ART21

Artist Amy Sherald's Painting Process

Artist Amy Sherald invites two models into her studio in Jersey City, NJ, to help her visualize her painting, "For love, and for country." Sherald has the models imitating the pose in Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous black-and-white photo "V-J Day in Times Square." The artist explains that taking photographs of models serves as her sketchbook, where she figures out what she wants in her painting.

Artist Amy Sherald's Painting Process

2m 4s

  • Between Worlds: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Between Worlds

    S12 E1 - 54m 5s

    An internationally acclaimed group of artists create paintings, beadwork, photographs and films to reveal the complex relationships between the communities and the cultures they move between. Viewers travel from Arles, France, to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to the Gulf Coast of Louisiana with featured artists Sophie Calle, Dyani White Hawk, Lubaina Himid and Tuan Andrew Nguyen.

  • Friends and Strangers: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Friends and Strangers

    S11 E3 - 55m 11s

    Four contemporary artists look inside and outside their immediate circles to find emotional connections and build community. This film showcases playful and poignant sculptures, performances, and more. Includes celebrated filmmaker Miranda July.

  • Bodies of Knowledge: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Bodies of Knowledge

    S11 E2 - 55m 12s

    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.

PBS PASSPORT

Stream tens of thousands of hours of your PBS and local favorites with WETA+ and PBS Passport whenever and wherever you want. Catch up on a single episode or binge-watch full seasons before they air on TV.