ArtOnAir: Podcasts

Lorraine O'Grady

wps1.org - art radio — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:11:00 -0400

Artist Lorraine O’Grady in conversation with WACK! curator Connie Butler in January 2008.

WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution ::

O Zhang at Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art

wps1.org - art radio — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:09:00 -0400

New York-based Chinese artist and photographer O Zhang discusses her early life in China and her subsequent travels and artistic journey. From formal state-sponsored art training in the PROC to academies in Europe and galleries in the USA this is an extraordinary story and remarkable body of work. The talk took place at Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art in Brooklyn on March 23, 2008, as part of the exhibition Out of the Spotlight: Contemporary Chinese Art (March 13 – April 7, 2008) which includes artists Ma Leonn, Liang Quan, Yu Xing Ze, Liu Liyun, Zhang Ping, and Yang Yan and is curated by Liu Jian. This Art Radio coverage is part of our partnership with Asian Contemporary Art Week 2008 and we thank Leeza Ahmady and Eunyoung Ju for their assistance.

Asian Contemporary Art Week ::

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Tony Smith (1998)

wps1.org - art radio — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:16:00 -0400

Nearly two decades after sculptor Tony Smith’s death in 1980, the Museum of Modern Art mounted a major retrospective curated by Robert Storr, who leads this scintillating panel with Robert Swain, Richard Tuttle, Joel Shapiro and Mel Bochner whose reminiscences provide illuminating views of the artist’s working process and the nature of their debt to his accomplishments. Recorded at MoMA, September 8, 1998.

Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art ::

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Repro-Tech

wps1.org - art radio — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:50:00 -0500

Another hair-raising episode in this exclusive series on art and biology, as the “Cowboy Science” – eugenics – comes under fire during Suzanne Anker’s roundtable on reproduction (human and mechanical) and the beauty ideal. Her guests: science writer Robin Marantz Henig, photographer (and M.D.), Mark Kessell, and activist art critic, Kirby Gookin.

The Bio-Blurb Show ::

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Bernard-Henri Lévy

wps1.org - art radio — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:26:00 -0500

How does America look to foreign eyes? The year 2005 marked the bicentennial of the birth of Alexis de Tocqueville, our keenest interpreter. Atlantic Monthly asked another Frenchman, Bernard-Henri Lévy, to travel deep into America and report on what he found. Presented by the Atlantic Monthly, this revent was recorded at New School University on May 9, 2005.

Living History ::

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Pinta (The Contemporary Latin American Art Fair)

wps1.org - art radio — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:20:00 -0500

Host Jill Spalding with guests Mauro Herlitzka and Liliana Porter, in a special edition highlighting Pinta (The Contemporary Latin American Art Fair), which was open November 16-20, 2007 at The Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City.

Our Correspondents: Miami ::

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Duke Riley

wps1.org - art radio — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:06:00 -0400

The artist/historian/adventurer Duke Riley is an activist using a wide range of skills and tools: drawing, printmaking, mosaic, sculpture, performative interventions, and video/multimedia installations. His Web site is worth your time. WPS1’s David Weinstein interviewed him at the 2007 Armory Show.

The Armory Show 2007 ::

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