Source: http://magazine.art21.org/2017/07/26/art21-news-roundup-caroline-woolard-unrolls-the-symbol/
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 04:43:58+00:00

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We’ve been keeping on the heat these past eight weeks in a record-breaking streak of film premieres here at Art21. With only two films left in our Summer of Shorts programming series, it has been such a pleasure to share the work of five new artists with you, and shed more light on the practices of some of our all-time favorites—from Theaster Gates to Vancouver’s own Stan Douglas and Jeff Wall.
This Friday we’re heading back to Los Angeles to delve deeper into the colorful work of sculptor Liz Larner, and for our final summer release on August 4th we’ll be revisiting Chicago-based artist Chris Ware, who wrestles with the difficulty of telling stories that aren’t his own.
On top of all of this, Art21 is moving offices. Thankfully our new home will be just a few blocks away. To all those—like us—moving in this summer heat, our hearts go out to you.
In his Vancouver studio, artist Jeff Wall reluctantly discusses why and how he created his 2014 photograph Changing Room. Upon close examination viewers will realize that the perspective they’re seeing is that of the mirror’s–an impossible angle to capture.
Stan Douglas picks up where Miles Davis left off by creating the epic six-hour video Luanda-Kinshasa (2013). Inspired by his experience making pause button mixtapes in the 1980s, Douglas imagined a recording that combined elements of Davis’s last studio album from the 1970s, On the Corner, with Manu Dibango-inspired Afrobeat.
Installation and performance artist Aki Sasamoto unwinds the logic of her latest work, Yield Point (2017), finding unexpected connections between the tension of stretched materials and the stresses we experience in everyday life.
Artist Caroline Woolard and a group of collaborators embark on Carried on Both Sides, a research-based sculptural project that reimagines the past and future of the Roman amphora. With extensive underwater photography, the film follows the artists as they experiment with their own contemporary glass amphorae, taking the ancient vessels back to the seas where they originally travelled.
In a previously unpublished interview, artist Theaster Gates talks about his childhood in Chicago, and shares how he describes his work as an artist, builder, and teacher.
Throughout Art21’s twenty-year history, we have shared stories featuring some of the most interesting artists of our time–artists who have pushed the boundaries of contemporary art.
In this playlist, we present artists with grand visions and blockbuster ambitions, each of whom asks viewers to question their expectations when entering an art-viewing experience, constantly and consistently upending our understanding of art.
Shantell Martin and Sarah Schwettmann. Mind the Machine (templates), 2017. Courtesy of the artists.
Co-guest editors and Art21 producers Nick Ravich and Ian Forster share their personal motivations for creating documentaries, and reflect on the inherent contradiction in setting a stage to film something real.
Artist Shantell Martin and neuroscientist Sarah Schwettmann collaborate on an algorithm that can complete Martin’s drawings, addressing the space between an artist’s truth and a machine’s simulation.
Artists Mary Heilmann and Mary Boochever at a recent Art21 Contemporary Council event at the Elaine de Kooning House in East Hampton. Photo: William Vizcarra.
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