The work of American artist Daniel Gordon lies somewhere between the fields of photography and sculpture. Having shown his work at New York's MoMA PS1 and Amsterdam’s Foam museum, where he won the Paul Huf photography award in 2014, the artist is known for the vibrant and often-perplexing documentation of his working practice.

“Daniel Gordon is known for the vibrant and often-perplexing documentation of his working practice”

Though his final works are almost always photographic prints, they are the result of meticulously set up still lifes. Each composition is made up of found images of objects that are printed or taken from magazines and arranged in three-dimensional collages.

“His final works are the result of meticulously set up still lifes.”

Here, a new film by Art21, known for its flagship PBS series Art in the Twenty-First Century, which this season will be hosted by actress Claire Danes, takes us into Gordon's studio—a door away from where his artist wife works.

Art21 is a New York-based arts organization offering a first-hand look at established and emerging contemporary artists across the world, including its flagship documentary series, Art in the Twenty-First Century.