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生 / Shēng Song Dong

October 26, 2022

Entwining art and life, absence and recollection, parent and child, Song Dong bridges the gap between the past and present, allowing him to forge new paths and relations in the future.

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The Art21 Library includes every film produced by Art21 since its first broadcast in 2001. Over 70 hours of full episodes from each of Art21’s television and digital series are always on view, free of charge.

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John FeodorovMartha ColburnMatthew RitchieMika TajimaTania BrugueraMichael RakowitzGuan XiaoLaleh KhorramianJeff WallEleanor Antin
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Minerva Cuevas in "Mexico City"

September 16, 2016

Avatars and Alter Egos

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Real Biography Extended Play
Trenton Doyle Hancock in "Stories" Art in the Twenty-First Century
Janine Antoni in "Loss & Desire" Art in the Twenty-First Century
Milagros Extended Play
Kara Walker in "Stories" Art in the Twenty-First Century
"A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby" Extended Play
Do Ho Suh in "Stories" Art in the Twenty-First Century
"Rubbing / Loving" Extended Play
Beauty & Seduction Extended Play
Paintings Extended Play
Master Printer Craig Zammiello Extended Play
"Osedax" Extended Play
Workday Extended Play
Politicized Landscapes Extended Play
Maya Lin in "Identity" Art in the Twenty-First Century
Disappearing Bodies of Water Extended Play
Gabriel Orozco in "Loss & Desire" Art in the Twenty-First Century
"Samurai Tree" Extended Play
"Mirror Crit" Extended Play
Legacy Extended Play
"TASK" Extended Play

Then & Now

By revisiting artists at various stages throughout their careers—in many cases, nearly a decade apart—we have watched their development as creative thinkers unfold over time. The films in this playlist reveal the evolution of these artists’ practices—tracing experiments with material, scale, and overall ambition, and demonstrating that the path of an artist’s growth is never stagnant.

Then & Now
by Art21April 11, 2018 21 videos • 2:31:43 total runtime

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