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January 17, 2013
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Banner: Installation view of Tabaimo's dolefullhouse at 601Artspace, New York, 2010. Production still from the Exclusive film, Tabaimo: "dolefullhouse". � Art21, Inc. 2012. Left: Richard Serra at work in his Manhattan studio, 2000. Production still from the Exclusive film, Richard Serra: Tools & Strategies. � Art21, Inc. 2013. |
 Celebrating 100 Artists |
In early January, Art21 introduced 100 Artists, celebrating the 100 artists featured to date by Art21 over the first six seasons of the series, Art in the Twenty-First Century. With the completion of Season Six in 2012, Art21 has profiled 100 of the most iconic artists of our time.
As we look back at this milestone, we look forward to sharing new features all year long. Throughout 2013, Art21 will release previously unpublished content from our rich archive as well as new material produced in collaboration with the artists: films, interviews, lists, updates, and more.
We began with a new video featuring artist Richard Serra, highlighted below.
Explore all 100 artists on Art21.org, and join our communities on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr for regular updates.
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| Host an Art21 Screening: Register for Access 100 Artists |
Access 100 Artists is a global campaign providing access to contemporary art and artists through hundreds of free public screenings and events. For the first time, organizations of all sizes are invited to screen any of Art21's films--free of charge--during 2013.
Art21 invites those interested in hosting a free Access 100 Artists screening to register on Art21.org.
Art21 will provide free materials for the events, including DVD screeners, video links, discussion materials, postcards, promotional materials, and more.
Learn more about Access 100 Artists--including information on how to host a screening--at Art21.org. Interested participants may also contact our Access Coordinator by email at access [AT] art21.org.
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| Art21 Translation Project: Bringing Artists' Words to Global Communities |
Art21 has partnered with non-profit Amara for a project to help spread the words and ideas of contemporary artists to communities around the world.
The Art21 Translation Project brings together a community of volunteers to help transcribe and translate Art21 videos, in turn helping inspire a more creative world through the works and words of contemporary artists. Through the efforts of the translation community, the words of artists become more accessible to audiences across languages, as well as to viewers who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Within the first week, the community has generated over 50 subtitles in over 10 languages, which, in addition to English, includes Italian, Indonesian, Romanian, Hebrew, and Turkish.
Please help Art21 bring the voices of 100 artists to global audiences by joining the Art21 Translation team on Amara.
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| New Videos: Richard Serra and Kalup Linzy |
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In this film, artist Kalup Linzy recounts the making of his video, "Keys to Our Heart" (2008), taking inspiration from black-and-white movies and music banned from the radio in the 1930s. |
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Filmed in 2000 at Richard Serra's Manhattan studio, the artist describes the various tools and conceptual strategies he has used throughout his career when working with lead and steel. |
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| Featured 100 Artists Video: Allora & Calzadilla |
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"You can talk about aesthetic form, but you can talk about: forms of violence; forms of oppression; forms of genocide; political forms. Who decides what's beautiful?"
--Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla
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Set against footage from the their installation, Ruin (2006), artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla discuss the various concepts of "form" that drive their process. |
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Highlights from the Art21 Blog
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| | From Our Columns
Danielle McCullough of Looking at Los Angeles considered catastrophe in photographs and sculpture by artist Heather Rasmussen; Richard McCoy of No Preservatives asked for your help in writing the history of art on Tony Smith; Joe Fusaro of Teaching with Contemporary Art explained how works by Art21 artists Glenn Ligon and Jenny Holzer can inspire students to get involved with literature; and Max Weintraub of On View Now reviewed Christian Marclay's much-applauded film montage The Clock, calling it "a tour de force of contemporary art." |
| | Guest Bloggers
We kicked off 2013 with an exciting change to our blogger-in-residence program: Going forward, guest bloggers will reside with us for 21 days as opposed to two short weeks. We love the number 21!
First up was Portland-based writer Michael Neualt, who wrote an engaging series on neuroaesthetics. In his piece "Tracking the Gaze," Neault focused on the phenomenon of eye movement, and the Russian psychologist Alfred Yarbus who invented an apparatus to map human vision. According to Neault, when we're looking at a work of art "the eyes are rarely stationary--they jump around from point to point, like a water strider on the surface of a pond." Read this piece and others in his series on the Art21 Blog. |
Want to write for the Art21 Blog? We are always looking for good writers. Email two or three writing samples to blog [at] art21 [dot] org and tell us who or what you are interested in writing about.
IMAGES (from top):
Heather Rasmussen. "Untitled (Container Yard, Liverpool, UK, January 13, 2004)," 2012. Courtesy of Heather Rasmussen.
Illustration by Swanny Mouton.
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| Support Art21 |
Every Art21 project--from the television series Art in the Twenty-First Century to the online short-format video series New York Close Up to Art21's free workshops for educators--depends on the generosity of individuals like you.
Individual donors are contributing producers, supporting:
- New Exclusive films featuring artists such as Richard Serra, Kiki Smith, and Maya Lin throughout 2013
- Daily news and editorials via the Art21 Blog (readers in over 200 countries)
- The Art21 Open Translation Project, an online initiative that allows audiences to create multi-language translations for Art21's short-format videos
- Free screening events in community centers, museums, and schools each year through Art21 Access
We hope that you will consider making a donation to Art21 today and join us in bringing worldwide audiences free access to the work and processes of today's leading artists. Thank you for your continued support!
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| Available Now: The Art in the Twenty-First Century Box Set |
New for the Holidays: The Art in the Twenty-First Century Collection
For the first time, all 24 one-hour programs spanning the all 6 seasons of the Art in the Twenty-First Century series are available in a beautiful box-set edition. The complete collection, showing how contemporary art can change how we see the world around us, is available today through ShopPBS.org and other retailers.
Single seasons of the Art in the Twenty-First Century series are also available as individual DVD sets (Seasons 1 and 2 are packaged in a 2-disc set). Each season includes 4 hours of programming featuring profiles of 12-16 of today's leading contemporary artists.
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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