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| Ep 74: William Shatner in Space (The Overview Effect) | 06 Sep 2024 | 00:24:47 | |
Today I'm taking us on a space, art and space-art journey. Because, I've been thinking about how when William Shatner recently went up to space in Bezos' rocket, he saw in real life what he had always pretended to see on TV: space and the final frontier. But to his shock and horror, he...sort of hated it: At least he hated the outer space view. He quaked in the face of all that vast emptiness and ended up with a new appreciation for our warm "Mother" Earth. I.e. "Beam me down, Scotty." And in this way, I think an artist could adopt a William Shatner in Space ideology: and try to appreciate the gifts we each have right now (time, space, adequate health, and freedom to create), versus caving into the dark matter horrors of compare & despair, and worry over not achieving the right career benchmarks. Artists/Works mentioned: "The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise" by Giovanni di Paolo (1445), "Galaxy (Hydra)" Vija Celmins (1974), "The Moon Museum" Robert Rauschenberg, David Novros, John Chamberlain, Claes Oldenburg, Forrest Myers and Andy Warhol (Possibly sent on the Apollo 12 Moon Mission-1969), "The Wave" by Astronaut, Nicole Stott (2009) William Shatner's book: "Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder" Frank White's book: "The Overview Effect" More about Astronaut, Nicole Stott's first-ever painting in space: http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-070816b-astronaut-artist-nicole-stott.html More about The Moon Museum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Museum Thank you for listening! All music by Soundstripe ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy, your beloved host, on IG: @talluts Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s BuyMeACoffee Donations always appreciated! | |||
| Ep 73: Some Thoughts on Drawing (Part 2) | 16 Aug 2024 | 00:55:31 | |
We're back! This is the second part of our deep dive on drawing. I asked my artist-guests: Jennifer Coates, David Humphrey and Catherine Haggarty to bring along a fave drawing from art history to share and describe what "drew" them to it (please forgive the pun). It was so fun to see what they selected. See images of all of the works on IG @peptalksforartists The drawings discussed were: 1) "The Grotto of Neptune in Tivoli" ca 1640 by Claude Lorrain 2) Rocks near the caves above Château Noir (Rochers à Bibémus) 1895/00 by Paul Cézanne, Watercolor on paper 18¼ by 12 in. 3) "Moon and Clouds" 1945 by George Ault 4) Ledger Drawing ca. 1875-78 attributed to William Cohoe, Cheyenne, Central Plains, Inscribed "Cheyenne Soldiers" Find my guests online here: David Humprhrey: web and IG Jennifer Coates: web and IG Catherine Haggarty: web and IG See more Ledger Drawings at DonaldEllisGallery.com: https://www.donaldellisgallery.com/offerings/plains-indian-drawings
Artists also mentioned: Georges Seurat ("Monkey"), Alexander Cozens, Caspar David Friedrich, Julia Gleich (choreographer) Books mentioned: "Lake Superior" by Lorine Niedecker, "Keeping Time: Plains Indian Ledger Drawings 1865-1900" (pub by Donald Ellis Gallery) Catherine's show "Just Drawing" online at Geary Contemporary: https://geary.nyc/exhibition/just-drawing-catherine-haggarty/ You can watch the original IG Live video of my guests' panel talk at Geary here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9qMilKRs-f/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Thank you for listening! All music by Soundstripe ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks Website: https://www.peptalksforartists.com/ Amy, your beloved host, on IG: @talluts Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s BuyMeACoffee Donations always appreciated! | |||
| Ep 65: Monsters and Beautiful Things | 26 Feb 2024 | 00:17:46 | |
What do a comment made on the Great British Bake-Off, a 1970's television interview with southern author, Eudora Welty, and a Michigan Mer-man have in common? Glad you asked! They all explore ideas of monstrousness, the topic of this episode -- specifically channeling our inner monstrous creative selves to create work that is rich, bold, memorable and unique. [Evil laugh of Nosferatu] Come along with me on my search for aspirational creative monstrosity. Television programs mentioned: "Great British Bakeoff:" Season 11, Episode 3, Rowan Claughton with Paul Hollywood "Firing Line" with William F. Buckley: "The Southern Imagination in Literature" 1972 with Eudora Welty and Walker Percy Artists mentioned: Francisco José de Goya, Jean Dubuffet, James Ensor, Francis Bacon, The Monster Roster group (Chicago), Brenda Goodman ("Self-Portrait 2” 1994), Steve DiBenedetto ("Rosemary's Baby's Baby" 2021), Whit Harris ("Maiden" 2023) and Louise Bourgeois ("Femme" 2006) Publications mentioned: "Where Is the Voice Coming From" a short story by Eudora Welty, "Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art" book by Lauren Elkin, "Monsters of the Midwest: True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves & Other Legendary Creatures" book by Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler All music by Soundstripe ---------------------------- Peps has a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists! Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy, your beloved host, on IG: @talluts Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s BuyMeACoffee Donations always appreciated! | |||
| Ep 64: Interview w/ Jesse Bransford | 07 Feb 2024 | 01:38:45 | |
This week, painter and installation artist, Jesse Bransford, joins me to discuss his magic and occult-inspired work. We discussed the meanings behind the sigils and circles he embeds in his work, his fascination with the magician Surrealist, Kurt Seligmann, and his thoughts on the role of the artist as a practitioner of vision, generosity and belief. Find Jesse Bransford online at: web: https://www.jessebransford.com/ ig: @jessebransford get his book: UK: https://fulgur.co.uk/books/fourthandfifthpyramids/?v=7516fd43adaa / US: https://namepublications.org/item/2023/jesse-bransford-the-fourth-and-fifth-pyramids/ octagon house: https://www.chronogram.com/home/a-wayward-spirit-finds-home-16469398 Hyperallergic article by Allison Meier about "Language of the Birds: Occult and Art," New York University’s 80WSE Gallery: https://hyperallergic.com/270566/recreating-the-magic-circle-of-a-surrealist-seriously-into-the-occult/ Kurt Seligmann's Magical Evening: https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/surrealismandmagic/exhibition/images/200pxw/SAM_528.jpg Kurt Seligmann's Book: "Mirror of Magic" Maurice Tuchman's Book: "The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985" (find on ebay or amazon) More about Jesse: Jesse Bransford is a New York-based artist whose work is exhibited internationally at venues including The Carnegie Museum of Art, the UCLA Hammer Museum, PS 1 Contemporary Art Center and the CCA Wattis Museum among others. He holds degrees from the New School for Social Research (BA), Parsons School of Design (BFA) and Columbia University (MFA). A professor of art at New York University, Bransford's work has been involved with belief and the visual systems it creates since the 1990s. Work has been presented in books from Fulgur Press, “A Book of Staves (Galdrastafabók),” and most recently “The Fourth and Fifth Pyramids.” He lectures widely on his work and the topics surrounding his work. He is the co-organizer of the biennial Occult Humanities Conference and an editorial member of the Black Mirror Network. Thank you, Jesse! Thank you, Pep Talks Patrons! Thank you to my sponsor The Pack Art School: https://thepack.art/artistrebirthcycle All music by Soundstripe ---------------------------- Peps has a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists! Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy, your beloved host, on IG: @talluts Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s BuyMeACoffee Donations always appreciated! | |||
| Ep 63: Book Talks: The Artists Way by Julia Cameron (Part 2) w/ Mandolyn Wilson Rosen | 18 Jan 2024 | 01:25:26 | |
We're back with Part 2 of our review of "The Artists Way" by Julia Cameron! In this half of our deep dive into the book, Mandolyn Wilson Rosen and I finish recounting our experiences following the program of this famous creativity self-help juggernaut. Today in Part 2, we discuss: 1. Sychronicity & Carl Jung 2. Our personal artist dates 3. What writing the Morning Pages felt like 4. Things in The Artist's Way that we disliked 5. “Clusters” & those who charge to run AW groups 6. Amy's "The Artist's Way Cringe Corner™" 7. And more insights from Julia Cameron's autobiography: "Floor Sample." Mandy's mentions: American Masters: "Everybody Knows … Elizabeth Murray" (PBS) Alan Watts Being in the Way Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3RZiM62g8XYE4PuEF2EleN?si=5a58f0c5df8d4c1f Alison Bechdel Graphic Novels: https://dykestowatchoutfor.com/ Critical blogs that we referenced: Kore Sage Blog: https://koresageart.com/blog/reading-deprivation-week-the-artists-way/ From Jenn Blog: https://www.fromjenn.com/blog/why-i-dont-write-morning-pages-and-what-i-do-instead Please find Mandolyn Wilson Rosen online here: mandolynwilsonrosen.com and IG @mandolyn_rosen Thank you, Mandy! Thank you Patrons! Thank you Peps Listeners! All music by Soundstripe ---------------------------- Peps has a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists! Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy, your beloved host, on IG: @talluts Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s BuyMeACoffee Donations always appreciated! | |||
| Ep 62: Book Talks: The Artists Way by Julia Cameron (Part 1) w/ Mandolyn Wilson Rosen | 18 Jan 2024 | 01:14:04 | |
Book Talks is back! And so is artist, Mandolyn Wilson Rosen, to help me tackle the OG creativity self help book: "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron. We gave ourselves over body and soul to The Way for 12 weeks and lived to tell the tale...in two parts. Please join us as we share our experiences with the book (and some sprinkled-in context gleaned from Cameron's autobiography "Floor Sample"). Today in Part 1, we discuss: 1. Each of our favorite sections/quotes 2. The most challenging parts of doing the book (morning pages, tasks, artist's dates, the chapter readings 3. How “good” were we at doing all TAW parts? 4. The God Question. Is there too much God talk in there? 5. Personal revelations about our work or ourselves that came from doing the book And don't miss the second part of our convo (Part 2-Ep 63) out now! Please find Mandolyn Wilson Rosen online here: mandolynwilsonrosen.com and IG @mandolyn_rosen Thank you, Mandy! Thank you Patrons! Thank you Peps Listeners! All music by Soundstripe ---------------------------- Peps has a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists! Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy, your beloved host, on IG: @talluts Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s BuyMeACoffee Donations always appreciated! | |||
