Candice Bergen Checks Out Today's Hottest Artists to Find Out What is Art?Entertainment Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2002 Oxygen Oxygen's "Candice Checks It Out" Features Artists James De La Vega de la Vega is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning "of the plain" and may refer to: People (arranged by date of birth)
Sunday, August 25, at 9:30 pm (a) What is art, anyway? That is what award-winning actress Candice Bergen Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American actress and former fashion model, known primarily for her roles in sitcoms and television. asks herself in this week's episode of "Candice Checks It Out," Oxygen's new half-hour weekly series in which host Candice Bergen takes to the streets to explore the latest trends and look into unfamiliar territory. Premiering Sunday, August 25, at 9:30 pm, "What is Art?" checks out the current art scene in the 21st century only to discover its not hanging on a museum wall. The former "Murphy Brown Murphy Brown is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. It starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, an investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI " star visits three artists in the episode including street artist James De La Vega. De La Vega takes Ms. Bergen through the streets of Spanish Harlem Spanish Harlem, also known as El Barrio, is a neighborhood in the East Harlem area of New York City, in the north-eastern part of the borough of Manhattan. Spanish Harlem is one of the largest predominantly Latino communities in New York City. to show her his murals, paintings and sidewalk writings, while explaining how he sees art as a unifying force in the neighborhood. "I'm definitely one of the most important artists in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of today," says the former art teacher. "My stuff has a bigger audience than most of the paintings in the MET because it touches a lot of people's lives." The Oxygen host also meets public space artist Tom Otterness in his studio and at New York City's Battery Park where his bronze sculptures are on display. Mr. Otterness intrigues Ms. Bergen as he explains how his cartoon-like structures, in parks, subways and other public areas, are designed to be commentaries on society. Ms. Bergen talks with performance artist Karin Campbell while examining women's place in the current artistic landscape. One of the female artists featured in the famed Whitney Biennial The Whitney Biennial is a biennial exhibition of recent American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1918. , Ms. Campbell explains art also can be displayed on one's body - including eyelids eyelids, n.pl a moveable fold of thin skin over the eye. The orbicularis oculi muscle and the oculomotor nerve control the opening and closing of the eyelid. . With eyes painted on her closed eyelids, Ms. Campbell sits in The Whitney and puts herself on display for the public to see, touch and speak with her - proving that any means of personal expression is art. Linda Corradina serves as the executive producer for "Candice Checks It Out." The series' episodes repeat during the week on Oxygen on Mondays at 7 pm and Saturdays at 4 pm. (a) ALL Times ET/PT Artwork Available Note: Photos are available at URL's: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.082102/bb7 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.082102/bb7a |
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