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Art:21: art in the 21st century

By L ( Elizabeth ) Lawes, on 26 March 2009

Matthew BarneyThe website for the US Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has provided this collection of over 300 video excerpts featuring painters, sculptors, installation artists and photographers, from feature length documentaries produced for their television series Art: 21 – Art in the 21st Century. The videos have been formatted for the Web and are available in both high and low bandwidth versions for RealPlayer, QuickTime and Windows Media Player. Arranged alphabetically each section includes short videos, a biography and slideshows of the artist at work, a survey of their work, interviews and links. Around 70 artists are featured, including Matthew Barney, Cai Guo-Qiang, Mark Dion, Ellen Gallagher, Roni Horn, Pierre Huyghe, Mike Kelley, Bruce Nauman, Gabriel Orozco, Kara Walker, and Andrea Zittel.

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