| Ep 61: Some Thoughts on "Portrait Artist of the Year" the British TV Show | 13 Jan 2024 | 00:13:54 | |
This episode is all about a fascinating British TV art reality show that I once gleefully watched completely pirated, through the kindness of Cherzo, a modern day Robin Reddit-Hood. You can check out the show: "Portrait Artist of the Year" on Amazon, if you are so intrigued! Artists mentioned: Alice Neel, Frederick Hayes, and Tai Shan Schierenberg (Judge for the show). Thank you, Listeners! Thank you, Pep Talks Patrons! All music by Soundstripe ---------------------------- Peps has a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists! Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy, your beloved host, on IG: @talluts Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s BuyMeACoffee Donations always appreciated! | |||
| Ep 52: Book Talks: "Lives of the Artists" by Giorgio Vasari (Part 1) w/ Mandy Wilson Rosen | 11 Jan 2024 | 01:24:35 | |
Artist, Mandolyn Wilson Rosen, is back with me for another Book Talks episode! In this episode, we are reading Giorgio Vasari's "Lives of the Artists," published 1550/1568 which profiles famous High Renaissance, mostly Florentine artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Boticcelli, and a few lesser-knowns. We were so excited about the book that we ran deliciously long and decided to cut it up and make it a two-parter. In Part 1, we cover Vasari's takes on Giotto, Masaccio, Piero Della Francesca, Paolo Uccello, Fra Filippo Lippi, and Madonna Properzia de Rossi (the only woman in the book, and who was even left out of Mandy's earlier English translation!) Part 2 is coming right up - please keep an eye out. Shout out to artist and writer, Elisabeth Nicula, who we quoted in the episode, and to the books that helped form Vasari's masterwork: "The Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio and "The Life of Brunelleschi." Also, a tip of the cap to the Virgin's Holy Girdle of Prato, shown to the public only 4 times a year: https://irenebrination.typepad.com/irenebrination_notes_on_a/2017/07/girdle-cintola-prato.html (Really, no one can out-weird the Catholics) The book is available widely, both used and new! We recommend a skim, not a binge. Find Mandolyn Wilson Rosen online at: https://mandolynwilsonrosen.com/ Thank you to artist, Amy McCormac, for your kind Buy Me A Coffee donation this month! ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! | |||
| Ep 53: Book Talks "Lives of the Artists" by Giorgio Vasari (Part 2) w/ Mandy Wilson Rosen | 11 Jan 2024 | 01:36:43 | |
We're baaacckk! Mandolyn Wilson Rosen and I have returned for Part 2 to finish our report on Giorgio Vasari's "Lives of the Artists," a combo-bio of Florentine High Renaissance artists from the 1580's. Pull up a carved high-backed chair, grab yourself a goblet of watered-down wine and join us for the continuation of our journey back to this fabled time in Italian art. In Part 2, we cover Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Jacopo da Pontormo, Michelangelo, and Titian (with some discussion of Albrecht Durer as well). In the Boticelli section, Mandy references this article by Alexxa Gotthardt on Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-botticellis-birth-venus-challenged-depictions-nude-art Please visit our sponsor, The New York Studio School, to enroll for their wonderful Marathon courses (by Sept 8) or for over a dozen different 11 week Evening & Weekend Courses (by Sept 18) at NYSS.org Find your own copy of "Lives of the Artists" by Giorgio Vasari at your public library or at most online bookstores. The 1991 English Translation by Julia and Peter Bondanella includes the lone woman artist in Vasari: Sculptor Madonna Properzia de Rossi. Earlier translations often exclude her, so keep an eye out if buying used! Mandolyn Wilson Rosen is online here: website: https://mandolynwilsonrosen.com/home.html and IG: https://www.instagram.com/mandolyn_rosen/ Amy Talluto is online here: website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ and IG: https://www.instagram.com/talluts/ Thanks for listening! ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3 Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! | |||
| Ep 60: The Peppiest of the Peps (Plus an AI Play) | 22 Dec 2023 | 00:44:00 | |
Happy Holidays! It's the Peppiest of the Peps! Please enjoy this collection of plummy sugar plum quotes by the some of the guests of Pep Talks Past. Some cherished encouraging words have been said over the years, and I have gathered them for us here. Also, listen to the end to hear a 3 minute Shakespearean radio play I made with ChatGPT based on the podcast tagline: "to all those shuffling along the artists' road." Find out what a computer thinks will inspire us. Thank you to all of the artists who were kind enough to let me interview them and also to those who have allowed me to pluck their bon-mots for this peppy parade of clips: Artists and intreviews referenced in this episode: Ep 11: Jennifer Coates Ep 12: Sharon Butler Ep 21: Emilia Olsen and Keisha Prioleau Martin Ep 23: Portia Munson Ep 26: Shari Mendelson Ep 29: Ever Baldwin Bonus Ep: How to Host a Studio Visit w/ Catherine Haggarty & NYC Crit Club Bonus Ep: The Longevity of an Art Practice w Sarah Grass & The Pack Art School Ep 35: Elizabeth Weiss Ep 37: Paula Wilson Ep 40: Natalie Beall Ep 48: Catherine Haggarty Ep 49: Julia Gleich Ep 54: Judy Glantzman ** Ep 59: Elisabeth Condon **To inquire about working with Judy Glantzman, please reach out via email: JudyGlantzman at gmail dot com or DM on IG @judyglantzman A link to the ChatGPT play "Artists' Journey Unveiled" as written text: https://chat.openai.com/share/8a69d9a6-d7d6-4d2c-ad31-cb0f14b499c2 Music / FX: "The Britons" © K MacLeod 2022 / Pixabay Characters made with Voice Morphing/TTS: Altered AI All other music and sound effects by Soundstripe Thank you, Listeners! Thank you, Pep Talks Patrons! ---------------------------- Peps has a Patreon! If you are a Peps fan and would love more pep talks in your life, please consider supporting the podcast financially on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists! For $5 a month, patrons receive exclusive mini Pep-isodes monthly or bimonthly, delivered directly to their email inbox with a clickable link. No tech savviness required! Also, patrons receive early access to not-yet-released full episodes, fresh out the oven. Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Find out more here: https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy, your beloved host, on IG: @talluts Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s BuyMeACoffee Donations always appreciated! | |||
| Ep 59: Interview w/ Elisabeth Condon | 01 Dec 2023 | 01:31:46 | |
So happy to have painter (and sculptor!), Elisabeth Condon, back on the podcast on the eve of her solo show opening in Miami! A huge fan of her work, I was excited to learn more about her process and influences. Catch her new work in person at: "Tempus Fugit" Emerson Dorsch Gallery : Dec 3, 2023 - Feb 3, 2024 Untitled Fair / Emerson Dorsch / Booth A23: Dec 6-10, 2023 Elisabeth's works that we mentioned in this episode were: "Lupine" 2023, "Post-Epistemic Flower" 2023, "Forest" 2023, "Transporters" (Chairs) 2023, and "Dusk" 2023 Visit Elisabeth Condon online at: Elisabethcondon.com or @elisabethcondon on IG Visit Emerson Dorsch Gallery online at: Emersondorsch.com/ or @emersondorsch on IG Thank you, Elisabeth! Thank you, Listeners! And thank you so much, Patreon supporters and Buy Me a Coffee supporters! ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Peps has a Patreon! If you are a Peps fan and would love more pep talks in your life, please consider supporting the podcast financially on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists! For $5 a month, patrons receive exclusive mini Pep-isodes monthly or bimonthly, delivered directly to their email inbox with a clickable link. No tech savviness required! Also, patrons receive early access to not-yet-released full episodes, fresh out the oven. Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Find out more here: https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! All music and effects are by Soundstripe | |||
| Ep 58: Interview w/ Amy Talluto (Your Host Speaks) | 21 Nov 2023 | 01:35:55 | |
Today, it's a brand new installment of the "Interview the Interviewer" series and I'm excited to reveal that this episode's Interviewee is ... me! Thank you so much to artist, Catherine Haggarty, for generously suggesting this collaboration and for asking such wonderful questions about my work. More info about Amy (your beloved host's) work online: amytalluto.com and @talluts Works mentioned (AT unless noted): "The Princesse de Broglie" (Ingres), "Bending Figure & Ingres Eye" 2023, "Rain Cloud" 2022, "Cloud (After Ingres) 1-3" 2023 Catherine Haggarty online: catherinehaggarty.com and @catherine_haggarty Artists mentioned: Jennifer Coates, Phyllis Plattner, Louise Mouton Johnson, Frank Gross & Jean Pichotta Gross of NOCCA, Rita MacDonald, Ever Baldwin, Geoffrey Young, Dee Shapiro, Elisabeth Condon, Dona Nelson, Philip Guston, Judy Glantzman, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Agnes Martin, Vija Celmins, Julia Gleich, Shari Mendelson, Courtney Puckett, Matisse, Betty Woodman, Charles Burchfield, Edvard Munch, Robert Rauschenberg, Kathe Bradford Amy's fave podcast: Las Culturistas Amy's fiery crucible of self help: Pep Talks for Writers, Wired to Create, Steal Like an Artist, On Art and Mindfulness, The War of Art, Art & Fear, The Artist's Journey: Bold Strokes to Spark Creativity, Make Art Not Content (Podcast), Big Magic Thank you, Catherine! Thank you, Listeners! And thank you so much, Patreon supporters! ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Peps has a Patreon! If you are a Peps fan and would love more pep talks in your life, please consider supporting the podcast financially on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists! For $5 a month, patrons receive exclusive mini Pep-isodes monthly or bimonthly, delivered directly to their email inbox with a clickable link. No tech savviness required! Also, patrons receive early access to not-yet-released full episodes, fresh out the oven. Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Find out more here: https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! All music and effects are by Soundstripe | |||
| Ep 72: Some Thoughts on Drawing (Part 1) | 16 Aug 2024 | 01:05:25 | |
