Late, last summer I sat down with San Francisco artist Sarah Applebaum. Below are pics I took and our podcast. Although the podcast is a bit late -- what we talk about is relevant and I think you'll enjoy what Sarah has to say about creating and connecting to the larger world around her. Enjoy!
You can listen below or download from iTunes (and subscribe ;)
This week I sit down virtually with Allison Sommers, from her home in Brooklyn. Allison and I talk about her child as a military brat, her wildly, creative imagination and her slow coming, watershed moment around making the art her heart was telling her to all along. I have attached a cheat sheet below for references in our chat.
Allison Sommers by myloveforyou
Flotsam -- Allison’s new book
Allison's blog
Allison's flickr page
Thinkspace Gallery - Allison's Gallery
One of fifty -- Allison's self-imposed paint off til her birthday
Ten spot tinys -- Allison's teeny paintings
Pidgeon Trading Post -- a book by Allison on pigeons, naturally
Rod Luff (pigeon painting I bought)
Joseph Beuys
An example Allison's long neck creatures
You can also see more of Allison's work and inspiration through a special post she did for the blog last year.
On a side note, if you guys enjoy the podcasts -- please consider suscribing and rating on iTunes. You can also check out the podcast on Soundcloud where you can leave comments below specfic parts of the recording. Neat!
This week I sit down with Jen Stark. Jen is known for her detailed, meticulously cut paper sculptures along with her large drawings and animated videos. I've long admired Jen's work so it was great to sit and talk with her and get to ask her about her work, inspiration and living as an artist.
I have written up a little cheat sheet of references we touch on:
wormhole
Piece of Infinite Whole
Jen's Tumblr
Spider web drawing - the first drawing we speak of.
Self portrait as a child - the second drawing
Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights
Tom Friedman - artist
Andy Goldsworthy - artist
Paper Rad - artist collective
Friends With You - design duo
Friends With You, twitter
Free Gums - artist, Jen's boyfriend, Alvaro Ilizarbe
Maya Hayuk
Show & Tell Gallery
Jen & Maya's show, Double Double Rainbow
Women on the Rise MOCA Miami
Believer, video with Dan Deacon
Jen's video page
How to Become a Millionaire in a 100 days
Carol Jazzar Gallery
Martha Otero
Sunken Sediment - Jen's most difficult piece to install to date
Meltdown, another large piece by Jen
Please subscribe and rate the podcast if you enjoy it. ;)
All images courtesy of Jen Stark, top photo taken by Maya Hayuk.
Jen's drawings as a kid.
Jen's work as an adult. ;)
This week's podcast I sit down with artist and illustrator, Lisa Congdon. Even though Lisa is a good friend, it was great to sit down with her and hear her story. We talk about her life as an artist, how she got where she is and her current show Boreas, that is up right now at Gallery Hijinks through July 30th.
A cheat sheet to go along with a few of our references:
You can see a recent studio visit I did with Lisa the day we recorded the podcast here.
You can listen to the podcast below ***Although there seems to be some sort of glitch & I am on a higher speed in the intro. :( Can't figure out what is wrong, so I suggest listening in iTunes. Less Alvin & the Chipmunks:
Or you can go to iTunes and listen to it there, it should be up by midday Monday. Also, thanks to all those who downloaded and subscribed, the podcast made it into the top ten of the Top Visual Art Podcasts (number 9 5!). Yay! So thank you! I've got a bunch of great interviews coming up, so stay tuned. Literally.
I've toyed with the idea over the past few years of doing a podcast series -- but honestly never found the time to nail it down. But push came to shove a few weeks ago when I was given the opportunity to sit down with graffiti writer and artist Steve Powers. He had come into SF to set up for Sign Your Life Away at Guerrero Gallery and was only going to be in town for a little over two days. So I figured, no time like the present to begin a series I had only given minimal thought to.
I joined Steve and his sister, Maria, for pizza at a noisy bar in the Mission as he took a break from preparing for the show. Although the recording is a little rough and noisy in the backgroud I think you'll find that the converstaion was worth polishing (with my crash course podcast skills) and posting regardless of the noisy bar patrons. We cover a wide range of topics from his youth in Philadelphia to his feelings around graffiti as a crime to having community as an artist. It's a broad convo, but one that I was delighted to be a part of. It was really inspiring to sit down with Steve and hear so much about his history and thoughts around art -- I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
You can listen to the podcast here:
My Love for You Podcast - Steve 'