"I still think the social function of art is that kind of negative aesthetic. Otherwise there’s no social function for it."
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SEGMENT: Martin Puryear in "Time" | Martin Puryear’s respect for age-old techniques and his knowledge of woodworking, masonry and non-western crafts are essential to the archetypal... | 0:00 | 09/17/2003 |
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SEGMENT: Paul Pfeiffer in "Time" | Courtside at a San Antonio Spurs NBA game, Paul Pfeiffer remarks “I’m really attracted to images of amazing spectacle." Both Pfeiffer’s sensibility... | 0:00 | 09/17/2003 |
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SEGMENT: Vija Celmins in "Time" | Patiently working at her easel, Vija Celmins dabs tiny speaks of paint on a canvas. The object of her attention is a starry night sky, an image that... | 0:00 | 09/17/2003 |
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SEGMENT: Tim Hawkinson in "Time" | Tim Hawkinson tinkers with everyday materials to build surprising mechanical art works. “I guess it comes from early on in childhood, a fascination... | 0:00 | 09/17/2003 |
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Opening to "Loss & Desire" by Charles Atlas with Jane Alexander | Created by Charles Atlas, the opening for "Loss & Desire" begins with four-time Oscar-nominated actress Jane Alexander seated before a mirror in... | 0:00 | 09/10/2003 |
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SEGMENT: Collier Schorr in "Loss & Desire" | "Gender, religion, nationality—they’re all sort of things that are in flux in my work," comments Collier Schorr, pointing out the ambiguity that is... | 0:00 | 09/10/2003 |
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SEGMENT: Gabriel Orozco in "Loss & Desire" | "I don’t have a studio, so I don’t have a specific place of production," remarks Gabriel Orozco. "What happens when you don’t have a studio is that... | 0:00 | 09/10/2003 |
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SEGMENT: Janine Antoni in "Loss & Desire" | Filmed weaving a rope out of materials donated by friends and relatives, Janine Antoni comments that the rope is like a "lifeline." The artist is... | 0:00 | 09/10/2003 |
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EPISODE: "Stories" | The artists profiled in “Stories” tell tales—autobiographical, fictional, satirical, or fantastical—through architecture, literature, mythology,... | 0:00 | 09/09/2003 |
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Opening to "Stories" by Charles Atlas with John Waters | Created by Charles Atlas, the opening for "Stories" is a gloss on the classic “Masterpiece Theater” host introduction. Filmmaker John Waters greets... | 0:00 | 09/09/2003 |
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SEGMENT: Kara Walker in "Stories" | "The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events, a point in history and nothing else," says Kara Walker about her subversive use of... | 0:00 | 09/09/2003 |
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SEGMENT: Kiki Smith in "Stories" | "Basically, I think art is just a way to think," remarks Kiki Smith, "it’s like standing in the wind and letting it pull you in whatever direction it... | 0:00 | 09/09/2003 |
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