Join me and my guests: Jennifer Coates, David Humphrey and Catherine Haggarty as we discuss the topic of Drawing this week. This discussion was broken up into 2 parts, so keep an eye out for Part 2 coming soon. In Part 1, we discuss the drawing state of mind, drawing as a form of safety, as a tie to our primitive origins, and as a way to express the multitudes of self. We also dissect painter, Amy Sillman's analogy that Draw-ers are beavers and Painters are birds. Find my guests online here: Catherine Haggarty: web and IG Catherine's show "Just Drawing" online at Geary Contemporary: https://geary.nyc/exhibition/just-drawing-catherine-haggarty/ Amy Sillman's lecture "Drawing in the Continuous Present" at the Menil Collection can be watched here on youtube: https://youtu.be/BLOgc466nRk?si=RfJ8B0lSD5Sz1OF6 You can watch the original IG Live video of my guests' panel talk at Geary here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9qMilKRs-f/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Artists mentioned: Amy Sillman, Sun You, Gary Stephan, The paleo artists of Peche Merle Cave in France, Thomas Nozkowski, Amanda Nedham, Miranda July (interview) Thank you for listening! All music by Soundstripe ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks Website: https://www.peptalksforartists.com/ Amy, your beloved host, on IG: @talluts Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s BuyMeACoffee Donations always appreciated! | |||
| Ep 57: What We Can Learn from Comedians | 10 Nov 2023 | 00:27:31 | |
Today I make the case that artists have a lot in common with stand-up comedians. Comics give excellent pep talks and advice to each other about staying the creative course and weathering career setbacks and I think we can benefit from eavesdropping on some of their road-honed wisdom. Thank you to this episode's sponsor, The New York Studio School, for their support. Please check out their Fall MFA and Certificate Programs at nyss.org Comedians quoted in the episode: Justine Marino, Caitlin Peluffo, Dan Bubitz/Art of Bombing Podcast, Janeane Garofalo, Maria Bamford, Todd Barry, Emma Tattenbaum-Fine, Paul F. Tompkins, Kyle Kinane, Beth Lapides, Joel Byars/Hot Breath Podcast, Johnny Carson, Amy's fave comedians: Maria Bamford, Paul F Tompkins, Catherine Cohen, Todd Barry, Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, Jes Tom, Calvin Cato, Eman El-Husseini, Oscar Aydin, Hayden Johnson, Jaboukie Young-White More info about Amy Talluto (your beloved host): website: amytalluto.com instagram: @talluts Peps has a Patreon! If you are a Peps fan and would love more pep talks in your life, please consider supporting the podcast financially on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists! For $5 a month, patrons receive exclusive mini Pep-isodes monthly or bimonthly, delivered directly to their email inbox with a clickable link. No tech savviness required! Also, patrons receive early access to not-yet-released full episodes, fresh out the oven. Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Find out more here: https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists Thank you for listening! ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! All music and effects are by Soundstripe | |||
| Ep 56: The Munch Bunch | 26 Oct 2023 | 01:44:04 | |
The band's back together! And this time, Elisabeth Condon, Jennifer Coates and I discuss "Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth," a recent Munch survey exhibition at the Clark Institute. We each chose a single painting/print to discuss within the context of Munch's Monistic melancholy, love of clumps, and repetitious reveries. Thank you to The New York Studio School for sponsoring this episode. Deadlines for MFA/Certificate are approaching Jan 15. Elisabeth spoke about: "White Night" oil on canvas 1901 Jennifer spoke about: "The Magic Forest" oil on canvas 1919-25 Amy spoke about "Towards the Forest II" color woodcut 1915 More info about the show at the Clark: https://www.clarkart.edu/exhibition/detail/edvard-munch-trembling-earth Texts mentioned: "Munch: An Inner Life" by Oystein Ustvedt, "Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth" Clark Catalog, "The Private Journals of Edvard Munch: We Are Flames That Pour Out of the Earth" ed J. Gill Holland, Søren Kierkegaard's works: "Fear and Trembling" and "The Sickness Unto Death," "The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985" ed Maurice Tuchman Artists/Writers mentioned: August Strindberg, Swedish playwright and novelist, Piet Mondrian, Martha Diamond, Sam Francis Fiddle Factoid: Jennifer mentioned the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle (hardingfele) and its "troll tuning" Online articles mentioned: "The Art of Repetition" by Martin Gayford for The Spectator & "The Soul Laid Bare" by Sue Prideaux for the Tate Museum online Other Munch works mentioned: "The Scream" 1893, "The Sick Child" 1907, "Love and Pain" aka The Vampire 1895, "Death in the Sick Room" 1893, "Death Struggle" 1915, "Kiorsterud Garden of Asgaardstrand" 1905, "The Storm" 1893, "Girls on the Bridge" 1902 More info about Elisabeth Condon: website: elisabethcondon.com | instagram: @elisabethcondon Solo exhibition at Emerson Dorsch in Miami Dec 3 More info about Jennifer Coates: website: jenniferlcoates.com instagram: @jennifercoates666 Solo exhibition at High Noon in NYC May 2024 More info about Amy Talluto (your beloved host): website: amytalluto.com instagram: @talluts Peps has a Patreon! If you are a Peps fan and would love more pep talks in your life, please consider supporting the podcast financially on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists! For $5 a month, patrons receive exclusive mini Pep-isodes monthly or bimonthly, delivered directly to their email inbox with a clickable link. No tech savviness required! Also, patrons receive early access to not-yet-released full episodes, fresh out the oven. Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Find out more here: https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists Thank you for listening! ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! All music and effects are by Soundstripe | |||
| Ep 55: Let's Keep Thinking About Pollyanna | 06 Oct 2023 | 00:26:14 | |
From Richard Diebenkorn's "Notes to Myself On Beginning a Painting," it's a special mystery-whodunnit pepisode where your host, Amy, tries to decipher the meaning of #8 on Diebenkorn's note. Learn more about Diebenkorn and his work, including photos of him and his studio, at The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation: https://diebenkorn.org/ The novel, "Pollyanna," by Eleanor H. Porter is available at most bookstores and libraries and has also been made into at least 2 feature films. The article "One Scuzzy Moment" by Robert Indiana for the New York Magazine 2004 can be found here: https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/features/10557/ If you are a Peps fan and would love more pep talks in your life, please consider supporting the podcast financially on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists! For $5 a month, patrons receive exclusive mini Pep-isodes monthly or bimonthly, delivered directly to their email inbox with a clickable link. No tech savviness required! Also, patrons receive early access to not-yet-released full episodes, fresh out the oven. Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Find out more here: https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists Thank you! Your beloved host Amy's in a group show "In the Middle with You" at The Middle Room 2930 Hyperion Ave, Los Angeles, California thru Oct 20, 2023 ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! All music and effects are by Soundstripe | |||
| Ep 54: Interview w/ Artist, Judy Glantzman | 08 Sep 2023 | 01:48:15 | |
Extremely thrilled to have the inimitable and infinitely wise #real_one, artist Judy Glantzman, on the podcast this week. We cover her artistic beginnings in the East Village scene of the 80's (buckle up for some great stories), the vibrant multidisciplinary work coming out of her Upstate NY studio today, and everything in between. Also, don't miss her incredible philosophies about making art sprinkled throughout, and her essential tips for beating Artist's block. Judy is a painter, collage artist and sculptor and has been awarded grants from the Guggenhein Foundation, NYFA-NYSCA, Pollock Krasner Foundation and Anonymous Was a Woman. She is also an educator (RISD, Pratt, NYSS, etc.) and is open to artists who need some online feedback-just dm her at the IG below. Judy Glantzman is represented by Betty Cuningham Gallery in NYC. Also, find her on IG @judyglantzman Works Mentioned: The Pier (Abandoned Pier 34 in NYC) 1983-84 "The Missing Children Show" group mural installation with 5 other artists, incl David Wojnarowicz, in an abandoned factory building in Louisville, KY 1985 "Judy Glantzman Cuts Up Her Friends" 1985 exhibition of cut-out portraits at Steven Adams Gallery "A Valentine for Lila" 2006 "She Juggles" 2006 "After Donatello" 2015 "Dark Prayer" 2016 "Reach" 2017 "Dawn Clements" 2019 More reading/links: Essay "Judy Glantzman on Obituaries and Shadows | Art in Isolation" Painters on Painting blog 2020 Judy Glantzman interviewed on Beer with a Painter w/ Jennifer Samet for Hyperallergic blog Hyperallergic article by Allison Meier with photos of The Pier David Finn's photos of The Pier Press kit from The Missing Children Show 1985 Louisville Andreas Sterzing's photos of The Pier 1983-84 Artists mentioned: David Wojnarowicz, Mike Bidlo, John Fekner, Gordon Matta Clark, David Finn ("Masked Figures"), Kiki Smith, Huck Snyder, Peter Hujar Andreas Sterzing (photographer who documented the Pier), Charles Garabedian ("September Song," 2001 - 2003), Jacques Louis David, Francisco de Goya, Pablo Picasso ("Guernica"), Winslow Homer ("Dressing for the Carnival" 1877), Donatello, Charles Burchfield, Edgar Degas ("Little Dancer Aged 14" 1881), plus East Village galleries Civilian Warfare and Gracie Mansion Judy's Artist's Block Blockers (as summarized by Amy and her irrepressible need to be pithy): 1. Seed Theory (every part of a piece is a seed!) 2. Make a Doodle Painting *or* Make a Garbage Painting 3. Bravery Lives in the Living Room (and often in a basket!) 4. Nosy Nextdoor Neighbors 5. Be a Bad Art Student 6. Silly Geese Wear Paper Crowns 7. Your Work is Not Your Own 8. If You Think It, You Have to Make It 9. The Road to Freedom is Paved With Repetition (hot off the presses! in this ep!) Thank you, Judy! Thank you, Listeners! See you next time. ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3 Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! | |||
| Ep 51: The Bonnardians w/ Jennifer Coates & Elisabeth Condon | 11 Jul 2023 | 01:27:53 | |
