"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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Boundaries (56mins)

Who limits and what limits our freedom of expression? In what ways do cultural differences affect our understanding of art and other forms of communication? How do an artist’s process and choice of medium impact our perception of his or her work? This episode features artists who synthesize disparate aesthetic traditions, present taboo subject matter, discover innovative uses of media, and probe the shape-shifting potential of the human form.

Featured Artists:

David Altmejd

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Lynda Benglis

Kimsooja

Tabaimo

Change (56mins)

How do artists respond to a world in flux? In what ways do artists act as agents of change, and what kinds of aesthetic choices do they make to express it? This episode features artists who bear witness, through their work, to transformation—cultural, material, and aesthetic—and actively engage communities as collaborators and subjects.

Featured Artists:

El Anatsui

Catherine Opie

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