Brian Jungen in "Vancouver" - Season 8 | Art21

Art21 proudly presents an artist segment, featuring Brian Jungen, from the "Vancouver" episode in the ninth season of the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" series.
"Vancouver " premiered in September 2016 on PBS. Watch now on PBS and the PBS Video app: www.pbs.org/video/art-21-vanc...
Brian Jungen draws from his family’s ranching and hunting background, as well as his Dane-zaa heritage, when disassembling and recombining consumer goods into whimsical sculptures. Jungen transforms plastic chairs into whale skeletons, garbage bins into a giant turtle carapace, and collectible Nike Air Jordan shoes into objects resembling both the ceremonial masks of British Columbian coastal tribes and abstract modernist sculptures. At once direct and disarming, Jungen’s sculptures are entirely familiar in their material and assembly and yet still trick the eye through complex and deft illusions. While exquisite for their craftsmanship and graphic use of pattern and color, Jungen’s works also contain subtle critiques of labor practices, global capitalism, and cultural stereotypes.
Learn more about the artists at:
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CREDITS | Executive Producer: Eve Moros Ortega. Host: Claire Danes. Director: Pamela Mason Wagner. Curator & Producer: Wesley Miller. Editor: Mary Ann Toman. Art21 Executive Director: Tina Kukielski. Director of Production: Nick Ravich. Associate Producer: Ian Forster. Structure Consultant: Véronique Bernard. Director of Photography: Greg Bartels. Additional Photography: Johan Legraie, John Marton, Rafael Salazar, Ian Serfontein, & Ava Wiland. Assistant Camera: Brian Cheung, Patrick Morrisey, Hélène Motteau, & Angel Navarro. Sound: Brent Calkin, Jeff Carter, Keith Henderson, James Irons, Theresa Radka, & Matthieu Roche.
Title/Motion Design: Afternoon Inc. Composer: Joel Pickard. Online Editor: Don Wyllie. Re-Recording Mix: Tony Pipitone. Sound Edit: Neil Cedar & Jay Fisher. Artwork Animation: Anita H.M. Yu. Assistant Editor: Maria Habib, Leana Siochi, Christina Stiles, & Bahron Thomas.
Host Introduction | Creative Consultant: Tucker Gates. Director of Photography: Pete Konczal. Second Camera: Jon Cooper. Key Grip: Chris Wiesehahn. Gaffer: Jesse Newton. First Assistant Camera: Sara Boardman & Shane Duckworth. Sound: James Tate. Set Dresser: Jess Coles. Hair: Peter Butler. Makeup: Matin. Production Assistant: Agatha Lewandowski & Melanie McLean. Editor: Ilya Chaiken.
Artworks Courtesy of: Stan Douglas; Brian Jungen; Liz Magor; Jeff Wall; Art Gallery of Ontario; Kathleen and Laing Brown; Canadian Stage; Marian Goodman Gallery; Susan Hobbs; Katsushika Hokusai; Catriona Jeffries; Casey Kaplan; NFB Digital Studio; Rennie Museum; Vancouver Art Gallery; & David Zwirner. Acquired Photography: ARTtube.nl; Glenn Baglo; Walter H. Calder; City of Vancouver Archives; Byron Charles Jennings; Jeroen van der Poel; Robbie Schweiger; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Vancouver Public Library; & Vancouver Sun.
Special Thanks: The Art21 Board of Trustees; Michael Aglion; Catherine Belloy; Brooklyn Academy of Music; Pat Casteel; Wendy Chang; Linda Chinfen; Kevin Doherty; Caroline Dumalin; Marten Elder; Christina Faist; Christopher Fedorak; Brigitte and Henning Freybe; Peter Gazendam; Go Fish Ocean Emporium; Mike Grill; Ari Hiroshige; Paul Jackson; Debbie Johnsen; Sherrie Johnson; Jenette Kahn; Kwinten Lavigne; Khan Lee; Lindsay Lorraine; Anne Low; Kelly Lycan; Sheila Lynch; Ella Dawn McGeough; Sarah McMenimen; Scott Moore; Katrina Niebergal; Walker Olesen; Nigel Prince; Bob Rennie; Diana Salier; Sandy Sawotka; Keith Shapiro; Dirk Snauwaert; Cedrik Toselli; Western Front; Wiels Contemporary Art Centre; Andrea-Jo Wilson; & Steve Wylie.
No animals were harmed in the making of this film.
Public Relations: Cultural Counsel. Station Relations: De Shields Associates, Inc. Legal Counsel: Albert Gottesman.
Additional Art21 Staff: Maggie Albert; Lindsey Davis; Joe Fusaro; Jessica Hamlin; Jonathan Munar; Bruno Nouril; Pauline Noyes; Kerri Schlottman; & Diane Vivona.
Dedicated To: Susan Sollins, Art21 Founder.
Major support for Season 8 is provided by National Endowment for the Arts, PBS, Lambent Foundation, Agnes Gund, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.
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[@robertdavenport6705]

Probably the wittiest Canadian artist. The skinned leather from sofas sewn into tipis was , well , hilarious , poignant ,gently retributive and simply brilliant. His contribution is probably the best example of that often overlooked salvatory attribute of the dispossessed -humour.

[@robinaanstey3734]

The first minute of this film already had me hooked...line and sinker!! Beautiful, beautiful work!! Bravo!!!! Cheers from sunny FL :)

[@cpi23]

fuck yeah go brian!

[@imovertheocean]

People who aren't into art are gonna see this and think it is even more idiotic than they already do. Some people can't even afford a pair of shoes. Kind of disgusting.

[@innomind]

The artist said it himself towards the end, "my art is very exclusive".

[@inbrokenimages]

@@innomind How is that a rationale?

[@evetrue2615]

Even the tribes that have never seen any shoes or clothes make their totems.

[@chanceshermet]

If you find it wasteful then how can you say you're into art. He uses both $5 plastic chairs and $300 Jordans. If you listen you can hear him explain his fascination over the commodification of theJordans, comparing it to Native CDN art.

[@cdchalmers]

You do realize the amount of resources and so-called waste that goes into making movies and television? Will you be boycotting those? I suppose not. You do realize the vast money and resources that go into professional sports? Should that time and money go into charity? Are sports and movies and TV also "disgusting?"