This week I welcomed back Jennifer Coates and Elisabeth Condon to the podcast to discuss the recent exhibition "Bonnard: The Experience of Seeing" at Acquavella Gallery, NYC April 12 - May 26, 2023. We each chose a single painting from the show to discuss and so I'm calling us The Bonnardians. It's a Bonnard-a-trois! Come along for a hilarious, smart and nerdy look at this fascinating post-impressionist artist. Paintings: (1) Jennifer Coates Bonnard's "The French Door (Morning at Le Cannet)" "La porte-fenêtre (Matinée au Cannet)" 1932 Oil on canvas 34 7/8 x 44 3/4 inches See the painting: https://tinyurl.com/2v59ntey (2) Elisabeth Condon Bonnard's "Golden Hair" "La Chevelure D'or" 1924 Oil on canvas 26 1/8 x 21 inches See the painting: https://tinyurl.com/yc8ynu8m (3) Amy Talluto Bonnard's "After Lunch/The Lunch" "Apres le Dejeuner"/"Le Dejeuner" 1920 Oil on canvas 29 3/8 x 46 inches See the painting: https://tinyurl.com/m9bnksf9 Find Jennifer Coates online: http://www.jenniferlcoates.com/ and on IG: @jennifercoates666 Recent and Upcoming shows: "Love Fest" Platform Project Space, "I Spy a May Queen" Contemporary Art Matters: Columbus, OH, Catskill Art Space with David Humphrey Find Elisabeth Condon online: https://www.elisabethcondon.com/ and on IG: @elisabethcondon Recent and Upcoming shows: Emerson Dorsch, Miami, Solo Dec 3, 2023, "Rainbow Roccoco" at Kathryn Markel, NYC, Norte Maar Brooklyn Mural, "Made in Paint" at The Golden Foundation in New Berlin, NY thru Aug 2023 Find Amy Talluto online: https://www.amytalluto.com/ and on IG: @talluts Recent and Upcoming shows: "Cut Me Up" Albany International Airport, "Appearances" Strange Untried Project Space July 22-23, 2023 Artists mentioned: Hokusai, The Nabis, Arthur Dove (at Alexandre Gallery), The Steiglitz Circle, Pablo Picasso, J M W Turner, Claude Monet, Charles Burchfield Books/Writers mentioned: Jed Perl "Complicated Bliss" The New Republic, Dita Amory "Pierre Bonnard: the Late Still Lifes and Interiors," Francoise Gilot "Life With Picasso," Lucy Whelan "Pierre Bonnard Beyond Vision," Mira Schor's essay "Figure Ground" in "M/E/A/N/I/N/G:An Anthology of Artists’ Writings, Theory, and Criticism," Mira Schor's "The Osage Tree" Episodes mentioned: Ep 50: Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting: Sam Francis' "Untitled", Ep 48: Interview w/ Catherine Haggarty ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! | |||
| Ep 50: Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting / "Untitled" (The Edge Series) 1968-69 by Sam Francis | 27 Jun 2023 | 01:31:52 | |
The new definition of painterly success just might be having Elisabeth Condon describe your painting. It's truly that satisfying. Elisabeth is back on the pod to describe a painting, and it's a fascinating one: "Untitled" 1968-69 from the Edge Painting series by Sam Francis. Come along as Elisabeth takes us not only through the painting itself, but also through Sam Francis' life and influences: namely that of his beloved Japan. The concept of "ma" or the potential of emptiness, Asian ink painting, and Francis' unique anti-New York gentle lyricism all factor in to make this talk a riveting deep dive into this Californian-born, second-generation Abstract Expressionist artist. See an image of the painting here: https://tinyurl.com/2c487tpr (photo by Christopher Knight/LA Times) and https://tinyurl.com/ms8uxyj2 (photo by Elisabeth Condon) See Sam Francis at LACMA: "Sam Francis and Japan: Emptiness Overflowing" is up at LACMA in Los Angeles thru July 16, 2023 More about Sam Francis: https://samfrancisfoundation.org/ Find Elisabeth Condon online: https://www.elisabethcondon.com/ and on IG: @elisabethcondon Check out her work in person at The Golden Foundation in New Berlin, NY in "Made in Paint" (thru Aug 2023) and her mural-sized work at the Judy Genshaft Honors College Building at the University of South Florida (permanent). She is also now preparing for a solo show in December 2023 at Emerson Dorsch Gallery in Miami. Other writers and artists mentioned: Paul Jenkins, Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Lewis, David Hinton (Chinese Art Scholar), Frida Kahlo, Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Marc Rothko, Pablo Picasso, Jean Miro, Paul Klee, David Park. Fernand Leger, Shirley Jaffe, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Georges DuThuit, Joan Mitchell, Ed Clark, Tachisme Abstraction Lyrique Movement, Jean Dubuffet, Wols, Norman Bluhm, Sherman Lee (Chinese Art Scholar), Sesshū (Sumi-e Master), Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Lee Ufan, Brice Marden, Monoha Group of Hawaii, Kiki Kokolvic, William Wilson (LA Times writer), Cecily Brown, Jackson Pollock, Steve DiBenedetto, Philip Guston, Nihonga Painting, Lisa Beck, Andrea Belag, Matthew Richie, Richard E. Speer (Art writer), Yoshiaki Tono Materials mentioned: Magna Paint, Hoechst Dispersions, Flashe, Guerra Paint Amy's show during Upstate Art Weekend: "Appearances" at the Strange Untried Project Space July 22-23, 11-6pm, More info: https://www.strangeuntried.com/ and on IG: @strange_untried And the Cut Me Up Magazine collage exhibition at the Albany International Airport through Dec 2023. ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! | |||
| Ep 49: Interview w/ Choreographer, Julia Gleich | 03 Jun 2023 | 01:31:54 | |
Join me this week as I welcome esteemed Choreographer, Julia Gleich! Julia, with Jason Andrew, is the co-founder of Norte Maar in Brooklyn and co-produces a collaborative ballet series every year called CounterPointe. This year marked the exciting 10th anniversary of the project. The series features 7 dances created through intense collaboration between 7 women choreographers and 7 women visual artists. Visual artists participate the entire way through the process and even create props for the performance. As a dance newbie, I asked her many questions about using the rectangle of the stage, the types of props she uses, how she picks the music, and even her thoughts on ballet and the patriarchy. We found so many parallels between dance and visual art, like the importance of courting chaos, breaking out of what's expected, and the importance of putting your head down and making the work no matter what. Some links to learn more: Julia's Website: Gleich Dances Norte Maar: CounterPointe Julia's Instagram: @juliagleichdances (see reels to watch 2020 "Shaking the Trees" at the Tang Museum) Norte Maar Instagram: @nortemaar (see reels to watch all of "Counter Pointe 10" and "Colibri") Julia's Vimeo: user7031442 (watch "Unis Mundi: Survival Ceremonies") Julia's Ballet Class: Beginners' Ballet Class at Peridance NYC Apply to CounterPointe: (as a choreographer or visual artist ): nortemaar@gmail dot com Extra links: Mira Schor 's "A Year of Positive Thinking" Blog post: "The Osage Tree", and Nicole Cherubini & Meg Lipke at the Tang Teaching Museum Julia's writings with Molly Faulkner appear in: the Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Ballet, an anthology for Intellect Books (Re)Claiming Ballet, and on vectors in the Dynamic Body in Space. Dances mentioned: "Unus Mundi: Survival Ceremonies," w/ Meg Lipke University of Buffalo, "Colibri," w/ Tamara Gonzales CounterPointe 10/Mark O'Donnell Theater, "Shaking the Trees" w/ Nicole Cherubini & Meg Lipke Tang Teaching Museum, "100 Digits of PI" danced by Michelle Buckley Dancers/Choreographers mentioned: Choreo: Serge Diaghilev & Vera Nemtchinova of Ballets Russes, Lynn Parkerson of Brooklyn Ballet, George Balanchine of New York City Ballet, Rudolf von Laban, Antony Tudor, Valerie Preston-Dunlop, Dancers: Gabrielle Lamb, Michelle Buckley, Audrey Borst, Timothy Ward, Kara Chen, Sara Jumper, Margot Hartley, Dianna Warren, Mikalla Ashmore, and shout out to all others who performed in the pieces we discussed Artists mentioned: Tamara Gonzales, Meg Lipke, Nicole Cherubini, Etty Yaniv, Amanda Browder, Sharon Butler, Marc Chagall. Fernand Léger, Elisabeth Condon, Kiana Vega, Paula Part; also Fashion Designer, Liliana Casabal of Morgan Le Fay Composers mentioned: Amery Kessler and Andrew Hurst ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! | |||
| Ep: 48 Interview w/ Artist, Catherine Haggarty | 18 May 2023 | 01:24:57 | |
This week, I welcomed back, painter, Catherine Haggarty to the Peps pod. We spoke about her background as a high school basketball player and how the focus and commitment required to be an athlete have so many parallels to the life of an artist. Catherine makes luminous paintings and drawings using spray paint, acrylic, watercolor and oil stick of imagined domestic interiors, all put through her uniquely surrealist and prismatic lens. Also, find out what her term "Instagram Brain" means! Catch Catherine's work in person in "Support Structures" at TSA (NY) until June 18, 2023 Catherine's website: www.catherinehaggarty.com and IG: @catherine_haggarty The Canopy Program is online at www.nyccritclub.com or on IG: @the_canopy_program_ Catherine's uber-helpful How to Host A Studio Visit episode Catherine earned her MFA from Rutgers University and has recently shown her work with Geary Contemporary and Hashimoto Contemporary in NYC and at Badr el Jundi Gallery in Madrid. She recently showed her work at Future Fairs in NYC with Lorin Gallery (Los Angeles) Works mentioned: LA Light, Too Many Ideas, Monument to work, Droste Effect for Max Artists mentioned: Jennifer Coates, David Humphrey, Japanese Ukiyo-e artists, Matisse, Sylvia Mangold, Rita MacDonald, Chardin, Mary Cassatt, Catherine Murphy, Jasper Johns, Edward Hopper, Méret Oppenheim, Andrew Prayzner Book mentioned: Looking at the Overlooked: Four Essays on Still Life Painting by Norman Bryson *Shout out to all the Hall of Fame Dads past and present and especially to James Bernard Haggarty, who was the Bee's Knees.* ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3 Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! | |||
| Mini Ep: Where is the Field of Dreams | 11 May 2023 | 00:04:45 | |
This episode is a Mini! A little jalapeno popper for your ears and also a little nudge about putting ourselves out there more, being louder and taking up more space. Don't forget that the world needs our voices. You'll also learn more than you ever wanted about an obscure squishy baseball-type sport (played only in New Orleans and Chicago), which is adorably called "cabbage ball." Thanks for listening! More info below about Paddy Johnson's nurturing artist career support program: Netvvrk
PS: If you have already signed up and didn't get the discount, you can do so retroactively! Just email Support@vvrkshop.art and mention "PEPTALKS20" Find Paddy online (Netvvrk) https://www.vvrkshop.art/ and on Instagram @vvrkshop.art ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3 Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! | |||
| Ep 71: How Often Do You Think About the Fall of the Roman Empire? | 02 Aug 2024 | 00:07:43 | |
