno Salazar and Ava Wiland. Left: Installation view of the Catherine Opie photograph series, Somewhere in the Middle (2011), at Hillcrest Hospital, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, 2011. Production still from the Exclusive film, Catherine Opie: Cleveland Clinic. © Art21, Inc. 2012. |
 New Videos: Opie, Halvorson, and Almanza Pereda |
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In this film, artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda contends with a series of obstacles while enrolled in his first semester of graduate school at Hunter College in Manhattan. |
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In this film, artist Josephine Halvorson guides a video crew through an exhibition of her recent paintings--"What Looks Back" (2011)--at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan. |
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Photographer Catherine Opie describes her intentions behind the permanent installation "Somewhere in the Middle" (2011) at Hillcrest Hospital, a branch of Cleveland Clinic, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. |
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| Featured Video from the Archive: Doris Salcedo |
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"The political aspect of the work relates also to the process of making the work.... I cannot simply use somebody else's labor. That's not the way it is. That will destroy the essence of the piece, if I were working from that perspective."
--Doris Salcedo
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In her Bogotá studio, artist Doris Salcedo discusses how the collective labor of her and her assistants underscores the political messages of her sculptures. |
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Highlights from the Art21 Blog
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| | New Column: Alchemy of Inspiration
Our newest column, penned by New York-based writer and novelist Jessica Lott, is Alchemy of Inspiration, an ongoing investigation into the nature of artistic inspiration and the ways that artists' lives and work intersect. Alchemy of Inspiration posts on the third Tuesday of each month. |
Want to write for the Art21 Blog? We're currently looking for writers to contribute posts to our Flash Points series on the theme of Storytelling. Email essay proposals and writing samples to blog [at] art21 [dot] org.
IMAGES (from top):
Yayoi Kusama with Joseph Cornell in New York, 1970. Courtesy Yayoi Kusama Studio, Inc.
Painters from Thomas Moore Studios re-painting "Color Fuses" by Milton Glaser, May 2012. Image by Caroline Sachay.
Guest blogger Stephen Lacy, an artist who lives and works in Chicago.
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| Watch Season 6 Online |
Four new episodes from the Season 6 of Art in the Twenty-First Century celebrated their respective broadcast premieres on PBS throughout April and May.
Each episode from the new season is available for immediate viewing online and through the PBS Video mobile apps.
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Resources for Educators
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Screenings
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IMAGE: Artist Eli Sudbrack of assume vivid astro focus in his New York studio, 2011. Production still from the series Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 6; Episode, Boundaries; Segment: assume vivid astro focus. © Art21, Inc. 2012.
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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.
Companion books
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