Hyperjunk: The Clyfford Still Museum

Hyperjunk: The Clyfford Still Museum

I used to be a painter. I was never a really good painter, so the discontinuation of that part of practice some seven years ago was not a big loss. That being said, I am often reminded of how much I owe to my humble/clumsy painting beginnings. While still in my...
Episode 325: David Shrigley

Episode 325: David Shrigley

http://traffic.libsyn.com/badatsports/Bad_at_Sports_Episode_325-David_Shrigley.mp3 download This week: After an inappropriately long and silly intro Duncan talks to artist and hilarious person David Shrigley.   David Shrigley was born in 1968, in Macclesfield,...
From the Bad at Sports Archives: Meg Cranston

From the Bad at Sports Archives: Meg Cranston

For this week’s look back into the Bad at Sports archives, we’ve pulled a 2008 interview with Meg Cranston, conducted by Duncan MacKenzie and painter Pamela Fraser on the occasion of Cranston’s exhibition at He Said/She Said, Fraser and partner...
ON MOVES: #2, Proximity

ON MOVES: #2, Proximity

When I was about 14, I had a figure-drawing teacher in a local after-school program, a brilliant and hyperactive man who compared the honing of our representational practice to the training of a chef.  To hear him tell it, a really good chef can taste a dish and say,...
Top 5 Weekend Picks (11/18 & 11/19)

Top 5 Weekend Picks (11/18 & 11/19)

1. Hungry Bellows Of The Minotaur at FM*Gallery Participatory installation by Dominic Sansone. FM*Gallery is located at 310 N. Peoria St. Reception begins at 7pm on Friday. 2. The Domestic Partnership of Heaven and Hell at Monique Meloche Gallery Work by Karen Reimer....