"Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season Six features 13 profiles of artists from five continents, gathered into four one-hour thematic episodes: Change, Balance, History and Boundaries. Spanning the globe from Nigeria to New York City, from Beijing to Brazil, these profiles reveal the artists at work and in conversation as they demonstrate the power of art to alter perception, challenge convention, and change how we see the world around us.

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Balance (56mins)

In what ways can art convey equilibrium or disequilibrium? What is reality? How do artists perceive and express it? This episode features artists whose works explore the distinctions between balance and imbalance, and demonstrate that the smallest change in a line, a formal element, or a structure can be a radical proposition.

Featured Artists:

Robert Mangold

Sarah Sze

Rackstraw Downes

History (56mins)

How do artists mine the past to explore the present? Why do some historical events shape the way we think today, and why have some been forgotten? In what ways do artists use their own histories to examine the human condition? In this episode, artists play with historical events, explore and expose commonly held assumptions about historic ‘truth,’ and create narratives based on personal experiences.

Featured Artists:

Eleanor Antin

Glenn Ligon

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

Mary Reid Kelley

Marina Abramovic

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