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Matt Roche & Jaimie Warren's Big Extended Whoop Dee Doo Family

What brings a community together? Over pizza and beers, the dedicated crew behind Whoop Dee Doo—artist Matt Roche & Jaimie Warren's traveling kids variety show—discuss the artistic and emotional...

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Daniel Gordon Looks Back

From the series, "New York Close Up" How does an artist keep it interesting in the studio? In his Windsor Terrace workspace in Brooklyn, photographer Daniel Gordon reflects on his decade-long...

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Bryan Zanisnik & Eric Winkler's Animated Conversation

From the series, "New York Close Up" What if your life was a cartoon? Bryan Zanisnik and Eric Winkler meet at a Brooklyn cafe where Zanisnik shares outlandish stories of his life as an artist that...

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Marela Zacarías's Great Expectations

From the series, "New York Close Up" How does a Brooklyn artist imagine both her past and future? After a decade of hard-fought accomplishments in New York City, artist Marela Zacarías completes a...

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Jaimie Warren Is A Total Character

From the series, "New York Close Up" How does an artist honor her heroes? Matching the playful “anything goes” aesthetic of its subject, this film explores the photographic and video work of...

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Louise Despont According to the Universe

From the series, "New York Close Up" What is the source of inspiration? Filmed in her Tribeca studio, Louise Despont peruses a vast reference library of images she began collecting in high school and...

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Lucas Blalock's Digital Toolkit

From the series, "New York Close Up" Have you ever wanted a Photoshop tutorial from an artist? Filmed in his Greenpoint studio, artist Lucas Blalock creates uncanny pictures using simple tools in...

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Caroline Woolard Flips the Real Estate Script

From the series, "New York Close Up" How can New Yorkers hope to stay put in a city where rents make living all but impossible? Impelled by her own personal experiences, artist and organizer Caroline...

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Jamian Juliano-Villani's Painting Compulsion

From the series, "New York Close Up" What makes a painter paint? Filmed in her Bedford-Stuyvesant studio, artist Jamian Juliano-Villani uses a digital projector to create surreal paintings and...

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Welcome to Whoop Dee Doo! (with Matt Roche & Jaimie Warren Too)

From the series, "New York Close Up" What is meaningful community art? In this film, the artist-led variety show Whoop Dee Doo—co-directed by Jaimie Warren and Matt Roche—collaborates with the Urban...

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Diana Al-Hadid Plays the Classics

From the series, "New York Close Up" How do you get a painting to stand up on its own? At her Bushwick, Brooklyn studio and OHWOW Gallery in Los Angeles, artist Diana Al-Hadid creates a singularly...

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Rashid Johnson Keeps His Cool

From the series, "New York Close Up" What happens when an artist follows his instincts? In this film, artist Rashid Johnson charts a decade-long aesthetic and professional development from his early...

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Alejandro Almanza Escapes from New York

From the series, "New York Close Up" Why would an artist leave the greatest city in the world? Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda lives out his own personal Escape from New York​ (1981)—the John...

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Daniel Gordon & Ruby Sky Stiler Take Baby Steps

From the series, "New York Close Up" What's the art of balancing work and family? From their home in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, married artists Daniel Gordon and Ruby Sky Stiler candidly discuss the...

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Bryan Zanisnik Goes to the Meadowlands

From the series, "New York Close Up" Where are the blank spots on the map? In this film, artist Bryan Zanisnik hikes through the New Jersey Meadowlands landscape and exhibits his work Meadowlands...

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Mariah Robertson's Chemical Reactions

From the series, "New York Close Up" How does an artist come to grips with the uncontrollable? Filmed over the course of four years, artist Mariah Roberston experiments with photographic chemistry in...

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Abigail DeVille's Harlem Stories

From the series, "New York Close Up" How does an artist acknowledge forgotten people? In this film, artist Abigail DeVille stalks the streets of Harlem with a trash-laden push cart, creating temporary...

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Marela Zacarías Goes Big & Goes Home

From the series, "New York Close Up" What does an artist bring to a homecoming? Working in her Bedford–Stuyvesant studio, artist Marela Zacarías undertakes Red Meander (2014), a commission by the Art...

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Bryan Zanisnik Keeps It in the Family

From the series, "New York Close Up" How does an artist figure out what’s truly essential? Performing A Woman Waits For Me II (2014) with his parents at Pace University in Lower Manhattan, artist...

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Louise Despont Draws Deep

From the series, "New York Close Up" How does an artist get maximum results out of minimal means? Artist Louise Despont uses architectural stencils to create intricate pencil-on-paper drawings in her...

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