Discover how art can foster unity amid a world that often feels divided on ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY – October 17 at 9 pm
ART21: ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
“Between Worlds”
Friday, October 17 at 9:00 pm
“Between Worlds” spotlights the creative practices of four international artists as they create paintings, beadwork, photographs, and films. Their stories will reveal the complex ties between the communities and cultures they move between.
In this episode, viewers will join French writer and conceptual artist Sophie Calle, as she lays her damaged photographs and personal belongings to rest in the ancient underground caverns of Arles, France; Artist and curator Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota), as she explores rarely seen Indigenous artworks housed in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum; pioneer of the 1980s Black British Arts Movement, Lubaina Himid, as she searches Lancashire flea markets for the everyday objects that become the surfaces for her paintings, connecting the marginalized subjects of her acclaimed works to the items we encounter day to day; and Vietnamese-American multidisciplinary artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen, as he collaborates with the Vietnamese shrimping community in Buras, Louisiana on a new film.
This series focuses on contemporary visual art and artists in the United States. Each episode profiles three to four artists. In short segments, featured artists speak directly to the audience in their own words, reflecting on their lives, sources of inspiration, and working processes. Profiled artists include painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers, installation and video artists, as well as artists working with new media, environmental or public issues, and hybrid forms. Filmed in their studios, homes, and exhibition spaces, these artists demonstrate the full breadth of artistic practice across the country and reveal the depth of inter-generational and multicultural talent.
