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season 5 (2009)
season 4 (2007)
season 3 (2005)
season 2 (2003)
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Features for each season:
– 240 minutes on 1 disc
– Chapter indexing by artist
– Chapter indexing by scene
– Widescreen
– Closed Captioning
– Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
– NR Not rated (MPAA)
 

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Who are some of today's most fascinating artists? How do they work and why? Meet diverse contemporary artists through revealing profiles that take viewers behind the scenes—into artists' studios, homes, and communities to provide an intimate view of their lives, work, sources of inspiration, and creative processes.


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The latest installment of “Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century” is Season 5 (2009), featuring 14 artists and divided into four general themes— “Compassion,” “Fantasy,” “Transformation,” and “Systems”— spanning four hours on one DVD or high definition blu-ray disc.

Artists profiled include John Baldessari, Cao Fei, Mary Heilmann, William Kentridge, Kimsooja, Jeff Koons, Florian Maier-Aichen, Paul McCarthy, Allan McCollum, Julie Mehretu, Doris Salcedo, Cindy Sherman, Yinka Shonibare MBE, and Carrie Mae Weems.

Season 4 of “Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century” is features 16 artists and divided into four general themes— “Romance,” “Protest,” “Ecology,” and “Paradox”— spanning four hours on one DVD disc.

Artists profiled include Robert Adams, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Mark Bradford, Mark Dion, Jenny Holzer, Pierre Huyghe, Alfredo Jaar, An-My Lê, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Judy Pfaff, Lari Pittman, Robert Ryman, Laurie Simmons, Nancy Spero, Catherine Sullivan, and Ursula von Rydingsvard.

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Season 3 of “Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century” features 18 artists and is divided into four general themes— “Memory,” “Power,” “Structures,” and “Play” —spanning four hours on one DVD disc.

Artists profiled include Laylah Ali, Ida Applebroog, Cai Guo-Qiang, Ellen Gallagher, Arturo Herrera, Oliver Herring, Roni Horn, Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler, Mike Kelley, Josiah McElheny, Matthew Ritchie, Susan Rothenberg, Jessica Stockholder, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Richard Tuttle, Fred Wilson, and Krzysztof Wodiczko
. Opening segments are hosted by actor David Allen Grier, athlete Grant Hill, actor Isabella Rosellini, and actor Sam Waterson.
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Season 2 of Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century features 16 artists and is divided into four general themes— “Stories,” “Loss & Desire,” “Time,” and “Humor” —spanning four hours on one DVD disc.

Artists profiled include Eleanor Antin, Janine Antoni, Charles Atlas, Vija Celmins, Walton Ford, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Tim Hawkinson, Elizabeth Murray, Gabriel Orozco, Raymond Pettibon, Paul Pfeiffer, Martin Puryear, Collier Schorr, Kiki Smith, Do-Ho Suh, and Kara Walker
, and are hosted by director John Waters, actor Jane Alexander, comedian Margaret Cho, and choreographer Merce Cunningham.
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Season 1 of Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century features 21 artists and is divided into four general themes— “Place,” “Spirituality,” “Identity,” and “Consumption” —spanning four hours on one DVD disc.

Artists profiled include Laurie Anderson, Matthew Barney, Louise Bourgeois, Michael Ray Charles, Mel Chin, John Feodorov, Ann Hamilton, Margaret Kilgallen, Beryl Korot, Barbara Kruger, Maya Lin, Sally Mann, Kerry James Marshall, Barry McGee, Bruce Nauman, Pepón Osorio, Richard Serra, Shahzia Sikander, James Turrell, William Wegman, and Andrea Zittel
, and are hosted by artist Laurie Anderson, actor Steve Martin, athlete John McEnroe, and actor S. Epatha Merkerson.
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