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July 25, 2013
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Make a gift to Art21 today  | | Last month, the New York Close Up series entered its third year, introducing seven new artists to the series roster. This month, we premiered the latest film from the series, featuring artist Mary Mattingly.
The 100 Artists celebration continued this past month, with new videos featuring Maya Lin and Bruce Nauman, as well as additional materials featuring Cindy Sherman, Tim Hawkinson, and Pepón Osorio.
Read on for more from 100 Artists, including opportunities to host or attend a screening in your community.
 In this issue:
New Videos in Exclusive and New York Close Up 100 Artists: New Videos, Images, Interviews, and More Access 100 Artists: Host or Attend a Screening Highlights from the Art21 Blog Support Art21: Help Inspire a More Creative World Available Now: The Art in the Twenty-First Century Box Set |
Banner: Artist Maya Lin at work in her Manhattan studio, 2012. Production still from the Exclusive film, Maya Lin: Disappearing Bodies of Water. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Left: Artist Mary Mattingly dragging a sculpture of her personal belongings over the Bayonne Bridge, from Staten Island to New Jersey, 2013. Production still from the New York Close Up film, Mary Mattingly Owns Up. © Art21, Inc. 2013. |
| New Videos in Exclusive and New York Close Up |
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Artist Mary Mattingly transforms personal belongings into sculptural forms that she later incorporates into photographs and performative actions. |
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Filmed in late 2012, Maya Lin discusses her recent marble sculpture series, "Disappearing Bodies of Water," shown in progress at her Manhattan studio. |
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Filmed at Bruce Nauman's New Mexico studio in August 2000, the artist explains his need to experiment with new materials and forms on a daily basis. |
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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As part of the year-long 100 Artists celebration, Art21 will release previously unpublished content from our rich archive, as well as new material produced in collaboration with the artists: films, interviews, lists, updates, and more.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 regular basis, drawing from images featured throughout all of Art21 films. New slideshows from the past month include:
Tim Hawkinson, Artist at Work; and Pepón Osorio, Artist at Work. |
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New Text Interviews on Art21.org
New to the Art21 website this month is a previously unpublished interview with Cindy Sherman, in which the artist discusses the ideas behind photographs from her History Portraits (1989-1990) series. Read the full interview, Cindy Sherman: It Began with Madame de Pompadour, 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 900 screenings throughout 33 countries. Find a screening event near you on Art21.org.
This month, we welcome new partners in New Hampshire, Germany, Ireland, and Argentina. 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
Inspired by year three of New York Close Up, the Art21 Blog takes the theme of networks as its focus during July and August. Here are some highlights from the past few weeks: Jacquelyn Gleisner of "New Kids on the Block" received a manicure from artist Breanna Trammell whose traveling nail salon is "creating a network of meaningful experiences"; Joe Fusaro of "Teaching with Contemporary Art" addressed the importance of community in an art educator's growth; Caroline Picard of "Center Field" visited 2 of a Kind, a group show in Chicago "indicative of an exciting, often invisible network of relationships...that facilitate artistic production"; and Jonathan Munar, Art21's Director of Digital Media and Strategy, spot lit Doug Aitken's forthcoming train project, Station to Station, and the online campaign that's "providing visitors with the opportunity to peek inside the mind of the artist..." |
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On July 1, we welcomed curator, writer, and university professor Noah Simblist. Writing for the blog as he travels to Venice, Beruit, Tel Aviv, and Ramallah, Noah's posts "look at the ways that artists engage activist politics in an increasingly globalized art world." Most recently, he reported on Akram Zaatari's Venice Biennale installation, Letter to a Refusing Pilot, a coming together of "archive and allegory." Read all of Noah's posts on the Art21 Blog. |
Want to write for the Art21 Blog? Email a pitch and two writing samples to blog [at] art21 [dot] org.
IMAGES (from top):
Wyatt Grant/Mike Paro. "LVL3 Assemblage," 2013. Latex paint, syntra, bolts. 30 x 30 in. Courtesy LVL3.
Akram Zaatari. "Letter to a Refusing Pilot (still)," 2013. Film and video installation. Courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut.
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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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