Artist Lynda Benglis reunites with her first fountain, The Wave of the World (1983–84), which went missing in the years following the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition where the work was originally installed. Shown being repaired at the Modern Art Foundry in Queens, NY—the site where the work was originally cast—the large bronze cantilever was created […]
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Diana Al-Hadid's Suspended Reality
New York Close Up
Autoconstrucción
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Abigail DeVille's Harlem Stories
New York Close Up
Pain & Sympathy
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Janine Antoni in "Loss & Desire"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
"Continuity"
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Liz Magic Laser Feeeeeeeeeeeeels Your Pain
New York Close Up
"The Kitchen Table Series"
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Playing with Tension
In art, there are moments of many opposite forces converging all in one place. How artists deal with tensions—of materials, of ideas, or even of social issues—might reveal itself in the meaning or the appearance of a work. The films in this playlist demonstrate the creative ways in which artists play with tensions.
by Marela ZacaríasSeptember 28, 2017 8 videos • 55:51 total runtime
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In the Studio: Martine Syms
Martine Syms discusses her film The African Desperate and the lore of graduate school