...or the future of our own cultural output? Dear Listener, please enjoy this space-y, star-filled Mini Pep about the infinite freedom that comes from making digital doodles. My Threads App artists doodle harvest can be found here: https://www.threads.net/@talluts/post/CucE58OLSwU/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Artists mentioned: Sharon Butler (see all of her digital drawings by searching the hashtag #sbgoodmorningdrawings on IG), Paul Dagostino, Joe Haley, John Avelluto, Keisha Prioleau Martin All music by Soundstripe ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy, your beloved host, on IG: @talluts Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s BuyMeACoffee Donations always appreciated! | |||
| Bonus: 10 Tips for Writing Your Artist's Statement w/ Paddy Johnson of VVrkshop.art | 30 Apr 2023 | 01:37:13 | |
Ready your note-taking typing fingers because this week's guest is none other than Paddy Johnson of VVrkshop.art and she's here to give us 10 best-practice tips for writing our artist statements, thank God! Paddy is the founder of Netvvrk, a supportive membership that helps artists level-up in their careers AND also an award-winning arts writer. She has edited a gazillion artists' statements in her program so she knows what's up. Come along with us as we deconstruct the ideal statement and dispel all whiffs of passive voice and artspeak. Don't forget that Paddy is giving a free *Live* Masterclass on May 9th at 7:30pm ET called "How To Get Seen in the Art World." Click here to find out more/rsvp for the free masterclass: https://vvrkshop.lpages.co/get-seen-in-the-art-world-live-masterclass/ Also, Pep Talk listeners that join Netvvrk during the upcoming registration period can receive a $20 discount by entering the code: PEPTALKS20. ---------------------------- Paddy's 10 Statement Writing Tips (in brief) 1) Create a Present/Past/Future hierarchy: Start with speaking about your present work, then past & then future 2) Describe the actual objects you make 3) Use plot to tell a story about your work's journey. Include "causality" and your "why": "The King died. Later, the queen died of grief" 4) Use the active voice and "I" statements 5) Unpack the metaphors in your work for the reader 6) Watch out for run-ons. No sentence should be longer than 2.5 lines in a Google Doc (Arial 11pt) 7) No more that 1 list per paragraph and no more than 3 items per list 8) Limit talk about your process to one sentence. Instead, focus on ideas 9) Length: People expect 2-3 paragraphs for a statement on your website. Don't forget to add a paragraph break after each 2 sentence block 10) Expect your statement to be ever-evolving (not static) **Bonus 11** Write so that a 5th grader could understand and avoid artspeak / jargon (i.e. hegemony, praxis, Anthropocene). Find Paddy online (Netvvrk) https://www.vvrkshop.art/ and on Instagram @vvrkshop.art Artists mentioned: Elisabeth Condon, Hans Haacke, Vincent Van Gogh (Wheatfield with Crows), Charles Burchfield, Al Held, John Berger (Ways of Seeing) Thank you, Paddy! Thank you, listeners! ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3 Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! | |||
| Ep 47: Let's Be Nothing Burgers | 12 Apr 2023 | 00:10:38 | |
This episode is about letting play and non-seriousness back into our studios, with a dash of silly rabbits and mind-boggling space telescopes thrown in. Come along with me as I dive into the Nothing Burger state of mind. Mentions: James Webb Telescope, Louella Parsons, Charles Garabedian, Rembrandt, Dick Gackenbach's "Mother Rabbit's Son Tom," Eva Hesse, Sol LeWitt ---------------------------- Amy's in a group show "Blush" at Auxier Kline 19 Monroe Street NYC April 2-22, 2023! ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3 Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! | |||
| Ep 46: Dear Grete Stern... | 23 Mar 2023 | 00:21:32 | |
This episode is a valentine of sorts... an homage to the German-Argentinian artist, Grete Stern, and how she snuck her incredible tragicomic feminist photomontages into a dream interpretation column into a 1950's Buenos Aires ladies' magazine during the reign of Peron and his Iron Fist. Cackle along with me as I take a deeper look at her hilariously sly and poignant photomontage illustrations. I'll also explain what exactly a photomontage is and how she constructed them - because it is extremely fascinating! More reading: Link to the 2015 MOMA show "From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires: Grete Stern and Horacio Coppola": https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1441 New Yorker article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/19/grete-sterns-rediscovered-dreams Lapis: The Journal of the Institute of Fine Arts: https://wp.nyu.edu/lapis/grete-stern-amelia-russo/ Chopper Monster Blog post (in Spanish): https://choppermonster.com/idilio-una-revista-del-corazon-consultorio-psicoanalisis/ Stedelijk Studies Journal: https://stedelijkstudies.com/journal/a-new-womans-exile-in-buenos-aires-grete-sterns-photomontages-between-feminism-and-popular-culture/ ---------------------------- Amy's in a group show "Blush" at Auxier Kline 19 Monroe Street NYC April 2-22, 2023! ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3 Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! | |||
| Ep 44: Unblocking Creative Block | 08 Mar 2023 | 00:16:06 | |
What do we do if we get blocked in the studio? It's the absolute worst feeling and we all occasionally come down with this fever plague. I'll look at some books, some artist-to-artist tips, explore the strangely-relevant history of sugar packets, mule labor and much more to give us some tips for busting through any annoying walls that have dared to spring up around our creativity. Books mentioned: "Creative Block" by Danielle Krysa, "Wired to Create" by Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire, "On Art and Mindfulness" by Enrique Celaya, "Your Creative Brain" by Shelley Carson Artists mentioned: Agnes Martin, William Blake, Louise Bourgeois, Claude Monet, Shannon Rankin, Fiona Ackerman, Hollie Chastain Benjamin Eisenstadt and the story of sugar packets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Eisenstadt More about Mule Skinners: https://www.allthingsnature.org/what-is-a-mule-skinner.htm ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3 Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts BuyMeACoffee Donations appreciated! | |||
| Ep 43: Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting / "Tree of My Life" by Joseph Stella | 08 Feb 2023 | 01:25:48 | |
Our beloved guest host and artist, Elisabeth Condon, and her series "Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting!" are back for a new installment! This time Elisabeth chose to describe Joseph Stella's oil on canvas painting "Tree of My Life" from 1919 that she saw at The Norton Museum in "Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature." The show is traveling next to the High Museum and to the Brandywine Museum. It was an honor to have Elisabeth's wild and wonderful way of looking at painting again on the pod. See "Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature" in person/online:
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Artists Mentioned: Philip Guston, 4 Gentlemen of the Orchid, Bamboo, Chrysanthemum & Plum, Chinese Scroll Painting, Charles Burchfield, Odilon Redon, Paul Gauguin's "Vision and the Sermon," Hieronymus Bosch, Dziga Vertov's "Man with a Movie Camera," Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain," Agnes Pelton, Henri Rousseau's Paris paintings, Umberto Boccioni & the Italian Futurists, Precisionists: Sheeler, Demuth & Schamberg, Patrick Henry Bruce, Diego Velázquez, Rembrandt, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley Writers mentioned: Barbara Rose, Immanuel Kant, Gaston Bachelard's "Poetics of Space," Henri-Louis Bergson, Lewis Mumford, Walter Conrad Arensberg, Gertrude Stein, Maurice Tuchman Eps mentioned: #38 (Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting #1) and #15 (Review of "Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985") ---------------------------- | |||
| Ep 42: Should Artists Attend Art Fairs? w/ Jennifer Coates | 13 Jan 2023 | 00:46:17 | |
Should artists go to the fairs? Or should we just leave it to the galleries and collectors? Is it too soul-crushing, or are there benefits? The hilarious Jennifer Coates is back to cohost with me this week (yay!) and I took the opportunity to grill her about her recent experience as an artist visiting "Untitled", a major art fair in Miami. Her gallery High Noon was presenting her work there as a solo booth and she went full immersion for 4 days. I went into the episode with a decided "nope" as my answer, but Jennifer kind of brought me around by bringing up some excellent points and ways to reframe one's goals. We cover how to approach gallery booths, recount some outrageous art fair fashion and discuss how to manage all your squeamish feelings while at the fair. You don't want to miss! Jennifer Coates: web: http://www.jenniferlcoates.com/ ig: @jennifercoates666 Amy's hypothesis of how bottom-b00b bikinis might work: "Tensegrity" https://jkbrickworks.com/tensegrity-sculpture/ "F*ck No" book by Sarah Knight ALERT! Pep Talks has a new written-to-be-read blog column with illustrations over on Art Spiel blog! It's called "Whisperings from the Wormhole with @talluts" and will release monthly all of 2023. The posts are essays based on previous podcast solo episodes. Check it out here: https://artspiel.org/whisperings-from-the-wormhole-with-talluts/ ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Whisperings from the Wormhole Blog Column on Art Spiel: https://artspiel.org/whisperings-from-the-wormhole-with-talluts/ Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts Donate to the Peps: Buy Me a Coffee or https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 41: Artist Pet Peeves w/ Jennifer Coates | 22 Dec 2022 | 01:20:24 | |
