Art21 on Hulu
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been watching Art21 on Hulu.com. Every night before I go to bed, I’ll watch one of the hour-long documentary episodes that features three or four visual artists who are current stars of the art world. It’s really neat to see and hear these artists speak about their work in an articulate way. Sure, they might be confused or unaware of their own genius, but they always manage to describe their thoughts in an accessible way.
I’m excited to start my graduate program at the end of the month so that I can engage in artsy conversation. It’s pretty embarrassing for me to discuss issues of identity with a friend who has no interest in talking about something so frivolous.
Art’s hard at the initial stages of concept. I feel like a crazy person when I introduce a new idea to someone. It comes easily to me to be so crazy, but it takes a lot of effort to a) convince another person of my idea and b) resist the inevitable misunderstanding from the other person. Take the simple idea that I clone myself. Can you imagine me at a party, introducing myself: “I’m an artist.” “Oh yeah? What kind of art?” “Oh, well a lot, I do a lot of cloning.” “Cloning?” “Yeah, I clone myself in my artwork.” “What do you mean?” You get the idea.
When I watch Art21, my thoughts aren’t racing. I really like watching the show because it’s the subject matter that I geek out on. I’m like a candy junkie eating sugar. So if you want to get a taste of the contemporary art world, as well as what I think is da bomb shizzle, definitely go to Hulu.com and type in “art21” into the search field.
