The segment begins with a series of motorized architectural works installed at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York in 2008. McCarthy’s interest in performance is introduced through a series of minimal videos in which the artist uses his body as a tool. Later works show the artist performing similarly absurd tasks, only this time adopting a character and on a sound stage.
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An Open Horizon (or) the Stillness of a Wound
New York Close Up
Dan Herschlein Looks Inside
New York Close Up
Embracing Fashion
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Loie Hollowell's Transcendent Bodies
New York Close Up
Catherine Opie in "Change"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
The Freedom to Move
New York Close Up
"Roaming"
Extended Play
Janine Antoni in "Loss & Desire"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Liz Magic Laser Talks to the Hand
New York Close Up
"Poke in the Eye/Nose/Ear"
Extended Play
Lifecasting
Extended Play
Doreen Garner Sculpts Our Trauma
New York Close Up
Zanele Muholi in "Johannesburg"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Family Resemblance
Extended Play
New York Performances
Extended Play
David Altmejd in "Boundaries"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Kimsooja in "Systems"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
From Head to Toe
Embracing an inherent empathy, the artists in this playlist utilize the human body through explorations of appearance, identity, and social concerns.
by Art21March 22, 2021 17 videos • 2:35:21 total runtime
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In the Studio: Francis Alÿs
Francis Alÿs discusses The Nature of the Game in the 2022 Venice Biennale “The Milk of Dreams.”