The wonderful Jennifer Coates is back in the co-host seat this time to help me kvetch about all things art and being an artist. We come correct with a panoply of over 35 heartfelt pet peeves. It was our pleasure to also dive into the IG mailbag for some Listener Peeves! Where do pushpins go when they fall to the floor and immediately vanish? Why is titanium white sold out more often than not? Why are applications so often left on "read"? Also, why is the art world so ageist? These and so many more peeves will be aired and brought into the light. We hope you'll relate to our shared angst and grind your teeth along with us. Join in for some non-toxic negativity! Jennifer Coates: web: http://www.jenniferlcoates.com/ ig: @jennifercoates666 Peeve Contributors: Thank you to the following artists: Monica Church, Bonnie Paisley, Jessica Plattner, Natalie Lerner, Lawre Stone, Joey of Radius Studios, Jane Fine, Jane McKenzie, Amy McCormac, Kat Dufault, Mary McFerran, Melissa Capasso, MaryAnne Murray, Kirsten Borror, Alicia Mikles and Linda Stillman Other Artists Mentioned: Michael Berryhill, Bridget Riley, Frida Kahlo, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Clarity Haynes Essays/Articles Mentioned: Talking to yourself is a sign of intelligence: https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/why-talking-to-yourself-out-loud-might-be-just-what-your-brain-needs/ Clarity Hayne's amazing essay "On Detail": https://tartblog.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/on-detail-embracing-the-forbidden/ Thank you to all who helped make this episode a reality by sending in peeves! ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts Donate to the Peps: Buy Me a Coffee or https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 40: Interview w/ Natalie Beall | 23 Nov 2022 | 01:23:15 | |
Collage artist and sculptor, Natalie Beall, joined me to chat about her work this week. We spoke about both her paper collage series "Utility Suite" and her painted wood and clay sculptures that tweak 2-D and 3-D space through a quiet visual flattening. Her mysterious images seem to represent game boards, domestic storage racks or display shelves that have long-lost their instructions and vital functions. Her palette is based on the muted tones of domestic interior paint chips and Canson Mi Teintes papers, and features soft oranges, browns, blues, greens, creams, grays and black. Please visit the @peptalksforartists Instagram to see images of Natalie's work! Natalie's website: www.nataliebeall.com Natalie on IG: @natalie_beall Glue Talk™: Natalie uses Lineco Neutral PH Adhesive Specific works mentioned: Utility Suite Series: "Rack" and "Rocker;" Sculptures: "Twisting Board," "Course," "Dormer," "Storage Solution (Tender Sling)," "Lacing Post" and "Pith-Peg (A Pastime)" Mentions: Joseph Cornell's "Soap Bubble Set" 1942, Jim Gaylord, Canson Mi Teintes papers, The Shaker communities of Upstate NY, Saltonstall Artist-Writer Residency for artist-parents of NY state, Interlude Residency for artist-parents, Real Nifty Vintage youtube channel. Natalie Beall's collage project, Utility Suite, is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson. ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts Donate to the Peps: Buy Me a Coffee or https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 39: "Soft Play" w/ Olivia Baldwin, Melissa Dadourian, Sidney Mullis & Kelsey Tynik | 10 Nov 2022 | 01:18:52 | |
Join me this week as I speak to 4 artists working in mixed media and textiles (Olivia Baldwin, Melissa Dadourian, Sidney Mullis and Kelsey Tynik) about their show at Collar Works in Troy, NY called "Soft Play." We spoke about the works in the show, textiles in art, craft and fine art and the intermingling of the two, and the legacy of our mothers and grandmothers passed down through sewing. Also! Tune in for a Bonus 4-way Glue Talk. And double bonus: I couldn't resist asking Kelsey about her legendary possum-cam at her apartment in Brooklyn featuring Walter, the possum. Links and Artists' Info:
Glue Talk™: Sidney / Weld Bond, Elmer's Glue All, Wood Glue, Laminating Resin; Kelsey / Rubber Cement, glue stick, Tight Bond wood glue; Olivia / Rubber Cement, Golden Matte Medium; Melissa / Aleene's Tacky Glue, iron-on glue sheets Mentions: Textile Arts Center of Brooklyn, NY, Arts, Letters & Numbers Residency, The Corpse Flower at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Brother Knitting Machine Walter the Possum: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17874020101538825/ Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts Donate to the Peps: Buy Me a Coffee or https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 38: Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting / "Wanderings, Bilbao" by Jules Olitski | 30 Oct 2022 | 01:09:42 | |
Break a bottle of bubbly beverage over the hull, because today, Pep Talks is launching the very first installment of..."Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting!" In this episode, Elisabeth chose to describe Jules Olitski's "Wanderings, Bilbao: Orange Yellow and Blue" acrylic on canvas painting from 2004. She recently saw the painting at The Sam and Adele Golden Gallery in New Berlin, NY, in "Jules Olitski: Late Works." The show is up until March 2023 and another concurrent show of his works is also up at Yares Gallery in New York. It was an honor to have Elisabeth's wild and wonderful way of looking at painting on the pod. Tune in to hear me giggling helplessly for the entire show. Thank you, Elisabeth! Check out an image of the painting here: https://www.juxtapoz.com/media/k2/galleries/71162/Wanderings_Bilbao.jpg Jules Olitski Exhibition info: "Jules Olitski: Late Works" thru March 3, 2023 at The Sam and Adele Golden Gallery, 188 Bell Road, New Berlin, NY "Jules Olitski: 100 Paintings, 100 Years" thru Jan 14, 2023 at Yares Art, 745 5th Ave, 4th Floor, New York, NY Juxtapose Magazine: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/jules-olitski-late-works-the-sagg-at-golden-artist-colors-in-new-berlin-new-york/ Elisabeth Condon info: Website: https://www.elisabethcondon.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/elisabethcondon/ Norte Maar Mural: https://www.nortemaar.org/projects/norte-maar-mural-project The Golden Foundation Artist Residency: https://www.goldenfoundation.org/residency/about-the-golden-foundation-residency/ Shoutouts: Suminagashi marbling technique, Kemper Museum, Writer: Louis Finkelstein, Writer: Karen Wilkin, Jackson Pollock, Claude Monet, Rembrandt's "Self-Portrait" 1658, Velazquez, Man Ray, Hilma Af Klint, Paula Wilson, The Surrealists, Charles Burchfield, Cezanne, Magna Paints, Helen Frankenthaler, Willem DeKooning, Elizabeth Murray, Writer: Norman L. Kleeblat, Eugene Delacroix, The Journal of Eugene Delacroix, Writer: G. K. Chesterton, Meryl Streep, NYC Crit Club, Golden Fellows: Meng-Yu Wen & Marcello Pope, Kohler Residency, Corning Residency, Shari Mendleson, Karl Kelly, Carl Plansky & Williamsburg Paint, Milton Resnick, Pat Passlof, Kiana Vega, Estefania Velez Rodriguez, Angel Garcia, Paulapart ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts Donate to the Peps: Buy Me a Coffee or https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 70: When in Doubt - Delulu is the Solulu | 03 Jul 2024 | 00:11:02 | |
This episode is based on an internet slang mantra which translates to "Delusion is the Solution." Find out why healthy artists rely heavily on healthy self-delusion to self-motivate. Like Comedian, Nina Oyama, says, one must create a "self deception turducken" to persevere in a creative pursuit. I also threw in Lady Gaga, David Shrigley and even Salvador Dali who all had excellent quotes. Signed, Amy Reading/Watch Links: Thank you! All music by Soundstripe ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy, your beloved host, on IG: @talluts Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s BuyMeACoffee Donations always appreciated! | |||
| Ep 37: Interview w/ Paula Wilson | 20 Oct 2022 | 01:11:50 | |
As a super fan, I was thrilled to welcome multi-media artist, Paula Wilson to the podcast this week. Paula joined me to talk about her current show, "Imago," at Denny Dimin Gallery in NYC (up right now through Oct 29, 2022) and also allowed me to pepper her with questions about her work in general. Paula works in expansive ways with collage, large-scale woodcut, video, and painting and lives and works in the remote high desert town of Carrizozo, NM. She uses personal symbols and experimentation to create a unique blend of art and life--all tied to the land. Find Paula online: paulajwilson.com/ (web) and @paulalights Carrizozo AIR Program and MoMAZoZo: https://carrizozoarts.com/air (co-run by Paula Wilson, Mike Lagg, Joan Malkerson & Warren Malkerson) Current and upcoming exhibitions:
Artists mentioned: Paula's partner, collaborator & wood-worker, Mike Lagg, Sound artist, Soleil Corazón-Libre, Georgia O'Keeffe, Agnes Martin, Marsden Hartley, The Desert Transcendentalists (Agnes Pelton) Other shoutouts: Octavia Butler's "Xenogenesis" (Lilith) trilogy, Venus de Willendorf as self-portrait?, "Spread Wild: The Pleasures of the Yucca" at Smack Mellon, Turkey vultures, "Salty & Fresh" video work, Episodes 30 & 33 of this podcast Glue Tawk™: Paula uses Fusion 4000, an iron-on adhesive from Talas in Brooklyn AND Padding Compound Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts Donate to the Peps: Buy Me a Coffee or https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 36: Warding Off Bitterness | 10 Oct 2022 | 00:20:11 | |
Today's episode is all about avoiding the trap of that old heap of coffee grounds and lemon peels: Artistic Bitterness. I investigate how artists of history, like Carmen Herrera, Louise Bourgeois and Laurie Simmons, persevered and dealt with feeling like their work was ignored by the art scene. I also read some quotes from the eternally wise Enrique Martinez Celaya. Also, why am I always bringing up Lawrence of Arabia? I've never even watched the movie! Also, I hate discouraging art stats! Come along with me as I discover the secret keys to the Non-Bitterness Kingdom and attempt to quantify, label and identify them for fellow and future seekers. Artists mentioned: Carmen Herrera, Louise Bourgeois, Enrique Martinez Celaya, Marsden Hartley, Laurie Simmons, Liam Gillick, Portia Munson, Comedian Maria Bamford, Tik Tok Creator/Actor/Writer Kiersten Lyons (TTK @kierstenlyons or kierstenlyons.com) Texts Mentioned: "On Art and Mindfulness" by Enrique Martínez Celaya, "At 106, Carmen Herrera Is Taking the Art World By Storm" by Grace Bonney/Town & Country, "13 Artists Give Advice to Their Younger Selves by Alexxa Gotthardt"/Artsy, "The Bitter Pill You Must Swallow if You Want Success" by Bryan E. Robinson Ph.D./Psychology Today, "Shoshin (Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind)" by Shunryū Suzuki, "The Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois" by Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan *Special thanks to my sweet outro team: Steve Donelson, Abby Gardner and Claire Gardner, lover of lemons. You three are the best half-Talluto's in the world. Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts Donate to the Peps: Buy Me a Coffee or https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 35: Interview w/ Liz Weiss | 30 Sep 2022 | 01:19:47 | |
This week, join me as I talk to Liz Weiss about her fascinating "Paxlovid Nightmare" series of watercolors that she made at the kitchen table in her New York City apartment. These small, vibrant works were directly inspired by the vivid dreams she had while talking the Covid medication. We also go deep into the topic of getting back to your work after an extended break, as Liz worked for many years as a psychoanalyst and put her art on pause. Find Liz Weiss online at: Web: elizabethweiss.net | Instagram: @lizweissny Liz's works mentioned:
