Thursday, October 1, 2009

October = Season 5 of Art:21

Feeling a zing in your step because October’s here? More specifically, feeling a zing in your step because Season 5 of Art:21 - Art in the Twenty-First Century - airs this month on KACV? That’s more like it! Follow these steps for maximum enjoyment.

1. Check out the air dates/times on KACV below
2. Tune in or set your DVRs
3. Take part in discussion in our Art21onKACV online social networking platforms (links are on the upper right hand corner of your screen)
4. Repeat



EPISODE 1: COMPASSION

Wednesday 10/07/09 9:00pm KACV 2.1 57 min. Stereo
(airs again on 10/9 at 2:00 am, 10/11 at 3:30 pm and 10/12 at 4:00 am)

Overview: This episode features artists whose works explore the possibility of understanding and reconciling past and present, while exposing injustice and expressing tolerance for others.

Preview clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaH0n7-Gf3k
Artists featured: William Kentridge (South Africa), Carrie Mae Weems (U.S.), Doris Salcedo (Columbia)


EPISODE 2: FANTASY

Wednesday 10/14/09 9:00pm KACV 2.1 57 min. Stereo
(airs again on10/16 at 2:00 am, 10/18 at 3:30 pm, and 10/19 at 4:00 am)

Overview: Fantasy presents four artists whose works or personal stories transport viewers to imaginary worlds and altered states of consciousness. With works that seem at times hallucinatory, irreverent, and sublime, each of these artists pursues a vision first held in the mind’s eye.

Preview clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIgofzBfe9c
Artists featured: Jeff Koons (U.S.), Mary Heilmann (U.S.), Florian Maier-Aichen (Germany), Cao Fei (China)


EPISODE 3: TRANSFORMATION

Wednesday 10/21/09 9:00pm KACV 2.1 57 min. Stereo
(airs again on 10/23 at 2:00 am, 10/25 at 3:30 pm, and 10/26 at 4:00 am)

Overview: Whether observing and satirizing society or reinventing icons of literature, art history, and popular culture, the artists featured in Transformation capture the sensibilities of our age while at times inhabiting the characters they have created.

Preview clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8wmGSazSWE
Artists featured: Yinka Shonibare MBE (Nigeria/England), Cindy Sherman (U.S.), Paul McCarthy (U.S.)


EPISODE 4: SYSTEMS

Wednesday 10/28/09 9:00 pm KACV 2.1 57 min. Stereo
(airs again on 10/30 at 2:00 am and 11/01 at 3:00 pm)

Overview: Artists invent new processes to convey the attitudes of today’s supercharged, information-based society, examining why we find comfort in some systems while rebelling against others. Systems features artists who realize complex projects through acts of appropriation or accumulation. In some instances, they create projects vast in scope, which almost elude comprehension.
Preview clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn1xNcECU6s
Artists featured: Julie Mehretu (Ethiopia/U.S.), John Baldessari (U.S.), Kimsooja (Korea/U.S.), Allan McCollum (U.S.)

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