Season 6 includes Barry X Ball, Andrea Bowers, Cecily Brown, Petah Coyne, Jacob El Hanani, Eric Fischl, Suzan Frecon, Nan Goldin, Jeff Koons, Lin Tianmiao, Josephine Meckseper, Catherine Opie, Rashid Rana, Krishna Reddy, Carolee Schneemann, Joan Snyder, Fred Tomaselli, Mary Weatherford, William Wegman, and Zhang Xiaogang.
Launch date: Monday, June 6, 2016
Web address: www.metmuseum.org/artistproject
(New York, June 6, 2016)—The Met launched today the sixth and final season of its online video series The Artist Project, in which artists respond to works from the Museum’s vast collection that spark their imagination. The collection spans more than five millennia and cultures throughout the world. Season 1 of the series launched in March 2015, and with Season 6 episodes now available online, the number of artists participating in The Artist Project has reached 120.
Since its founding in 1870, The Metropolitan Museum of Art has been a place where artists go to gain inspiration from the art of their own time, and across time and cultures. The Artist Project shares with the public what artists today see when they look at The Met. Viewers will encounter a diverse group of artists who share their personal, passionate ways of seeing and experiencing art.
When The Artist Project’s inaugural season was launched, Mr. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Met, commented: “We have spoken a lot lately about The Met’s interest in looking at contemporary art through the lens of our historical collections. The Artist Project gives you a glimpse of just what we mean when we talk about that kind of connected view of contemporary art. This innovative online series gives visibility to something we’ve known about The Met for a long time: it is a place of critical inspiration for working artists, often in unexpected ways. I’m excited to share these engaging and beautifully edited episodes with the public.”
The Artist Project is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Mr. Campbell added: “We are enormously grateful to Bloomberg Philanthropies for having the foresight to support this new online series as part of their Bloomberg Connects program. Their dedicated support helps deliver The Met experience around the world.”
Season 1, which launched on March 25, 2015, features Cory Arcangel, John Baldessari, Nayland Blake, Nick Cave, Enrique Chagoya, George Condo, Walton Ford, Natalie Frank, Zarina Hashmi, Deborah Kass, Nina Katchadourian, Nicola López, Alexander Melamid, Izhar Patkin, Tom Sachs, Katrín Sigurdardóttir, Mickalene Thomas, Kehinde Wiley, Xu Bing, and Lisa Yuskavage.
Season 2, which launched on June 22, 2015, features Roz Chast, Willie Cole, Teresita Fernández, Spencer Finch, Roland Flexner, Jeffrey Gibson, Y.Z. Kami, Il Lee, Glenn Ligon, Robert Longo, Nalini Malani, Kerry James Marshall, Mariko Mori, Robert Polidori, Rona Pondick, David Salle, Pat Steir, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sarah Sze, and Hank Willis Thomas.
Season 3, which launched on September 16, 2015, features Vito Acconci, Ann Agee, Diana Al-Hadid, Ghada Amer, Luis Camnitzer, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Wenda Gu, Ann Hamilton, An-My Lê, Kalup Linzy, Vik Muniz, James Nares, Cornelia Parker, Sheila Pepe, Raymond Pettibon, Matthew Ritchie, Annabeth Rosen, Shahzia Sikander, and Thomas Struth.
Season 4, which launched on December 7, 2015, features Dia Batal, Zoe Beloff, Dawoud Bey, Mark Bradford, Alejandro Cesarco, Moyra Davey, Thomas Demand, Adam Fuss, Jane Hammond, Sheila Hicks, Liliana Porter, Wilfredo Prieto, Dorothea Rockburne, Alexis Rockman, Arlene Shechet, Dana Schutz, Swoon, Paul Tazewell, Wayne Thiebaud, and Jacques Villeglé.
Season 5, which launched on February 29, 2016, features Kamrooz Aram, Ali Banisadr, Barbara Bloom, John Currin, Edmund de Waal, Maureen Gallace, Rashid Johnson, Alex Katz, Lee Mingwei, Lee Ufan, Josiah McElheny, Laura McPhee, Julie Mehretu, Wangechi Mutu, Sopheap Pich, Martha Rosler, James Siena, Eve Sussman, Betty Woodman, and Dustin Yellin.
And Season 6 includes Barry X Ball, Andrea Bowers, Cecily Brown, Petah Coyne, Jacob El Hanani, Eric Fischl, Suzan Frecon, Nan Goldin, Jeff Koons, Lin Tianmiao, Josephine Meckseper, Catherine Opie, Rashid Rana, Krishna Reddy, Carolee Schneemann, Joan Snyder, Fred Tomaselli, Mary Weatherford, William Wegman, and Zhang Xiaogang.
The Artist Project builds on a series of signature online initiatives inspired by The Met’s renowned collection. The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (2000– ) continues to evolve and expand, and receives more than 1.5 million visits per month. Connections (2011) offers personal perspectives on works of art in the collection from 100 staff members of the Museum. 82nd & Fifth (2013) and its accompanying multilingual iPad app (2014) invited 100 curators from across The Met to talk about 100 works of art that changed the way they see the world—one work, one curator, two minutes at a time. MetCollects (2014– ) offers first looks at works of art acquired recently by The Met. One Met. Many Worlds. (2014) invites visitors to explore more than 500 highlights of the collection in 11 languages and to respond playfully, poetically, and creatively. The Artist Project is the sixth installment of collection-inspired online productions.
The Artist Project can be found at www.metmuseum.org/artistproject.
Visitors can subscribe for updates to the series.
The Artist Project is produced by the Digital Department in collaboration with The Photograph Studio and curatorial staff of The Met. Web design and development is by CHIPS.
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June 6, 2016
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