Artist shoutouts: Erika Ranee, Jane Fine, NYC Crit Club, Judy Glantzman, Jackie Shatz, Mie Yim, Alma Thomas: The Studio Museum in Harlem & Mnuchin Gallery, Sahel: Art and Empires at the Met, Giorgio Morandi, Masaccio's "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden," Dala Horse of Sweden, Rogier van der Weyden "The Annunciation," Nick Ut "The Napalm Girl," John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" (discussed in Ep. 32), Susan Rothenberg, Katherine Bradford, Julie Kunin & Yevgenia Baras at Mother Gallery, Paula Wilson at Denny Dimin Gallery, Loretta Howard: artist-gallerist, Brenda Goodman, Andrea Belag Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts Donate to the Peps: Buy Me a Coffee or https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 34: Interview the Interviewer w/ Etty Yaniv, Artist & Founder of Art Spiel | 14 Sep 2022 | 01:10:46 | |
I welcome Etty Yaniv to the podcast this week! Etty lives and works in Brooklyn but is from Tel Aviv. She makes small paintings, drawings and sculptures, but also creates room-sized installations of swirling vortexes of plastic and found materials. She is the founder of Art Spiel, an online arts magazine, that interviews under-represented artists doing rigorous work and also offers reviews of exhibitions at non-profit and artist-run spaces. A new installment of Glue Tawk™ is forthcoming too, for those who love glue. Etty can be found online here: ettyyanivstudio.com (web) @etty.yaniv (Instagram) Art Spiel can be found here: artspiel.org (web) @artspiel (instagram) Catch Etty's work in person at her current exhibitions: Glue Tawk™: Etty uses Golden's Matte and Gloss Mediums! Recommended Writers/Poets: Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, W. G. Selbald, Franz Kafka, Virgina Woolf, Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska, Olga Tokarczuk Thank you, Etty! All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 33: The Post-Exhibition Blues w/ Jennifer Coates | 05 Sep 2022 | 01:08:22 | |
It's just like old times having Jennifer Coates back to co-host the podcast! This week we're talking about the miasmic malaise that descends upon each of us after a show closes (and also the "narcissistic fugue state" that descends upon us during the run of the show). We all begin as studio goblins cranking on a deadline, feeding on coffee and starbursts, and then all of a sudden...the show comes...and we are thrust into the bright lights and small talk of an opening. It's a big switch, and it's bound to unnerve the best of us. Jennifer and I reveal which unearthly creatures we each think represent us as avatars when we are in studio-cranking-goblin-mode (Spoiler alert: Amy is an Olm and Jennifer is an Extremophile Bacterium). And we also hash out strategies to stay as balanced as possible during the rollercoaster ride of studio-to-show-to-deinstall-day. Excerpted readings for this episode: When Art Puts on a Party Hat: A Guide to Gallery Openings William Grimes, NYT 1995 Coping with the Post Exhibition Blues Sylvia White, Artadvice.com 2007 7 Practical Ways to Battle Post-Event Blues Esther Snippe, Skillcamp/Speakerhub 2018 Artists mentioned: Louise Bourgeois, Fairfield Porter, Andrew Wyeth John McLaughlins Corner: Jennifer's much beloved old Horoscope column at Two Coats of Paint as Crystal "Kitty" Shimski Donate to the Peps: Buy Me a Coffee or https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Bonus: The Longevity of an Art Practice w/ Sarah Grass of The Pack Art School | 25 Aug 2022 | 01:15:47 | |
Sarah Grass, Artist and Founder of The Pack Art School stopped by Peps this week to talk about her new upcoming class "The Artist Rebirth Cycle" and also, how artists can foster a long healthy relationship with their art over the long haul. She shared a lot of fascinating ideas about the psychology of making art as well as some techniques for drilling down to our true creative selves...inspired by the writings of Psychologists and Philosophers past & present. ALSO! Check out Sarah's homemade LISTICLE for "How To Succeed in a Long-term Relationship with Your Work"- it's so good! Her program, The Pack, is an alternative art program that meets online, all levels welcome, to help artists: get supportive feedback and encouragement, get back to working after a break, or make a change. Sarah's got you. Here are some links to learn more: Registration is open for:
More info about The Pack: https://thepack.art/ and on IG @thepack.art Text Version of Sarah's Listicle: "How To Succeed in a Long-term Relationship with Your Work": https://thepack.art/journal Check out Sarah Grass' work at Spring Break Art Show in NYC, Sept 8-12, or online at her website and IG @ssarahgrass Artists mentioned: Carmen Herrera, Louise Bourgeois, Lois Dodd, Faith Ringgold, Howardena Pindell, Cezanne, Luchita Hurtado, Catherine Haggarty, the Surrealists and automatic drawing Writers mentioned: Donald Winnicott (English pediatrician and psychoanalyst) "Playing in Reality," Glennon Doyle (American author and activist), Beatrice Beebe (clinical psychologist), Laozi "Tao Te Ching," Richard C. Schwartz (Systemic family therapist and academic) "Internal Family Systems Model," Carl Jung (Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst), Marion Woodman (Canadian mythopoetic author, poet, analytical psychologist), James Clear (Author) "Atomic Habits," Theodor W. Adorno (German philosopher) Follow Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Donate to the Peps: Buy Me a Coffee or https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Bonus: How to Host a Studio Visit w/ Catherine Haggarty of NYC Crit Club | 14 Aug 2022 | 01:31:40 | |
This week, Painter and NYC Crit Club director, Catherine Haggarty, joined me to talk about that old enigma wrapped in a riddle: How to Host a Studio Visit. She gave tons of helpful tips for managing in-person visits, zoom visits AND how to guard against the emotional fallout that can come after a bad one. It's a gold mine! Also, Catherine gave a teaser for the upcoming courses on offer at NYC Crit Club this Fall. Some great instructors are on tap, along with some brand new exciting classes like "The MFA: Expectations and Preparation" and a Virtual Residency with Mira Schor, to name just two. Psst: Since recording this, I am also excited to announce I'll be joining Sharmistha Ray's class on writing to talk all things Podcasting! NYC CRIT CLUB info: Enrollment period: Aug 14 and closes Sept 18, 2022 Fall 2022 Faculty: Paolo Arao, Yevgeniya Baras, Chris Bogia, Hilary Doyle, Catherine Haggarty, Jarrett Key, Gracelee Lawrence, Jared Linge, Brigitte Mulholland, Natalia Nakazawa, Avery Z. Nelson, Rose Nestler, Alex Paik, Sharmistha Ray, Jahi Sabater, Mira Schor, Zahar Vaks, Anna Valdez Catherine's website: https://www.catherinehaggarty.com/ and IG: @catherine_haggarty Catherine's upcoming exhibitions: Shoutouts: Andrew Prayzner, Hilary Doyle, Rose Nestler, Dominique Fung, White Rock Center for the Sculptural Arts run by Courtney Puckett and Colin O'Con, "On Art and Mindfulness" by Enrique Martinez Celaya Follow Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Donate to the Peps: Buy Me a Coffee or https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 32: Book Talks: Ways of Seeing by John Berger w/ Mandolyn Wilson Rosen | 27 Jul 2022 | 01:39:21 | |
Mandy is back to help me dissect this beloved classic book "Ways of Seeing" 1972 (and BBC TV show) by John Berger. Welcome back, Mandy! And, as always on Book Talks, much art-nerdery was indulged. Come along with us as we consider Berger's thoughts on Art: aka How it was changed by the age of reproduction, How the Nude functions as a tool for the Male Gaze, and How art is used as a status symbol for the wealthy, and in advertising to create Glamour. "Ways of Seeing" was created mainly by John Berger (writer/host), Michael Dibb (filmmaker), Delia Derbyshire (composer), and Richard Hollis (book designer) with help from others. The project was conceived specifically to "question some of the assumptions usually made about the tradition of European Painting. That tradition which was born about 1400, and dies about 1900.” In the TV series (and in direct contrast to Kenneth Clark’s big budget show, “Civilisation”), Berger shows up against a slightly shabby blue screen in a partially unbuttoned white and brown patterned shirt (he bought it right before the shoot bc he had been wearing blue) with kind of wild curly hair (kinda like Michael Landon style), and in slacks…he’s casual- he’s scrappy - parts of the show were even assembled in his parent’s living room. He’s earnest, feminist, anti-capitalist and unlike the posh-speaking Clark, he has a slight speech impediment…and Berger is ready to burn it all to the ground. A few grateful shout-outs to writers who we used for research for this talk: Olivia Laing / The Guardian, Kate Abbott / The Guardian and Sam Haselby / Aeon.co John Berger's other books: His novel "G" and also books about art’s role in contemporary society: "About Looking" and "The Shape of a Pocket" Extra shout-outs: Composer, Delia Derbyshire, "The Man with the Movie Camera" film by Dziga Vertov, poster by Alexander Rodchenko, Walter Benjamin’s "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” Eva Figes, book "Patriarchal Attitudes," Jane Kenrick, one of five who had been on trial for protesting against the 1970 Miss World contest, Laura Mulvey’s “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema,” Linda Nochlin’s “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists," "Landscape & Power" by WJT Mitchell, "Looking at the Overlooked" by Norman Bryson Send me a voice message on Speakpipe.com about what you love and dislike about NYC! I'll use the recording in a future ep about Marsden Hartley: https://www.speakpipe.com/peps Follow Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Donate to the Peps: Buy Me a Coffee or https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 31: Interview w/ Adie Russell | 16 Jul 2022 | 01:15:15 | |
