Art21’s award-winning digital film series, New York Close Up, is devoted to capturing early-career artists living and working in New York City. Providing a unique window into the next wave of art-making in the city, Art21 collaborates with artists to tell stories about their creative processes, diverse backgrounds, and daily realities.
New York Close Up is made possible with support from Every Page Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the Henry Nias Foundation.
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An improbable combination of surrealist humor, cultural homage, and critical engagement, Jordan Strafer’s video artworks are deeply researched and elaborately art-directed reenactments of personal experiences and historical events.
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Art21 Producer Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung sits down with Associate Curator Jurrell Lewis to discuss the Art21 New York Close Up film “Jordan Strafer’s True Stories.”
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Haimy Assefa, director of the Art21 New York Close Up film “Precious Okoyomon’s Creative Destruction,” explains how Okoyomon’s practice inspired creative decisions throughout the documentary short.
