ART21 is an award-winning series of 24 programmes in which 100 contemporary artists talk about their creations, the way they work and their individual view of art. How does contemporary art address the idea of consumption? How do artists question commonly held assumptions about commerce, mass media, and consumer society? The episode “Consumption” explores these questions through the work of the artists Michael Ray Charles, Matthew Barney, Andrea Zittel and Mel Chin, including an introduction by John McEnroe.