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October 25, 2013
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 New Artist to Artist Series |
Art21's newest film series, Artist to Artist, features contemporary visual artists in conversation with their peers. Artist to Artist launched in October with a premiere edition of three films featuring art biennials in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Venice, Italy; and Istanbul, Turkey. Artists Shahzia Sikander and Diana Al-Hadid guide viewers through these prestigious exhibitions.
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Shahzia Sikander takes viewers on an enlightening journey through Sharjah Biennial 11, speaking with six fellow artists along the way. |
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Brooklyn-based artist Diana Al-Hadid travels to the 55th Venice Biennale, where she tours the exhibition and speaks candidly with five of her peers about their work. |
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Shahzia Sikander travels to the 13th Istanbul Biennial and speaks with four fellow artists and a two-person design collective about their projects. Artists also address the public protests in Gezi Park and Taksim Square. |
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| New Videos in Exclusive and New York Close Up |
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"Some sculptors make drawings, I make heads." David Altmejd discusses the head sculptures that he creates to accompany each new body of work. |
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In his DUMBO studio, Daniel Gordon photographs paper collages constructed from found images downloaded from the Web. |
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| 100 Artists: New 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As part of the year-long 100 Artists celebration, Art21 will release previously unpublished content from our rich archive, as well as new material produced in collaboration with the artists: films, interviews, lists, updates, and more.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 Text Interview on Art21.org
New to the Art21 website this month is a previously unpublished interview with Kimsooja in which the artist discusses her childhood ideas about becoming an artist, her "breathing room" installations, and philisophical influences. Read the full interview, Kimsooja: It Was Just a Dream, on Art21.org |
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On October 1, Art21 debuted the Art21 Magazine, the result of a major redesign and rethinking of the Art21 Blog. Available exclusively online, the Art21 Magazine publishes six times per year and each issue is devoted to a single theme.
The theme of the inaugural issue is "Becoming an Artist," inspired by a quote from Art21's feature-length film William Kentridge: Anything is Possible.
Highlights: Rachel Craft speaks with four full-time artists about their first jobs. Joy Garnett shares her thoughts on artists coming of age alongside the "vast digital library" amassed online. Erin Sweeny checks in with the social choreographer Ernesto Pujol. Jessica Hamlin calls for a revolution in K-12 education. And Cameron Shaw, who inaugurates our re-envisioned residency program, questions how one becomes anything.
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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 240 partners across the globe, spread over six continents. Thank you to all of Art21's partners and supporters for helping us reach our target goal of 1,000 screenings during Access 100 Artists. Find a screening event near you on Art21.org.
New Access Partners: This month, we celebrate our partnership with Americans for the Arts during Arts & Humanities month, and welcome new partners in Nevada and Poland. We would like to put out a special call to Art21 followers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Mississippi: Host a screening! Visit Art21.org for more information on how to host or attend a free Access 100 Artists screening.
Current Access partners: We want to know what happened at your screening. Share your photos, comments, and stories across social media using #Art21Access, or send them to access [AT] art21.org.
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| Art21 Educators: TASK Across the Country |
Art21 Educators are spreading Oliver Herring's do-it-yourself project TASK across the country.
Inspired by Herring's participation in the Art21 Educators program and its annual Summer Institute, educators are employing the improvisational and participatory structure of TASK to engage students, teachers, administrators, and community members. From Seattle, Washington to Boyertown, PA, Murfreesboro, TN to Livermore, CA, Baltimore, MD to Chapel Hill, NC, participants of all ages are making art in collaborative, unpredictable, open-ended, and playful ways.
Photo: TASK at Studio B, Boyertown, PA. Courtesy Alison Usavage.
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| Support Art21: Help Inspire a More Creative World |
Leading visual artists. Innovative ideas. Free online access. This is Art21.
Art21 brings over 120 artists to viewers in more than 50 countries. And through the Art21 Translation project, which now has over 400 volunteers, we're able to provide subtitles in different languages. Online, viewers can watch Robert Mangold in Vietnamese, Ann Hamilton in Spanish, and Doris Salcedo in Romanian, and more.
Art21's global reach would not be possible without the support of fans like you. We hope that you will consider making a donation to Art21. Thank you.
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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 six seasons of the Art in the Twenty-First Century series, comprising 24 hours of programming, are available in a beautiful box-set edition. The complete collection, showing how contemporary art can change the ways 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.
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
The Art in the Twenty-First Century companion books cover all six seasons of the series and feature in-depth interviews with all 100 featured artists, high-quality images, and essays from Art21 Executive Director Susan Sollins. The Season 6 companion book is available today at Art21.org
Visit ShopPBS.org to view all available products from Art21.
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