“Amy Sillman: To Abstract” | Art21 “Extended Play“

Episode [294]: Marking, whittling, struggling, scumbling, contradicting, and abstracting, artist Amy Sillman wrestles with the history and materiality of painting, reinvigorating the medium with new references and perspectives. In her Brooklyn studio, the artist works improvisationally using various nontraditional and ad-hoc tools to scrape, wipe, and wash off the paint she applies to the canvas in an ongoing process of editing and revision. Amy Sillman was born in Detroit, MI in 1955 and is currently based in New York City, NY. Learn more about the artist at: CREDITS | Director: Ian Forster Executive Producer: Tina Kukielski Series Producer: Ian Forster Editor: Misha Spivack Camera: Jarred Alterman; Anne Misselwitz; Mattia Ramberti; Luigi Scaglione Sound: Pasquin Mariani Colorist: Max Blecker Sound mix: Collin Blendell Archival Producer: Leah Ford Music: Joel Pickard Assistant Editor: Michelle Hanks Associate Producer: Andrea Chung Assistant Curator: Jurrell Lewis Research Assistant: Carina Martinez Artwork and Archival Images Courtesy: Amy Sillman; Capitain Petzel; Gladstone Gallery; Thomas Dane Gallery; 27th São Paulo Bienal; 59th Venice Biennale; AFTER 8 BOOKS; Camden Arts Centre; CCS BARD; Four Walls Gallery, Brooklyn; Portikus Special Thanks: Eema Additional Artwork and Archival Images © Ida Applebroog. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth Louise Bourgeois © 2024 The Easton Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY © 2024 Carolee Schneemann Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York. © The Estate of Eva Hesse. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth Ishmael Houston-Jones and Fred Holland © Joan Jonas / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery The Kipper Kids filmed by Tom Sewell. Courtesy The Sewell Archive © Kurt Kren. Courtesy sixpackfilm © YAYOI KUSAMA. Courtesy the artist, David Zwirner, Ota Fine Arts, and Victoria Miro Maria Lassnig © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Bildrecht, Vienna © Elizabeth Murray. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery and Colby College Museum of Art The Ordinaires filmed by Robin Schanzenbach SVA Archives / Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives. Visual Arts Foundation “Extended Play“ is presented by the Marina Kellen French Foundation, with support from Lauren and Tim Schrager, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Every Page Foundation, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Henry Nias Foundation, and individual contributors. TRANSLATIONS Translated subtitles are generously contributed by our volunteer translation community. Visit our translation team at for the full list of contributors. #AmySillman #Art21 #Art21ExtendedPlay