Susan Dowling
Director
art21 (2001)
Season 8
Season 8 provides unparalleled access to the most innovative artists of our time, revealing how artists engage the culture around them and how art allows viewers to see the world in new ways. For the first time in the show’s history, the sixteen featured artists are grouped into four one-hour episodes by their unique and revealing relationships to the places in which they live—Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Vancouver.
Released Sept. 21, 2001
Episode 59 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.art, tmdb.contemporary-art, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.art, imdb.artist, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray
Watch Providers: PBS, Hoopla, PBS Living Amazon Channel, KQED, ThirteenWETA+
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S8E1 - Chicago
The Season 8 premiere spotlights artists in Chicago, including Nick Cave, who creates "Soundsuits"; installation artist Theaster Gates; photography-based, multi-medium artist Barbara Kasten; and Chris Ware, who's known for his New Yorker magazine covers.
Sept. 16, 2016, midnight
S8E2 - Mexico City
Mexico City artists exit their homes and studios to use the growing megalopolis as their canvas. The artists present everyday materials as artworks, mine recognizable images for their poetic potential, and take their art to the streets.
Sept. 16, 2016, midnight
S8E3 - Los Angeles
While sprawling Los Angeles has world-class museums and art schools, artists working in the shadow of the entertainment industry are more "under the radar," affording them the space and time to imagine.
Sept. 23, 2016, midnight
S8E4 - Vancouver
By recreating historical moments, staging photos of vernacular scenes, and crafting intricate sculptures that trick the eye, artists in Vancouver reveal how everyday images and moments from the past are not always what they seem.
Sept. 23, 2016, midnight
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59 min/ep
2448 min
Sept. 21, 2001
Oct. 20, 2023, midnight
Returning Series
TV-PG / 10+
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