art, modern

From 1994 to 1998, DiverseWorks, an alternative art space in Houston, Texas, presented DiverseDialogues, a performance and exhibition program that brought nationally recognized artists to Houston for extended residencies. Interacting with varied social and cultural communities in Houston in addition to more than thirty organizations around the country, DiverseDialogues resulted in seventeen performances and exhibitions which are documented in this publication, both on DVD as well as in a printed catalog detailing the events and the artists. Many of these artists created new works with strong political and social statements at a time when publicly funded arts in the United States were under siege. This DVD is a reminder of the importance of the voice of the artist and the record of the innovative creative process which supports that voice.

Presents the third season of the PBS series "art: 21," introducing eighteen twenty-first-century artists, and providing information about their lives, work, creative processes, and sources of inspiration.

Presents profiles of contemporary, twenty-first, century American artists discussing their works in the context of identity, spirituality, consumption, and place, and provides over three hundred reproductions.

Explores the world of art through the perspective of the marketplace, including museums, galleries, dealers, investors, and the media. The first program examines how money affects art, focusing on the collectors and consultants who see modern art less an an aestethic pursuit and more as an international commodity. The second program contains interviews with artists, including Jeff Koons, the Starn Twins, William Wegman, and the duo David McDermott and Peter McGough, addressing how fame, the media, agents, and money affect the creative process. The third program examines the changing role that art plays in contemporary culture, featuring interviews with artists, curators, conservationists, and collectors.

A survey of twentieth-century African art, tracing five strains of art that are practiced or that continue to influence artists in sub-Saharan Africa, including traditional, New Functional, Urban, International, and Extinct art; and featuring four hundred illustrations.