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José de Jesús Rodríguez's Back & Forth

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José de Jesús Rodríguez searches for a visual language capable of reflecting the complex experience of his personal and collective identities.

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Power & Perspective

Trevor Paglen

March 27, 2015

Larger than Life

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Slow Unfolding Moments
Louise Despont According to the Universe
New York Close Up
"Second Meeting"
Extended Play
Everyone Should Have a Studio
Extended Play
Liu Xiaodong in "Beijing"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Close Encounters with Josephine Halvorson
New York Close Up
Wolfgang Laib in "Legacy"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Rubbing / Loving
Extended Play
Susan Philipsz in "Berlin"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Making & Feeling
Extended Play
Mika Rottenberg & Jon Kessler Wanna Make You Sweat
New York Close Up
Vija Celmins in "Time"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Erin Shirreff Takes Her Time
New York Close Up
Rackstraw Downes in "Balance"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Water
Extended Play
Marina Abramović in "History"
Art in the Twenty-First Century

Slow Unfolding Moments

While some artists fill their studios with noise and action, others require a certain quiet—an intimacy facilitated through stillness. The artists in this playlist find serenity in silence and ask us to press pause so we can find it too.

Slow Unfolding Moments
by Art21December 20, 2017 15 videos • 2:22:26 total runtime

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