Christopher Myers Rethinks Monuments
Clip: Season 12 Episode 4 | 2m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Christopher Myers rethinks the symbolism of the traditional man-on-a-horse statue.
New York-based artist Christopher Myers rethinks the symbolism of the traditional man-on-a-horse statue. Using the fictionalized story of two ranchers — one Mexican and one African American — Myers holds up another narrative of the West as a place where people of all races and backgrounds sought to break away from the convention and to re-write history for themselves.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Artbound is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal
Christopher Myers Rethinks Monuments
Clip: Season 12 Episode 4 | 2m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
New York-based artist Christopher Myers rethinks the symbolism of the traditional man-on-a-horse statue. Using the fictionalized story of two ranchers — one Mexican and one African American — Myers holds up another narrative of the West as a place where people of all races and backgrounds sought to break away from the convention and to re-write history for themselves.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
How to Watch Artbound
Artbound is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: S12 Ep4 | 30s | Site-specific desert art in the California desert. (30s)
Alicja Kwade's Glaciers in the Desert
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S12 Ep4 | 1m 53s | White marble, like glaciers, are suspended on high in the desert. (1m 53s)
Eduardo Sarabia Makes Passengers of Us All
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S12 Ep4 | 1m 55s | Eduardo Sarabia uses the Mexican petate to evoke a sense of complexity to immigration. (1m 55s)
Felipe Baeza Honors the Queer and Immigrant
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S12 Ep4 | 2m 17s | Felipe Baeza shines the light on the stories of immigrant, undocumented queer communities. (2m 17s)
Ghada Amer Excavates Women's Qualities
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S12 Ep4 | 2m 22s | Ghada Amer creates a botanical self-portraiture of women's qualities. (2m 22s)
Kim Stringfellow's Jackrabbit Homestead
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S12 Ep4 | 2m | Kim Stringfellow tells the story of desert landownership from a woman's perspective. (2m)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S12 Ep4 | 2m 9s | Referencing the Hollywood sign, the artist gives space to the question of land ownership. (2m 9s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S12 Ep4 | 59s | Oscar Murillo indexes inner lives of students learning from home in a pandemic. (59s)
Serge Attukwei Clottey's Wishing Well
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S12 Ep4 | 1m 46s | Serge Attukwei Clottey comments on the world's water crisis using the humble jerrycan. (1m 46s)
Vivian Suter: A Place Has Feelings
Clip: S12 Ep4 | 8m 54s | Vivian Suter's large-scale paintings are inspired by the Coachella Valley landscape. (8m 54s)
Xaviera Simmons and the Construct of Whiteness
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S12 Ep4 | 2m 13s | On billboards, Xaviera Simmons adds shape and and text to the construct of whiteness. (2m 13s)
Zahrah Alghamdi's Wall Connects Two Deserts
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S12 Ep4 | 1m 57s | Zahrah Alghamdi connects the desert landscapes of Saudi Arabia and Palm Springs. (1m 57s)
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
- Arts and Music
How the greatest artworks of all time were born of an era of war, rivalry and bloodshed.
Support for PBS provided by:
Artbound is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal