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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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We visit Lenka Clayton, an artist who finds meaning in ordinary, everyday objects.
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This week we meet with Jon Rubin, whose practice often focuses on cultural exchange.
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This week's assignment comes to you from Chicago based artist Geof Oppenheimer.
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We sit down with artist Desirée Holman to talk about her current project, Sophont.
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This week, consider the meaning of physical objects in an increasingly digital world.
