Art TV, Not Hate TV

by Jen GravesNike Air Jordans are the main material in this sculpture by Brian Jungen, an artist from Vancouver who's featured in this season of Art21 on PBS. This sculpture is titled Lay Down Tender Fire, and it was shown at Catriona Jeffries Gallery. Courtesy of Catriona Jeffries Gallery
When art cracks through the surface of TV, it's usually not art itself. Look more closely and the stories and pictures are actually about wealth, glamor, brattiness, deception. Art TV is usually hate TV. Go Tr