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June 29, 2013
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Banner: Artist Eddie Martinez at work in his studio, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 2012. Production still from the New York Close Up film, Eddie Martinez's Risky Business. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Artist Marela Zacarķas de-installing a sculpture at the Brooklyn Museum, 2013. Production still from the New York Close Up film, Marela Zacarķas's Work Finds A Good Home. © Art21, Inc. 2013. |
 New York Close Up Adds Seven New Artists |
On June 21, Art21 announced the addition of seven new artists to the roster of its Webby-nominated online documentary series New York Close Up, with films premiering throughout the summer into September 2013.
The seven artists joining the project both broaden the scope of stories about cultural production and mirror the multiculturalism of New York City. Artists include the international/foreign-born artists Laleh Khorramian (Iran), Meleko Mokgosi (Botswana), and Marela Zacarias (Mexico); as well as artists drawn to New York from across the United States: Debo Eilers (Texas), Daniel Gordon (California), Mary Mattingly (Connecticut), and Jacolby Satterwhite (South Carolina).
The first two films from the new round are available to watch immediately on the New York Close Up website.
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At her temporary studio and home in Campbell Hall, located in upstate New York, artist Laleh Khorramian surveys the last ten years of her animated videos. |
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Artist Marela Zacarķas moves a suite of sculptures titled "Supple Beat" from the Brooklyn Museum to different spaces in the borough. |
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Artist Eddie Martinez discusses the motivation to shift his paintings from Pop-like figurations to pared down abstractions. |
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| New Videos in Exclusive |
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Artist Robert Mangold, speaking from his upstate New York studio in 2011, explains how his friendship with the late artist Sol LeWitt, as well as his experience working as a security guard at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, influenced his approach to making art. |
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Speaking from James Cohan Gallery, New York in late 2012, artist Trenton Doyle Hancock describes how his work has evolved over the past ten years. |
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| 100 Artists: New Videos, Images, Interviews, and More |
As part of the year-long 100 Artists celebration, 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.
In addition to the videos featured in this month's issue of Art21 News, highlights from the past month include:
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Art21 on Tumblr
Visit the Art21 Tumblr for exclusive 100 Artists-related content, including photosets and animated GIFs from Art21 films. |
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New Image Slideshows on Art21.org
New image slideshows are being added to the Art21 website on a weekly basis, drawing from images featured throughout all of Art21 films. New slideshows from the past month include:
Arturo Herrera, Artist at Work; Trenton Doyle Hancock, Artist at Work; and Sarah Sze, "The Uncountables (Encyclopedia)" (2010). |
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New Text Interviews on Art21.org
New to the Art21 website this month is a previously unpublished interview with John Baldessari, in which the artist discusses language and communication, and how many years of teaching, from preschool to college level, influenced his work in the studio. Read the full interview, John Baldessari: Just an Artist, on Art21.org |
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| Access 100 Artists: Host or Attend a Screening |
During the 100 Artists campaign, we want our materials in the hands of as many arts organizations and institutions as possible--as well as devoted Art21 News readers and recipients.
To date, Art21 has confirmed over 170 partners across the globe, spread over 6 continents. That is a total of nearly 800 screenings throughout 29 countries. Find a screening event near you on Art21.org.
This month, we welcome new partners in New Mexico, Maine, Turkey, Nigeria, Ramallah-Palestine and Siberia. We would also like to put out a special call for Art21 fans to host screenings in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nevada, Indiana, New Hampshire, Minnesota, and Mississippi. Art21 viewers abroad are also invited to share the enthusiasm they have for Art21 artists and films with their communities by hosting screening events.
Visit Art21.org for more information on how to host or attend a free Access 100 Artists screening.
Current Access partners: Let us know how your screening goes by sharing photos, comments, and stories across social media using #Art21Access, or by sending them to access [AT] art21.org.
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Highlights from the Art21 Blog
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| | From Our Columns
In June, we continued with the theme of hindsight on the Art21 Blog. Marissa Perel of "Gimme Shelter" questioned why four women artists, most of who found fame posthumously, had major exhibitions simultaneously; Catherine Wagely of "Looking at Los Angeles," visited the famous Sheats-Goldstein Residence built in the 1960s; Ali Fitzgerald of "Queer Berlin" looked back at the career of "terrorist drag" performer, Vaginal Davis; and guest blogger Crys Moore shared a heartfelt story about artist Beatriz da Costa, her friend and collaborator, who passed away in 2012. |
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Art historian Natalie Musteata has spent the month of June traveling Europe and writing from the road. Treating her residency as a travelogue, she has walked us through exhibitions she's seen in Nottingham, Paris, and Venice, while contemplating the history of exhibitions. How are certain exhibitions written about? How are certain exhibitions remembered? Read her posts on the Art21 Blog. |
Want to write for the Art21 Blog? Want to write for the Art21 Blog? Email two-three writing samples to blog [at] art21 [dot] org and tell us who or what you want to write about.
IMAGES (from top):
Xavier Veilhan, Rays (Lautner), 2013; Rubber, polyester, steel, variable dimensions; From the exhibition Architectones at Goldstein Sheats Residence Los Angeles, 2013; Courtesy Galerie Perrotin. Ragnar Kjartansson, S.S. Hangover, 2013; Performance at the 2013 Venice Biennale; Photo by Natalie Musteata.
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| Support Art21: Help Inspire a More Creative World |
With the ideas of 100 artists available in the Art in the Twenty-First Century television series, Art21 offers creative ways to tackle a challenge, transform a situation, or expand horizons. These ideas go viral.
Albert Einstein said that creativity is contagious. Help us to pass on the ideas of 100 artists. Donate to the 2013 Annual Fund.- $25 - Prints 5 free Educators' Guides--distributed to teachers worldwide
- $50 - Makes possible multi-lingual subtitles of an Exclusive video
- $100 - Sends a DVD and Screening Guide to an organization overseas to present a public film screening
- $500 - Supports a day of on-site filming at an artist's studio
Thank you for supporting Art21. Together we can inspire a more creative world.
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| Available Now: The Art in the Twenty-First Century Box Set |
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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