Damián Ortega uses objects from his everyday life—Volkswagen Beetle cars, Day of the Dead posters, locally sourced corn tortillas—to make spectacular sculptures, which suggest stories of both mythic import and cosmological scale.
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Season 12 of Art in the Twenty-First Century
Playlists
Diane Severin Nguyen’s Transfigurations
New York Close Up
New York Close Up
Alias
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Language & Symbols
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"Babel: the 7 minute scroll"
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New Communication
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"Spanish Lessons"
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Extended Play
Xu Bing in "Beijing"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Liz Magic Laser Talks to the Hand
New York Close Up
New York Close Up
Martin Puryear in "Time"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Cao Fei in "Fantasy"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Art in the Twenty-First Century
In Between Languages
New York Close Up
New York Close Up
Translations
This playlist celebrates the ability of translation to open avenues of understanding and connection.
by Art21September 21, 2022 11 videos • 1:26:30 total runtime
