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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Title:

Art21 : art in the twenty-first century. Season nine / series producer, Nick Ravich ; directors & producers, Ian Forster, Rafael Salazar & Ava Wiland, Christine Turner.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2018]

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2018]

Description:

1 videodisc (168 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video

Summary:

Profiles twelve contemporary artists from three urban centers: Berlin, Johannesburg, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

The only series on television in the U.S. to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists, this is a Peabody Award winning biennial program that allows viewers to observe the artists at work, watch as they transform inspiration into art, and hear how they struggle with both the physical and visual challenges of achieving their visions.

Target Audience Note:

TV parental guidelines rating: TV-PG (parental guidance suggested; this program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children).

Subjects:

Art, Modern -- 21st century.

Art, South African -- South Africa -- Johannesburg -- 21st century.

Art, German -- Germany -- Berlin -- 21st century.

Art, American -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- 21st century.

Artists -- South Africa -- Johannesburg -- Biography.

Artists -- Germany -- Berlin -- Biography.

Artists -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Biography.

Artists -- Interviews.

Artists -- Biography.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Educational television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

Other Author:

Ravich, Nick, television producer.

Forster, Ian J., television director, television producer.

Wiland, Ava, television director, television producer.

Salazar, Rafael (Director), television director.

Turner, Christine (Filmmaker), television director, television producer.

Weems, Carrie Mae, 1953- narrator.

Djurberg, Nathalie, 1978- on-screen participant.

Berg, Hans, on-screen participant.

Ólafur Elíasson, 1967- on-screen participant.

K., Hiwa, 1975- on-screen participant.

Philipsz, Susan, on-screen participant.

Goldblatt, David, on-screen participant.

Hlobo, Nicholas, 1975- on-screen participant.

Muholi, Zanele, on-screen participant.

Rhode, Robin, on-screen participant.

Grannan, Katy, 1969- on-screen participant.

Hershman-Leeson, Lynn, 1941- on-screen participant.

Syjuco, Stephanie, on-screen participant.

Pickard, Joel, composer.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.

PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Other Title:

Art in the twenty-first century. Season nine

Art:21 : art in the twenty-first century. Season nine

Art 21

Art twenty-one

Art in the twenty-first century

Art in the 21st century

Notes:

Documentary.

"SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions. Described video (for the hearing impaired) is available as a secondary audio track."

Widescreen.

Title from container.

Originally produced as episodes comprising Season 9 of the television series: Art:21.

Composer, Joel Pickard.

Narrator, Carrie Mae Weems ; featuring Nathalie Djurberg, Hans Berg, Hiwa K., Olafur Eliasson, Susan Philipsz, David Goldblatt, Nicholas Hlobo, Zanele Muholi, Robin Rhode, Katy Grannan, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Stephanie Syjuco.

DVD, region 1, wide screen (16x9); stereo.

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); audio-described.

Contents:

Johannesburg -- Berlin -- San Francisco Bay Area.

ISBN:

9781531706760

1531706762

9786317425477 : DVD

6317425477 : DVD

Publisher Number:

ARTF690

Other Number:

1051239275

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

751264

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 709.73 Art twen