Art in the Twenty-First Century: Los Angeles

While sprawling Los Angeles has world-class museums and art schools, artists working in the shadow of the entertainment industry lie more under the radar, which gives them the space and time to imagine. In this episode of the documentary series Art in the Twenty-First Century, director Deborah Dickson follows video artist Diana Thater as she prepares for a monumental exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; sculptor Liz Larner, who constructs abstract forms from a dizzying array of materials; painter Tala Madani, whose sharply satirical works evoke clashes of culture; and Edgar Arceneaux, who investigates historical patterns through drawings, installations and multimedia events.