art21 - Season 5 - Eps 1: Compassion
The Season 5 premiere highlights artists who seek to reconcile past with present, expose injustice and celebrate tolerance in their works, including South African native William Kentridge, who creates poetic allegories on stage and film. Also: visual artist Carrie Mae Weems, who reflected on how the 1960s influenced the 2008 presidential election in a photo-video series, and Doris Salcedo of Colombia, who honors her country's marginalized peoples through sculptures and installations.
About art21
Title: art21
First Air Date: 2001-09-21
Last Air Date: 2023-10-20
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 2/10 (from 1 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 11
Total Episodes: 41
Network: PBS
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Contemporary artists describe their work and discuss why and how they do it. The programs are grouped according to themes of place, spirituality, identity and consumption. A PBS series, educational resource, archive, and history of contemporary art, Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century premiered in 2001 and is now broadcast in over 50 countries worldwide. Premiering a new season every two years, Art21 is the only series on United States television to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists.
