Sollins, Susan

Through in-depth profiles and dynamic behind-the-scenes footage featuring artists speaking directly about their inspirations and ideas, Season Five shows a broad range of artistic practice, technical innovation, and experimentation, from artists tackling large-scale collaborative projects in hangar-like studios to those working in the quiet of more intimate studio settings.

Contemporary art reflects the ideas of our time, and artists are the creative role models grappling with today's most timely questions. What is the nature of reality? How do we respond to a world in flux? Why do some historical events shape the way we think today, and why have some been forgotten? Explore these ideas and many more in Season Six of Art in the Twenty-First Century.

A look at contemporary art as practiced by some of the most critically-regarded and influential members of the field.

Presents seventeen artists working in the United States speaking in their own words about how, why, and what they create. Visit these artists' studios, homes, and communities to gain an understanding of their lives, work, creative processes, and sources of inspiration.

A companion to the television series "Art for the Twenty-First Century," featuring interviews with eighteen contemporary artists, along with reproductions of their work. Includes brief biographies of each artist.

Contains a collection of art and illustrations by sixteen contemporary artists that accompanies the four-hour PBS television broadcast of Art: 21.