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(Un)Common Materials

Using common, underutilized, and discarded materials, these artists seek to reimagine or reinform a public relationship to the material.

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Precious Okoyomon’s Creative Destruction

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  1. Precious Okoyomon’s Creative Destruction9:43
  2. Lenka Clayton in “Human Nature”13:23
  3. Delcy Morelos in “Human Nature”13:58
  4. Tomás Saraceno in “Realms of the Real”13:00
  5. Candice Lin in “Realms of the Real”13:31
  6. Trey Abdella's Miserable Dream9:35
  7. Tuan Andrew Nguyen in “Between Worlds”14:55
  8. Hyeree Ro's Precise Ambiguity11:13
  9. Sincerely Yours, Hadi Falapishi11:01
  10. Ilana Harris-Babou’s Guide to Health & Happiness7:29
  11. Xin Liu's Inward Expeditions9:27
  12. Hannah Levy's Adaptive Structures8:33
  13. Anicka Yi in “Bodies of Knowledge”11:38
  14. Daniel Lind-Ramos in “Everyday Icons”13:57
  15. Shreds of Memory5:14
  16. Song Dong: 生 / Shēng8:57
  17. Diane Severin Nguyen’s Transfigurations8:34
  18. Rose Salane's Lost & Found9:25
  19. Azikiwe Mohammed is a Guy Who Makes Stuff9:38
  20. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: "A Crack in the Hourglass"6:39
  21. Tanya Aguiñiga: Crafting Lineage4:04
  22. Adam Milner Takes Care of the Details8:30
  23. Phyllida Barlow: Homemade4:51
  24. Rachel Rossin's Digital Homes6:45
  25. Michael Rakowitz: Haunting the West12:01
  26. Abigail DeVille: "Light of Freedom"5:49
  27. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer in "Borderlands"17:21
  28. Song Dong & Yin Xiuzhen in "Beijing"17:05
  29. Phyllida Barlow in "London"13:53
  30. Jes Fan In Flux7:10
  31. Jack Whitten: An Artist's Life9:19
  32. Abigail DeVille Listens to History8:11
  33. Caroline Woolard's Floating Possibility7:13
  34. Theaster Gates: Collecting4:46
  35. Liz Magor: Everyone Should Have a Studio4:10
  36. Nick Cave: Thick Skin2:48
  37. Liz Magor in "Vancouver"15:31
  38. Diana Thater in "Los Angeles"14:12
  39. Brian Jungen in "Vancouver"13:26
  40. Theaster Gates in "Chicago"15:53
  41. Nick Cave in "Chicago"13:24
  42. Rashid Johnson Keeps His Cool6:53
  43. Alejandro Almanza Pereda Escapes from New York10:21
  44. Abraham Cruzvillegas in "Legacy"16:53
  45. Wolfgang Laib in "Legacy"18:39
  46. Leonardo Drew in "Investigation"18:14
  47. Abigail DeVille's Harlem Stories7:34
  48. Kara Walker: “A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby”9:37
  49. Fred Wilson: Beauty & Ugliness2:50
  50. Tim Hawkinson: Family Resemblance5:38
  51. Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes A Balance8:47
  52. Alejandro Almanza Pereda's Obstacle Course8:50
  53. Judy Pfaff: Making & Feeling3:04
  54. assume vivid astro focus: Masks3:59
  55. Lynda Benglis in "Boundaries"13:42
  56. assume vivid astro focus in "Boundaries"13:10
  57. Mika Tajima Versus the Cubicle5:29
  58. Rashid Johnson Makes Things to Put Things On5:44
  59. Doris Salcedo: Istanbul1:45
  60. Jessica Stockholder: Form2:01
  61. Kimsooja in "Systems"13:01
  62. Doris Salcedo in "Compassion"17:03
  63. Jessica Stockholder: Becoming an Artist1:49
  64. Jessica Stockholder: Beauty & Politics3:21
  65. Mark Dion: "Herbarium Perrine (Marine Algae)"1:53
  66. Allora & Calzadilla in "Paradox"14:02
  67. Ursula von Rydingsvard in "Ecology"14:22
  68. Jessica Stockholder in "Play"13:14
  69. Fred Wilson in "Structures"13:56
  70. Mike Kelley in "Memory"13:58
  71. Cai Guo-Qiang in "Power"14:13
  72. Tim Hawkinson in "Time"14:09
  73. James Turrell in "Spirituality"13:46
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