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Bodies of Knowledge

Season 11 Episode 2

Finding inspiration outside the studio, a group of acclaimed contemporary artists use history, science, and politics as the raw material to create potent sculptures, paintings, drawings, and public works.

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Season
ART21 Season 4
54:25
Featuring artists Mark Bradford, Catherine Sullivan, Robert Ryman, Allora & Calzadilla.
Ecology
53:36
Featuring Ursula von Rydingsvard, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Robert Adams, and Mark Dion.
Protest
53:28
Featuring artists Nancy Spero, An-My Le, Alfredo Jaar, and Jenny Holzer.
Romance
53:39
Featuring artists Laurie Simmons, Lari Pittman, Judy Pfaff, and Pierre Huyghe.
Play
54:09
Featuring artists Jessica Stockholder, Ellen Gallagher, Arturo Herrera, & Oliver Herring.
Structures
54:10
Featuring artists Matthew Ritchie, Fred Wilson, Richard Tuttle, and Roni Horn.
Memory
54:10
Featuring artists Susan Rothenberg, Mike Kelley, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Josiah McElheny.
Power
54:10
Featuring artists Cai Guo-Qiang, Laylah Ali, Krzysztof Wodiczko, and Ida Applebroog.
Humor
53:40
Featuring artists Eleanor Antin, Raymond Pettibon, Elizabeth Murray, and Walton Ford.
Time
53:40
Featuring artists Martin Puryear, Paul Pfeiffer, Vija Celmins, and Tim Hawkinson.
Loss & Desire
51:44
Featuring artists Collier Schorr, Gabriel Orozco, and Janine Antoni.
Stories
53:44
Featuring artists Kara Walker, Kiki Smith, Do-Ho Suh, and Trenton Doyle Hancock.
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