TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (1/20-1/26)
1. Reflections of Re-Emergence: Symphonic Identity: Artist talk Lashon Fouché moderated by Wisdom Baty January 22, 2-3:30 THE cre.æ.tive ROOM: 7034 S Martin Luther King Dr 2. Experiments in Dark Matter January 21-25, 2022 Mu Gallery: 1541 W Chicago Av...
Episode 786: David Antonio Cruz and Dana Bassett
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David Antonio Cruz unpacks his work and process for Tom Sanford and Duncan MacKenzie at Art Basel Miami with Monique Meloche. Then Dana B returns with all the T.
Episode 785: Miami Day 2 NADA
Return to Miami continues with our second day at the NADA fair. We rock the mic with Claudine Ise, Pedro Pedro, and Cash 4.
Episode 784: Return to Miami 2021
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Today we drop down in Miami and chat NFTs with John Lee, Tom Sanford, and technologist Amol.
We also reveal that we are rolling with the mysterious graffiti artist Snoeman.
Episode 783: Jessie Mott
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On this week’s Jess(i)e-fest, Jessie Mott joins Jesse and non-Jess(i)e Ryan in the studio to talk about her upcoming exhibition at the Epiphany Center for the Arts, Like Queer Animals:We Hold Your Gaze, a collaboration with queer scholar Chanal Nadeau. We yak about the origins of Mott’s aberrant animals, in all of their forms, including paintings, publications and animations. Take a listen on the wild side.
Episode 782 Iris Bernblum
On this pod’s weekcast Iris Bernblum joins Brian and Ryan for an unadorned conversation about her current studio practice. Bernblum’s work explores an animalic kinship, navigating a longing for the unknowable natural world. The pair conjures a sensual environment by imbuing the space with scent, sound, and lush color. Her cross disciplinary practice includes watercolors, video and sculpture speaking to ideas around human desire to control and tame wild spaces.
Bad at Art Forum #3: Buckets as Well as Jewels
As an artist-cum-mad-scientist and avid recycling nerd, folks often come to me for answers to their frustration and confusion about plastics. If I recycle them, do they end up in landfills anyway? Does it take more energy? How do I navigate my local system? Why is it...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (1/13-1/19)
1. Crip* January 14-March 12, 2022 Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St Work by: Liz Barr, Shannon Finnegan, Max Guy, Christopher Robert Jones, Carly Mandel, Darrin Martin, Berenice Olmedo & Carmen Papalia and Heather Kai Smith. Curated by: Liza Sylvestre 2. And...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (1/7-1/12)
1. Carris Adams: Get Over, Get Under, Get Easy, Get Greasy January 9-February 12, 2022 Goldfinch: 319 N Albany Ave 2. Lee Godie: Sincerely… January 7-February 26, 2022 Carl Hammer Gallery: 740 N Wells St 3. Wunderkammer: Victor’s Cabinet of Curiosities...
Sub-rural #10, “Turks, Jews, and Other Germans…”
Despite Germany and the United States having similar failings with regard to immigration, race, religion, economic disparity, and creeping nationalism, our country is comparatively young, and our identity is wrapped up with generational risk-taking. Our comparative...
Bad at Art Forum #2: Cosmologies and the Artists Who Build Them
An artist’s aesthetic, as William Kentridge once noted, often comes into existence by way of that which has been let in out of necessity. An artist’s cosmology, however, is built. Think Henry Darger’s (1)Vivian Girls, or Trenton Doyle Hancock’s "Mounds" and "Vegans."...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (12/6-12/22)
1. Pauline Kochanski: 3rd-Arc December 17, 5-10PM Oliva Gallery: 3816 W Armitage Ave 2. Small Works Members Exhibition: Closing Reception December 18, 12-4PM Woman Made Gallery: 2150 S Canalport Work by: Marianna Buchwald, Amy Bernard, Ann C. Quinn, Ann...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (12/9-12/15)
1. Stacia Yeapanis: Reliquaries for Clinging and Letting Go December 12, 11AM-2PM Material: 2025 W Belmont Ave 2. Bells for Her December 12, 3-6PM RUSCHWOMAN: 2100 S Marshall Blvd, Unit 105 Work by: Ále Campos, Marylu E. Herrera, and Alayna N. Pernell 3....
Sub-rural #9: Bruno David Gallery
Bruno David moved his gallery from New York City to St. Louis in 2004. In the process he wedded a national and global art conversation with the Midwest and has remained equally attentive to artists who represent the breadth of St. Louis and the region. David...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (12/2-12/8)
1. Rituals December 4, 12-4PM Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art: 2320 W Chicago Ave Work by: Brenton Good, Mandy Cano-Villalobos, and Marissa Voytenko 2. Mound Summit December 4, 10AM-3:30PM Center for Native Futures: Online 3. Every house has a door...