Videos 209
Jessica Stockholder
July 23, 2009
Playlists 1
Teaching with Three Dimensions
Art21 Educators alumnus Dennis Greenwell encourages his students to embrace the challenge of working in real space through a playlist of Art21 films.
Artists 128
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Cecilia Vicuña
Cecilia Vicuña taps into instincts to imagine solutions for the impossible.
Where Do Vision and Execution Diverge?
Ursula von Rydingsvard constructs a concept piece by piece.
Jes Fan
Through examinations of ceramics and nineteenth-century medical portraiture, Jes Fan considers the symbolism and economics of biological substances.
Who Decides What Stands for Nature?
Mark Dion confronts bias in representations of the natural world.
Idea Generator
Liz Magor discusses how she approaches her sculptural practice, how we value objects, and her desire for a quiet studio.
Imagining Alternatives
Pedro Reyes shares a wide range of influences and discusses his use of play, humor, and optimism to create diverse works that sometimes function as public services.
Studio as Laboratory
Addressing questions of how objects acquire value, Sarah Sze posits that being an artist is about giving yourself permission to make choices.
Childhood
Nick Cave recalls the impact of the community in which he was raised and how that encouraged him to pursue his creative interests. Interview by Stanley Nelson at the artist’s studio in Chicago on December 15, 2015.
Resisting Dichotomies & Compressing Complexity
Interviewed in his Queens, New York studio in October 2017, Jack Whitten reflects on his childhood, the inequality he faced as a Black artist, and the necessity of fighting simplistic dichotomies.
Teaching History by Sculpting Experience
Doreen Garner shares the motivation driving her sculptural practice: to educate viewers about suppressed racist histories.
“Blueprint for a Landscape”
Artist Sarah Sze shares the process behind her immersive installation Blueprint for a Landscape (2016) at the Second Avenue Subway’s 96th Street station.