"For us, the idea of having a work that has contradictions is very important—when, in affirming something, it includes itself and attacks itself. How can you put together all of these things that have nothing to do with each other? You use glue! Glue can be an idea, a word. You can use an ideological glue."
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100 Artists: Highlights from the Art21 Archive | Throughout 2013, Art21 celebrates the 100 artists who have appeared to date throughout the first six seasons of our award-winning series, "Art... | 1:01 | 01/31/2013 |
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U.S. Department of State Honors Five Art21 Featured Artists | Beginning in November 2012, the U.S. Department of State celebrates the 50th anniversary of Art in Embassies (AIE), a program that facilitates the... | 5:54 | 11/29/2012 |
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PREVIEW: Martin Puryear in Season 2 of "Art in the Twenty-First Century" (2003) | Martin Puryear's sculptures—in wood, stone, tar, wire, and various metals—are a marriage of Minimalist logic with traditional ways... | 0:50 | 01/14/2008 |
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EPISODE: "Humor" | The four artists profiled in “Humor” have been influenced by the history of humor and comedy, including vaudeville, cartoons, and comic books. The... | 0:00 | 10/01/2003 |
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Opening to "Humor" by Charles Atlas with Margaret Cho | In the opening segment of "Humor" created by Charles Atlas, comedian Margaret Cho takes on the task of educating her audience about the subtleties of... | 0:00 | 10/01/2003 |
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SEGMENT: Eleanor Antin in "Humor" | Eleanor Antin is at work on her photographic series "The Last Days of Pompeii," a commentary on the affluent residents of the paradise of La Jolla,... | 0:00 | 10/01/2003 |
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SEGMENT: Raymond Pettibon in "Humor" | Raymond Pettibon’s drawings and paintings pair text and image in provocative and sometimes disconcerting ways, creating a powerful comic art for... | 0:00 | 10/01/2003 |
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SEGMENT: Elizabeth Murray in "Humor" | In her studio, Elizabeth Murray is painting a shaped, colorful canvas with inflated, bulbous forms. “I want there to be conflict and I want there to... | 0:00 | 10/01/2003 |
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SEGMENT: Walton Ford in "Humor" | A voracious reader of colonial letters and diaries, Walton Ford is fascinated by the fear and wonder of nature that he finds in historical texts. | 0:00 | 10/01/2003 |
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EPISODE: "Loss & Desire" | Thoughts and responses to themes of “Loss & Desire” surface in many areas of our lives, from the philosophical to the emotional. In this episode... | 0:00 | 09/17/2003 |
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EPISODE: "Time" | “Time” is always present in our interaction with works of art, whether we sit to contemplate a painting, stroll past a sculpture, or watch a video... | 0:00 | 09/17/2003 |
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Opening to "Time" by Charles Atlas with Merce Cunningham | "Tap-dancing is a way of articulating time, and it’s a long time since I did it," says pioneering dancer/choreographer Merce Cunningham in the... | 0:00 | 09/17/2003 |
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