"My approach tends to be from experiments. I need the challenge. If I know how to do something well, there's no need to do it all the time because it becomes a little monotonous. So I like to find a challenge."
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EPISODE: "Romance" | How do contemporary artists respond to traditionally romantic ideals such as sentimentality, pathos, and the philosophy of art for art’s sake? This... | 0:00 | 10/28/2007 |
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EPISODE: "Ecology" | This episode delves into the work of four artists who explore the relationship of nature and culture, including the submission of wilderness to... | 0:00 | 11/11/2007 |
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EPISODE: "Protest" | This episode examines the ways in which contemporary artists picture and question war, express outrage, and empathize with the suffering of others.... | 0:00 | 11/04/2007 |
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EPISODE: "Paradox" | The artists in this episode investigate the boundaries between abstraction and representation, fact and fiction, order and chaos. Creating... | 0:00 | 11/18/2007 |
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SEGMENT: Laurie Simmons in "Romance" | Early in her career, Laurie Simmons used photography as a tool to create a still and pristine reality. Simmons explains how she was able to bring her... | 0:00 | 10/28/2007 |
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SEGMENT: Lari Pittman in "Romance" | Lari Pittman was born and works in Los Angeles. His references and background which inspire his paintings and drawings include the freedom and chaos... | 0:00 | 10/28/2007 |
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SEGMENT: Judy Pfaff in "Romance" | Although she started out as a painter, Judy Pfaff was drawn to materials and sculpture. As she explains, “I found when I was a painter I couldn’t... | 0:00 | 10/28/2007 |
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SEGMENT: Pierre Huyghe in "Romance" | “As I start a project, I always need to create a world. Then I want to enter this world, and my walk through this world is the work,” says Pierre... | 0:00 | 10/28/2007 |
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SEGMENT: Nancy Spero in "Protest" | For decades, Nancy Spero has drawn from the political to create compelling works of art that make a statement against war, the abuse of power and our... | 0:00 | 11/04/2007 |
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SEGMENT: An-My Lê in "Protest" | Landscape photographer An-My Lê is fascinated by military war exercises. “I think my main goal is to try to photograph landscape in such a way so... | 0:00 | 11/04/2007 |
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SEGMENT: Alfredo Jaar in "Protest" | “I strongly believe in the power of a single idea,” says Alfredo Jaar. “My imagination starts working based on research, based on a real life event,... | 0:00 | 11/04/2007 |
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SEGMENT: Jenny Holzer in "Protest" | Jenny Holzer discusses the concepts behind some of her most well-known projects, including “For 7 World Trade” (2006), for which she projected text... | 0:00 | 11/04/2007 |
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