art21- Transformation

Art in the 21st Century is an award-winning series of 24 programmes in which 100 artists talk about their creations, the way they work and their individual view of art. Ai Weiwei, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Richard Serra, Bruce Nauman, Jenny Holzer and many others open up their studios and share with us their approach to creating a work of art. The series offers insights into the entire spectrum of contemporary visual art forms from sculptures, installations and conceptual art to photography and painting.
Costumes and masks, makeup and style, dolls and mannequins, stage and cinema – what strategies do we use to refashion identity? Do we seek out excess and extremes in order to see ourselves more clearly? The “Art in the Twenty First Century” documentary “Transformation” explores these questions in the work of the artists Yinka Shonibare MBE, Cindy Sherman and Paul McCarthy.