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The Art Assignment
The Case for Abstraction
Season 3
Episode 23
For much of human history, people made art by trying to represent the world as it appeared around them. Until about 100 years ago, when a bunch of artists stopped trying to do that. It was shocking then and it still upsets and confounds today.
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In which we explore sunny Los Angeles and take in its enormous range of art offerings.
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We meet with Hope Ginsburg, an artist who often works outside of a traditional studio.
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Today we're going to continue our discussion of public art, this time focusing on murals.
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This week we meet with Maria Gaspar, an artist deeply invested in her community.
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You may have seen a few cubes in an art gallery and questioned why they were there.