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Barbara Kasten

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  1. Barbara Kasten reviews work at her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

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  2. Barbara Kasten reviews work at her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

  3. Barbara Kasten reviews work at her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

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  4. Barbara Kasten dons gloves to handle her photographs, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

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  5. Barbara Kasten unpacks her very first photograph made in 1975, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

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  6. Barbara Kasten with her first photograph, "Photogenic Painting, Untitled 75/7" (1975), Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

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  7. Barbara Kasten preparing for a photograph in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

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  8. Barbara Kasten at work in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

  9. Barbara Kasten at work in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

  10. Barbara Kasten at work in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

  11. Barbara Kasten at work in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

  12. Barbara Kasten adjusting the light for a photograph, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

  13. Barbara Kasten adjusting the light for a photograph, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

  14. Barbara Kasten testing the light for a photograph, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

  15. Barbara Kasten at work in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

  16. Barbara Kasten's camera in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

  17. Barbara Kasten at work in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

  18. Barbara Kasten at work in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
    2016

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

  19. Viewers at Barbara Kasten's solo exhibition "SET MOTION," Bortolami, New York
    2015

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

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  20. Barbara Kasten with viewers at her solo exhibition "SET MOTION," Bortolami, New York
    2015

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

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  21. Installation view of Barbara Kasten's first major survey exhibition, "Stages," Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
    2015

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

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  22. Barbara Kasten works with her studio manager Kate Bowen to install a video, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
    2015

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

  23. Barbara Kasten's studio manager Kate Bowen adjusts a video for installation, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
    2015

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

  24. Barbara Kasten works with her studio manager Kate Bowen to install a video, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
    2015

    Production still from the Art21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 8 episode, "Chicago," 2016

    © Art21, Inc. 2016

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