September 28, 2007 at 6:30 pm
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
11 West 53rd Street
New York City
Tickets: $10; members $8; students, seniors, and staff of other museums $5. Tickets can be purchased at the lobby information desk, the Film desk, the Cullman Building lobby, or online at www.ticketweb.com.
Season 4 featured artist Jenny Holzer will be the guest speaker this Friday in MoMA’s series Conversations with Contemporary Artists. Holzer will discuss her work, the creative process, and general issues in contemporary art.
Whether questioning consumerist impulses, describing torture, or lamenting death and disease, Jenny Holzer’s use of language provokes a response in the viewer. While her subversive work often blends in among advertisements in public space, its arresting content violates expectations. Holzer’s texts—such as the aphorisms “abuse of power comes as no surprise” and “protect me from what I want”—have appeared on posters and condoms, and as electronic LED signs and projections of xenon light. Holzer’s recent use of text ranges from silk-screened paintings of declassified government memoranda detailing prisoner abuse, to poetry and prose in a 65-foot wide wall of light in the lobby of 7 World Trade Center, New York.
Protest, the Art:21 episode featuring Jenny Holzer, premieres on Sunday, November 4 at 10pm on PBS. Check local listings.
September 28, 2007 at 6:30 pm
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
11 West 53rd Street
New York City
Tickets: $10; members $8; students, seniors, and staff of other museums $5. Tickets can be purchased at the lobby information desk, the Film desk, the Cullman Building lobby, or online at www.ticketweb.com.
Season 4 featured artist Jenny Holzer will be the guest speaker this Friday in MoMA’s series Conversations with Contemporary Artists. Holzer will discuss her work, the creative process, and general issues in contemporary art.
Whether questioning consumerist impulses, describing torture, or lamenting death and disease, Jenny Holzer’s use of language provokes a response in the viewer. While her subversive work often blends in among advertisements in public space, its arresting content violates expectations. Holzer’s texts—such as the aphorisms “abuse of power comes as no surprise” and “protect me from what I want”—have appeared on posters and condoms, and as electronic LED signs and projections of xenon light. Holzer’s recent use of text ranges from silk-screened paintings of declassified government memoranda detailing prisoner abuse, to poetry and prose in a 65-foot wide wall of light in the lobby of 7 World Trade Center, New York.
Protest, the Art:21 episode featuring Jenny Holzer, premieres on Sunday, November 4 at 10pm on PBS. Check local listings.
Art21 is proud to announce the following premiere screenings of Art:21 – Art in the Twenty-First Century Season Four in New York City:
SculptureCenter
Wednesday, October 3, 7:00 p.m.
Screening of Episode 1: Romance
Discussion: Season 4 artist Judy Pfaff with Mary Ceruti, Executive Director, SculptureCenter
44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City, Queens
Free. No reservations required
The Studio Museum in Harlem
Thursday, October 4, 7:00 p.m.
Screening of Episode 4: Paradox
Discussion: Season 4 artist Mark Bradford with Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, The Studio Museum
144 West 125th Street, Manhattan
Free. Reservations required, please call (212) 864-4500 x 264 to reserve
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Saturday, October 6, 12:30 p.m.
Screening of Episode 1: Romance
Discussion: Season 4 artist Laurie Simmons with Susan Sollins, Executive Producer and Curator, Art21
BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Free screening and reception sponsored by Bloomberg
Reservation required. Please call BAM’s Patron Services Department (718) 636-4182
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
Saturday, October 6, 3:00 p.m.
Screening of Episode 3: Ecology
Discussion: Season 4 artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle with Sergio Bessa, Acting Director of Programs, Bronx Museum
1040 Grand Concourse @ 165th Street, Bronx
Admission $5, free for Bronx Museum members
Queens Museum of Art
Sunday, October 7, 2:00 p.m.
Screening of Episode 3: Ecology
Discussion: Season 4 artist Mark Dion with Valerie Smith, Director of Exhibitions, Queens Museum
New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Free. No reservations required
Tribeca Cinemas
Wednesday, October 10, 7:00 p.m.
Video Artists from Season Four
“Meet the Filmmakers” panel: video artist Charles Atlas, Art21 Creative Consultant Ed Sherin, Season 4 artist Laurie Simmons, and Art21 Executive Producer & Curator Susan Sollins,
54 Varick Street @ Laight Street, Manhattan
Free screening and reception sponsored by Bloomberg
Free. Reservations required. To make a reservation please email specialprojects@tribecafilmfestival.org
El Museo del Barrio
Thursday, October 11, 6:30 p.m.
Screening of Episode 4: Paradox
Discussion: Susan Sollins, Executive Producer and Curator, Art21 with Deborah Cullen, Director of Curatorial Programs, El Museo
Heckscher Building, 1230 Fifth Avenue @ 104th Street, Manhattan
Free. For advance registration email public_programs@elmuseo.org
Brooklyn Museum
Saturday, October 13, 2:00 p.m.
Screening of Episode 2: Protest
Discussion: Season 4 artist An-My Lê with Wesley Miller, Associate Curator, Art21
Sunday, October 14, 2:00 p.m.
Screening of Episode 4: Paradox
Discussion: Q&A with Eve Moros Ortega, Series Producer, Art21
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
Free with museum admission. No reservations required
For more information, read the full press release at http://beta.art21.org/doc/3314/art21_access_-07_in_new_york/
These screenings are part of Art21 Access ‘07, an international celebration of contemporary art and creativity, presented in partnership with Americans for the Arts during National Arts and Humanities Month.
Season 4 of Art in the Twenty-First Century premieres Sundays, October 28 and November 4, 11, and 18, 2007 at 10p.m. (ET) in the United States – nationwide – on PBS.
Watch the trailer and exclusive clips on YouTube!
