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The artists in “Friends & Strangers” are connectors, building upon and supporting the existing groups they participate in and searching for ways to create ever more inclusive forms of community.

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Catherine Opie in "Change"

April 14, 2012

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Going Home
Pepón Osorio in "Place" Art in the Twenty-First Century
Marela Zacarías Goes Big & Goes Home New York Close Up
India Extended Play
Do Ho Suh in "Stories" Art in the Twenty-First Century
Printing Two Perspectives Extended Play
A Brief History of Shana Moulton & Whispering Pines New York Close Up
Sandusky, Ohio Extended Play
LaToya Ruby Frazier Makes Moving Pictures New York Close Up
Sally Mann in "Place" Art in the Twenty-First Century
Meriem Bennani's Exploded Visions New York Close Up
Real Biography Extended Play
Hiwa K in "Berlin" Art in the Twenty-First Century
City & Country Extended Play
Bryan Zanisnik Keeps It in the Family New York Close Up
Autoconstrucción Extended Play

Going Home

“I want to carry my home with me all the time, like a snail,” mused Do Ho Suh in the second season of our Art in the Twenty-First Century series. The idea of home can be translated in a variety of ways: from a literal representation found in built structures and hometowns, to the feeling of acceptance discovered by a new place and community. This collection of films explores how artists address the concept of home. Themes of contradiction, coming-of-age, blight, and immigration are all confronted with the use of sculpture, photography, and video works.

Going Home
by Art21December 20, 2018 15 videos • 2:00:32 total runtime

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