Chris Ware in "Chicago" - Season 8 | Art21
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Published 2023-03-20
"Chicago " premiered in September 2016 on PBS. Watch now on PBS and the PBS Video app: www.pbs.org/video/art-21-chicago/
Chris Ware, known for his New Yorker magazine covers, is hailed as a master of the comic art form. Ware’s complex graphic novels, which tell stories about people in suburban midwestern neighborhoods, poignantly reflect on the role of memory in constructing identity. Stories featuring many of Ware’s protagonists—Quimby the Mouse, Rusty Brown, and Jimmy Corrigan—often first appear in serialized form, in publications such as “The New York Times,” the “Guardian,” or Ware’s own ongoing comic book series “Acme Novelty Library,” before being organized into their own stand-alone books.
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CREDITS | Executive Producer: Eve Moros Ortega. Host: Claire Danes. Director: Stanley Nelson. Producer & Production Manager: Nick Ravich. Editor: Aljernon Tunsil. Art21 Executive Director: Tina Kukielski. Curator: Wesley Miller. Associate Producer: Ian Forster. Structure Consultant: Véronique Bernard. Director of Photography: Keith Walker. Additional Photography: Don Argott, Brian Ashby, Steve Delahoyde, Jeremy Dulac, Damon Hennessey, Sam Henriques, Ben Kolak, Christoph Lerch, Stephan Mazurek, Andrew Miller, Christopher Morrison, Leslie Morrison, Murat Ötünç, Logan Siegel, Stephen Smith, & Jamin Townsley. Assistant Camera: Kyle Adcock, Joe Buhnerkempe, Alex Klein, Ian McAvoy, Sean Prange, & Liz Sung. Sound: Sean Demers, Alex Inglizian, Hayden Jackson, İlkin Kitapçı, Joe Leo, Matt Mayer, John Murphy, Richard K. Pooler, & Grant Tye. Production Assistant: Hamid Bendaas, Emmanuel Camacho, Chad Fisher, Elliot Rosen, Stanley Sievers, Chris Thurston, & Steven Walsh.
Title/Motion Design: Afternoon Inc. Composer: Joel Pickard. Online Editor: Don Wyllie. Re-Recording Mix: Tony Pipitone. Sound Edit: Neil Cedar & Jay Fisher. Artwork Animation: Anita H.M. Yu. Assistant Editor: Maria Habib, Leana Siochi, Christina Stiles, & Bahron Thomas.
Host Introduction | Creative Consultant: Tucker Gates. Director of Photography: Pete Konczal. Second Camera: Jon Cooper. Key Grip: Chris Wiesehahn. Gaffer: Jesse Newton. First Assistant Camera: Sara Boardman & Shane Duckworth. Sound: James Tate. Set Dresser: Jess Coles. Hair: Peter Butler. Makeup: Matin. Production Assistant: Agatha Lewandowski & Melanie McLean. Editor: Ilya Chaiken.
Artworks Courtesy of: Nick Cave; Theaster Gates; Barbara Kasten; Chris Ware; BAM Hamm Archives; Bortolami Gallery; Cranbrook Art Museum; Margaret Jenkins Dance Company; The New Yorker magazine and Condé Nast; James Prinz Photography; Jack Shainman Gallery; Sara Linnie Slocum; Chris Strong Photography; & White Cube. Acquired Photography: Sara Pooley; The Art Channel/Bobbin Productions; & University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach.
Special Thanks: The Art21 Board of Trustees; 900/910 Lake Shore Drive Condominium Association; Michael Aglion; Ellen Hartwell Alderman; Adam Baumgold Gallery; Naomi Beckwith; Biba Bell; Stefania Bortolami; Kate Bowen; Pat Casteel; Chicago Embassy Church; Coachman Antique Mall; Maria J. Coltharp; John Corbett; Department of Theatre & Dance, Wayne State University; Detroit School of Arts; Christina Faist; Bob Faust; Martina Feurstein; Julie Fracker; William Gill; Graham Foundation; Jen Grygiel; Sarah Herda; Jennon Bell Hoffmann; Sheree Hovsepian; Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania; Istanbul Biennial; Nicola Jeffs; Jenette Kahn; Jill Katz; Alex Klein; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Jon Lowe; Sheila Lynch; Mana Contemporary Chicago; Christine Messineo; Laura Mott; Deborah Payne; Bishop Ed Peecher; Lisa Pooler; Rebuild Foundation; Diana Salier; Tim Samuelson; Amy Schachman; Zeynep Seyhun; Keith Shapiro; Alexandra Small; Jacqueline Stewart; Hamza Walker; Clara Ware; Marnie Ware; & Steve Wylie.
Additional Art21 Staff: Maggie Albert; Lindsey Davis; Joe Fusaro; Jessica Hamlin; Jonathan Munar; Bruno Nouril; Pauline Noyes; Kerri Schlottman; & Diane Vivona.
Public Relations: Cultural Counsel. Station Relations: De Shields Associates, Inc. Legal Counsel: Albert Gottesman.
Dedicated To: Susan Sollins, Art21 Founder.
Major support for Season 8 is provided by National Endowment for the Arts, PBS, Lambent Foundation, Agnes Gund, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.
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All Comments (21)
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A Chirs Ware book is like a present you don't feel worthy to receive.
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Chris Ware is a genius. So glad he's here on this earth.
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Beautiful! I'm crying...🥰
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An all around unbelievably talented man and also one of the nicest I've had the pleasure to meet. He deserves everything he has and so much more!! Congrats Chris. Your work still makes my heart sing. And your use of colour is second to none.
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It’s unbelievable how talented Chris Ware is.
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Chris Ware is an absolute master and this is one of the great profiles of his work.
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I remember Chris Ware when I was in undergraduate school. I remember him selling an extraordinary box art comic piece made of wood, he sold for a mere $1000. I wish I had the means to buy it, it was really a great piece.
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it's always the most amazing of artists who don't they ARE artists.
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I just finished Rusty Brown. I enjoyed every single page of it. It was very nice to see those pages when they were just blue pencil, and how they transformed into the actual page. I'm so grateful that we have artist like Chris Ware who provide this nourishment to our souls. Chapeau Maestro!
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I was gifted Building Stories one christmas and it's the best gift i think I ever received. Completely changed the way I consumed a story. A rare talent and a giant in comics
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That is one steady hand.
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Chris Ware is one of those storytellers I feel like is such a treasure. His artwork is amazing and panel pacing/rhythm seems unparalleled. Stories are poignant and touching. I always recommend his comics to people.
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I came across jimmy Corrigan wen I was in my 20s , I read it through multiple times, his art is a massive inspiration to me
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This is such a well made piece on Chris Ware... criminally under viewed...
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What a wonderful short documentary on Chris Ware!
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What a wonderful documentary. Thank you! With greetings from Cape Town.
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I see Chris around my town ( Oak Park ) once in awhile. Always friendly, such a Talent!
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This needs to be viewed by more people. I've known of Ware's work back when he was doing comics in The Chicago Reader. Amazing draftsman and storyteller. I lived in Chicago my entire life, then spent a few years in Oak Park before relocating to Minneapolis 4 years ago. I love the lack of sprawl and congestion in Minneapolis and really embrace that nature is close by, this video made me miss Chicago.
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Brilliant, a word that is often used to describe Chris Ware’s stories and art, it’s really worth repeating: brilliant.
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Chris Ware!!! One of my favorite graphic novelists - his works are amazing!!!
