Whether observing and satirizing society or reinventing icons of literature, art history, and popular culture, the artists featured in Transformation capture the sensibilities of our age while at times inhabiting the characters they have created. Yinka Shonibare MBE, Cindy Sherman and Paul McCarthy are featured.

The Association for Visual Arts (AVA), in partnership with Art21, Inc. as part of its Art21 Access ’09 initiative, presents a sneak preview of the fifth season of Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century, the only prime time national television series focused exclusively on contemporary art, on Wednesday, Oct. 14 and Wednesday, Oct. 21 at AVA, located at 30 Frazier Avenue. The screenings are part of the AVA Artspeak lecture series. These events are free and open to the public.