Season 7 features locations as diverse as a New York City public housing development, a Nevada military testing facility, a Swedish jazz festival, a German ceramics factory, and an activist neighborhood in Mexico. Featured artists: Thomas Hirschhorn, Graciela Iturbide, Leonardo Drew, Elliott Hundley, Arlene Shechet, Trevor Paglen, Wolfgang Laib, Tania Bruguera, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Katharina Grosse, Joan Jonas, and Omer Fast.
Art 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century: Season 7
Get inspired by today's most compelling artists and discover the stories, ideas, and methods behind their work in Art21 Art in the Twenty-First Century. This Peabody Award-winning series takes viewers behind the scenes into artists' studios, homes, and communities to provide intimate access to their lives, creative processes, and sources of inspiration.
Season Seven features twelve artists from the United States, Europe, and Latin America, in locations as diverse as a New York City public housing development, a military testing facility in the Nevada desert, a jazz festival in Sweden, a ceramics factory in Germany, and an activist neighborhood in Mexico. Whether engaging communities to effect social change, probing personal and cultural histories, exploring timely political issues, or experimenting with new forms, the artists reveal the profound relevance of art to our everyday lives.
Featured artists include:
Investigation - Thomas Hirschhorn, Graciela Iturbide, Leonardo Drew
Secrets - Elliott Hundley, Arlene Shechet, Trevor Paglen
Legacy - Wolfgang Laib, Tania Bruguera, Abraham Cruzvillegas
Fiction - Katharina Grosse, Joan Jonas, Omer Fast
Producer: Eve Moros Ortega
Executive Producer: Susan Sollins
Production Company: Art 21, Inc.
Production Year: 2014
Copyright Year: 2014
Rating: TV-PG
Actors: Arlene Schechet, Trevor Paglen, Elliot Hundley, Leonardo Drew, Thomas Hirschhorn, Graciela Iturbide, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Wolfgang Laib, Tania Bruguera, Omer Fast, Katharina Grosse, Joan Jonas
Number of Discs: 1
Length: 240 minutes
Subtitled: Y
Subtitle Languages: English (SDH)
DVI: Y
Audio Format: Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Widescreen