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October 18, 2012
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Make a gift to Art21 today  | | Over the past decade, Art21 featured artists have extended their connection with the organization in a variety of ways. Artists have given talks, invited our educators into their studios, thrown us fundraisers, collaborated on online projects, and much more. Now, for the first time, we will have an artist take over our Twitter account. Read on for more about this special program.
This month's issue also highlights three brand new videos featuring artists Erin Shirreff, El Anatsui, and Lynda Benglis.
Finally, highlighted are select writings from the Art21 Blog, including a new column titled New Kids on the Block.
 In this issue:
Eleanor Antin Takes Over @Art21 New Videos: Erin Shirreff, El Anatsui, and Lynda Benglis Featured Video from the Archive: Gabriel Orozco Highlights from the Art21 Blog Support Art21 and Enter Our Raffle Shop Art21 |
Banner: Lynda Benglis, The Manu (2008), detail, at the family home of Anand Sarabhai in Ahmedabad, India, 2011. Production still from the Exclusive film, Lynda Benglis: India. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Left: El Anatsui, Conspirators (2007), at The Museum of Modern Art in Hayama, Japan, 2011. Production still from the Exclusive film, El Anatsui: Language & Symbols. © Art21, Inc. 2012. |
| Eleanor Antin Takes Over @Art21 |
On Friday, October 26 at 2:00 p.m. EST, Art21 featured artist Eleanor Antin will take over Art21's Twitter account.
Through posts of 140 characters or less, the artist will "read" stanzas of a story from her memoir, Conversations with Stalin, before embarking on four New York-based performances. The artist encourages audience participation throughout, and will respond to questions submitted by audience members following the live Twitter "reading."
The event will take place from 2:00-3:00 p.m. EST on Twitter. Follow along with @Art21 and the hashtag #AntinCWS, ask questions, and see what else Eleanor Antin has to say.
IMAGE: Eleanor Antin with puppets during a 2012 reinstallation at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles of Before the Revolution (1979). Photo: Robert Gauthier © 2012. Los Angeles Times.
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| New Videos: Erin Shirreff, El Anatsui, and Lynda Benglis |
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At her Greenpoint, Brooklyn studio, artist Erin Shirreff discusses the creation of her recent video work, "Lake" (2012). |
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Filmed in 2011 at The Museum of Modern Art in Hayama, Japan, El Anatsui discusses the role of language and symbols in his artwork. |
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Filmed in 2011, artist Lynda Benglis gives a tour of the family home of Anand Sarabhai in Ahmedabad, India, a city she has been visiting and working in for over thirty years. |
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| Featured Video from the Archive: Gabriel Orozco |
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"Abstraction is one of the great inventions of art in the 20th century--the fact that you can just be in front of this white space and start to create without evident reference to reality. But, there is always a reference to reality, because you are real and that is real and then you start to think about that."
--Gabriel Orozco
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Gabriel Orozco discusses paintings from his ongoing "Samurai Tree" series. |
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Highlights from the Art21 Blog
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| | New Column: New Kids on the Block
Meet New Kids on the Block, a new column by longtime Art21 Blog contributor Jacquelyn Gleisner (Open Enrollment; Praxis Makes Perfect). New Kids focuses on fresh work by fledgling artists through interviews with up-and-coming practitioners working in a range of media. The column posts on the second Monday 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.
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New Kids on the Block column logo. Designed by Nicole Killian and Amelia Irwin of Hot Sundae.
Attendees of the IFPDA Print Fair chatting with a dealer. Photo credit: © Patrick McMullan/PatrickMcMullan.com. Image courtesy International Fine Print Dealers Association, New York.
Guest blogger Brendan Carroll, an artist, writer, and independent curator.
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| Support Art21 and Enter Our Raffle |
The celebration continues! If you missed Art21's special September raffle, never fear: we are extending this treat to the end of October. Make a tax-deductible donation to Art21 before October 31st and your name will be automatically entered for a chance to win an Art in the Twenty-First Century PBS box set--6 DVDs, 100 artists--and other prizes.
Donors contributing $75 and above will be entered to win the Season 1-6 box set (2 total).
Donors contributing $50-$74 will have a chance to win Season Six DVDs (10 total).
Contributions directly support the production of new films and resources. From Art in the Twenty-First Century on PBS to the Web series Exclusive and New York Close Up to Art21 education programs, your gift makes a difference.
Best of luck and thank you for supporting Art21!
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| Shop Art21 |
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Miss a season? Looking for a particular artist's segment? All six seasons of the broadcast series are available on DVD, digital download, and now in an exclusive PBS box set, giving you first-hand access to today's most compelling artists and thought-provoking themes. Individual season DVDs available now; pre-order the Art in the Twenty-First Century PBS box set from ShopPBS.org for arrival in October 2012.
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
Spanning all six seasons, the Art in the Twenty-First Century companion books feature in-depth interviews with all 100 series-featured artists, high-quality images, and essays from Art21 Executive Director Susan Sollins.
The Season Six Companion Book is available today at Art21.org
Visit ShopPBS.org to view all available products from Art21.
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