Systems/ Art 21/ PBS

Kind of a long video, but very interesting… You can also watch individual segments of one artist that you are interested in

http://www.pbs.org/art21/films/systems

“What new grammars and logics do artists invent in today’s supercharged, information-based society? Why do we find comfort in some systems while rebelling against others? The “Art in the Twenty-First Century” documentary “Systems” explores these questions in the work of the artists Julie Mehretu, John Baldessari, Kimsooja, and Allan McCollum”

TIMOTHY PAKRON’S PHOTOGRAPHS LOOK LIKE LOOSE INK DRAWINGS

These works by Timothy Pakron may look like magnificently loose ink drawings but they are in fact photographs created using an unorthodox method of exposing film. Pakron’s process begins in the darkroom where he loosely hand paints on the photo developer onto the paper intentionally revealing specific desired areas of the face and neglecting others. The result is a magical image full of lucidity and unsettling strangeness that only hints at the reality of the photograph and challenges the viewer to question both the image and materials that they are confronted with.

http://beautifuldecay.com/2012/05/22/timothy-pakrons-photographs-look-like-loose-ink-drawings/#more-61195