A visit to Joan Jonas' New York loft

Visit artist Joan Jonas in her SoHo loft and enter her world of collected objects. A trailblazer of video and performance art, she began her decades-long career working in New York’s vibrant Downtown art scene of the 1960s and ’70s. Here she reflects on the city’s changing landscape, and takes us through the recurring props (mirrors, masks, and kites) and themes (play, mythology, our relationship to animals) that inspire her radical work.
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[@JavierWalpen]

How beautiful. Thank you.

[@parathink]

MoMA ignored Jonas for 50 years. Why? Let MoMA explain that one.

[@stevegove-humphries7896]

This is a wonderful short, incisive & informative piece on Joan Jonas. Thank you for posting it , but above all for making it. I will be tracking down her work. And thank you Ms Jonas.

[@alemedbic]

lovely lovely lovely

[@VesPitts-c3p]

Love her talking about animals. Amazing artist.

[@gmacchiavello]

3:08 in Peru we use that kind of mask in traditional dance

[@archiechoke23]

Always like your studio visit videos.

[@bdwatson814]

No rules, no boundaries in art ❤

[@alenaadamson3662]

I feel so inspired now wow

[@suepavlovich4399]

Lovely. Informative. Explanatory. Enjoyable and challenging.

[@azammohamadi7464]

Great artist

[@alphabeta492]

🐴💩…..see what I did there? Iconography, semiotic something or other.

[@neem33]

Love to learn about her and see what her thought process was behind her work. I will definitely look for more of her work! Fascinating

[@causticcoastal]

Such a vast and inspiring body of work!

[@sumarexl]

🆓️🇵🇸

[@lizasoliman723]

play.

[@missinglink9973]

Love it great video. Was so cool to see her take on her practice and the meaning behind her work. And loved seeing the many objects in her antique curio collection!!! And the loft amazing such history...

[@tomservo_]

Drugs in this era changed perspective and ways of thinking. Def some interesting things to come out of this time and these artists, but A LOT of their work is just randomly hoping to strike gold and get paid. Take any 5 random items in your house and do something weird with them and you’re qualified. Keep evolving this over 3 decades and you’re a professional artist with a unique vision.