This week I had an amazing conversation with artist, Adie Russell. We discussed her incredible new "Lacuna" series of charcoal works on cotton rag paper (based on old Victorian glass negative studio portraits that are put through an obscure Photoshop filter) and also, her newest video work, "Hydriogenesis," which was born of a craving for a feeling of safety in nature and from the long periods of introspection we all experienced during the pandemic. We also talked about the trickiness of navigating Instagram in an authentic way, what can be used as a sourdough starter for abstraction, Adie's "Covers" video project and Marlon Brando's idea about how everyone is ALWAYS acting, AND of course, the Caterpillar Pillar. (Please check out Episode 30 to learn all about said Pillar where I do a deep dive into Adie's recommended artist-pick-me-up book from the 70's: Hope for the Flowers.) Adie's website: adierussell.com and Instagram: @adie_russell Adie is opening her studio up (w/ guest artist Jesse Bransford) for Upstate Art Weekend, Sat-Sun July 23-24 12-6pm and is #20 (near the Stoneleaf Retreat) on the Map : upstateartweekend.org Adie is a mixed media artist currently working in drawing, painting and video. Russell has exhibited regularly since 2001 in the United States and abroad. She was the subject of a solo exhibition The Reveal at the Leeds College of Arts in Leeds, UK as well as the exhibition I Am (Richard Nixon) at The Center for Photography at Woodstock in Woodstock, NY, amongst others. Her work is in the collection of The Dorsky Museum, in New Paltz, NY. Episode mentions: Stephen Gill's "Night Procession" series, Rembrandt, Marlon Brando's interview with Dick Cavett, Ingmar Bergman's near-death anesthesia experience, Art and Ventriloquism by David Goldblatt, The Library of Congress online archives: Civil War era glass negative photos & the Arnold Genthe collection, "Photochrom" color postcards, Hilma Af Klint, Mediumistic drawing and Spirit Photography, Early 20th c American advertising postcards, Pessimistic postcards: "The Worst is Yet to Come," Stereoviews, Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus, Nog's Vision - A Fantasy Journey by Brian Hall & Joseph Osburn, "The Point!" a film by Harry Nilsson ("Think About Your Troubles" song) Send me a voice message on Speakpipe.com about what you love and dislike about NYC! I'll use the recording in a future ep about Marsden Hartley: https://www.speakpipe.com/peps Follow Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists & Donate to the Peps: https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 30: Hope For the Artists | 06 Jul 2022 | 00:18:07 | |
As an artist, do you find yourself climbing up the "caterpillar pillar"? Or, are you "risking the butterfly"? These analogies are from a wonderful book from the early 1970's called Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus. And in this episode, I explore how this fable can apply to artists and inspire them to choose their own path. #AlwaysRiskTheButterfly Thanks to Adie Russell for the recommendation and check out her interview coming up next on the podcast! Send me a voice message on Speakpipe.com about what you love and dislike about NYC! I'll use the recording in a future ep about Marsden Hartley: https://www.speakpipe.com/peps Follow Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists & Donate to the Peps: https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 69: Eva Hesse, Sylvia Mangold & The Home Depot | 03 Jun 2024 | 00:07:15 | |
This is my hot take on the seven-year-old (it's new to me!) Eva Hesse doc and the scandalous revelations contained within. Also, I receive further evidence for why we still stan our queen, Sylvia Mangold, as she asks: Is the Home Depot the new Canal Street? The #cerebral, #inspiring and #wondrous documentary, Eva Hesse (2016) directed by Marcie Begleiter, is available to rent/stream on Amazon. All music by Soundstripe ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy, your beloved host, on IG: @talluts Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s BuyMeACoffee Donations always appreciated! | |||
| Ep 29: Interview w/ Ever Baldwin | 27 Jun 2022 | 00:46:20 | |
Come listen along as I speak with the incredible painter and sculptor, Ever Baldwin. Ever makes abstract oil paintings that loosely reference the body, eyes, nature, roads and even drag makeup...all enclosed in carved and burned wooden frames. The paintings and frames fuse together visually to create a new surprising whole, greater than the sum of its parts. Ever Baldwin's website and Insta: https://everbaldwin.com/ and @pretzeltime Marinaro Gallery, "Quiet Yes," July 6 - Aug 13, 2022, NYC, Links: marinaro.biz and @marinarogallery JAG Projects at Foreland, July 1 - July 25, 2022, Catskill, NY, Links: forelandcatskill.com and @jag.projects Shout outs: Courtney Puckett, Legendary on HBOmax, Italian Futurist artists, Carlo Scarpa, Carrie Moyer, ArtOMI, Rene Lalique Art Nouveau Brooches and Jewelry, "On Mindfulness in Art" by Enrique Martinez Celaya, Byrdcliffe Art Colony in Woodstock, NY Ever Baldwin lives and works in Catskill, NY. They hold a BFA in painting from The Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA from The School of The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Recent solo exhibitions include Emma Gray HQ, Los Angeles, CA; and JAG Projects, Hudson, NY. Their work has been included in group shows at Underdonk in Brooklyn, NY, Opalka Gallery in Albany NY, and Left Field Gallery in Los Osos, CA. Ever is a 2021 recipient of the NYFA/NYSCA Fellowship in Painting. Thank you, Ever! Thank you, Listeners! Follow Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists & Donate to the Peps: https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ All music is licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 28: Interview w/ Melissa Capasso / The Dream in Art (Part 2) | 16 Jun 2022 | 01:09:17 | |
I was so excited to have painter, Melissa Capasso, whose visionary style is inspired by daydreaming, join me this week to continue my series on the Dream in Art. Melissa makes charcoal drawings and oil and acrylic paintings that explore themes of mother and child, St. Lucia and Catholic icons, vision, blindness, and the vanitas...all in a wavy gestural style with vibrant color or primal black and white. She invents her subjects in her mind while walking and thinks of her work as a kind of visual novel. We talked about her work, her roots in Cape Cod, and the challenges / advantages of being an artist parent. Catch her work in person this summer at her solo show at Gold Gallery: https://www.goldmontclair.com/ and @goldscopophilia Melissa's website and IG: https://www.melissacapasso.com/ and @melissa.capasso Melissa Capasso studied art at NYU and Brooklyn College and has had recent solo shows at Sweet Lorriane Gallery in Brooklyn and Gold Gallery in Montclair, NJ. She has had her work exhibited in many group shows in NY and beyond. Thank you, Melissa! Follow Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists & Donate to the Peps: https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ All music is licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 27: The Dream in Art (Part 1) | 06 Jun 2022 | 00:21:55 | |
Come along on a ~~Dream Quest~~ with me to discover works of art that show real dreams...not just images of sleepers or "dream-like" paintings. I set out to discover the bonafides. I began in 1525 with Albrecht Durer, then moved to France with Odilon Rédon in the 1800's, the Surrealists and André Masson in the 1920's, and then shot over and up to the US in the 50's to Jasper Johns, and finally landed back at modern day with the exquisitely-observed representational paintings of Catherine Murphy. This episode was inspired by 2 main sources: 1) The book "Painting the Dream" by Daniel Bergez and also 2) An online artists' talk between 3 painters: Chie Fueki, Alexi Worth and Catherine Murphy called "Painting Table: Catherine Murphy talks with Chie Fueki and Alexi Worth" 1/21/22 hosted by DC Moore Gallery: Watch here: https://vimeo.com/668978992. Artists and artworks mentioned: "Dream Vision" by Albrecht Durer, "Dream Vision" c 1880 (x 2) by Odilon Rédon, "Gradiva" by André Masson, Jasper Johns "Flag," "Flight" & "Begin Again" by Catherine Murphy Authors/Poets and pieces mentioned: "Painting the Dream" book by Daniel Bergez, "The Gradiva: The Woman Who Walks" novella by Wilhelm Hermann Jensen, "Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva" essay by Sigmund Freud, "La Révolution Surréaliste" literary journal pub by Paul Eluard, Antonin Artaud, Andre Breton, Michel Leiris & Louis Aragon, "Une Vague de Rêves" poem by Louis Aragon Louis Aragon's Poem "Une Vague de Rêves" (A Wave of Dreams) 1924 Excerpt used in the episode: Who is there? Ah good: let in the infinite." Follow Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists & Donate to the Peps: https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Thank you for listening, rating, reviewing & donating! All music is licensed from Soundstripe. | |||
| Ep 26: Interview with Shari Mendelson | 26 May 2022 | 01:07:57 | |
Sculptor, Shari Mendelson joined me this week to discuss her work. Shari lives and works in Brooklyn and Upstate NY. She is represented in New York by Tibor de Nagy Gallery and has won many prestigious grants, including 4 NYFA-NYSCA Fellowship awards, a Pollock-Krasner grant and most recently a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017. She makes human & animal figures & vessels made up of cut-up plastic bottles that riff on stone, clay & glass forms from ancient antiquity. The resulting sculptures can look translucent like ancient glass in greens, grays, blues, whites & yellows -- and she often adds mica & resin to the surface to add a silvery or opaque finish to parts. They range in size from 12 to 36 in (aprx). Shari's website and IG: www.sharimendelson.com and @sharimendelson Current and Upcoming Exhibitions:
Shari's Favorite Museum Collections: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (esp. the Cesnola Cipriot Collection, Islamic Wing & The Study Collection on the mezzanine above the Leon Levy & Shelby White Court), Penn Museum, The British Museum, Naples National Archaeological Museum (Pompeii & Herculaneum collections) Fun Links: Glue Talk™: Shari uses AdTech Crystal Clear Glue Sticks combined with a final coat of Magic-Sculpt resin Follow Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists & Donate to the Peps: https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. | |||
| Ep 25: Book Talks: "How to Work a Room" (or an Opening) w/ Mandy Wilson Rosen | 16 May 2022 | 01:15:07 | |
Mandy Wilson Rosen is back to co-host another Book Talks for Artists! Welcome back, Mandy! This week we are discussing "How to Work a Room" by Susan RoAne to see if it jusssttt might have some helpful tips inside for artists. Spoiler alert: It does. It's chock full of helpful tips for surviving an opening and we can't wait to talk about it. I even found some cocktail party lounge music for the ep. Join us!
Mandy's website: https://mandolynwilsonrosen.com/home.html Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Pep Talks Instagram: @peptalksforartists Thank you to Geraldine Merola Barton for recommending the book to me way back when! Donate to the Peps: https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support Thank you for listening, rating, reviewing and donating! All music is licensed from Soundstripe. | |||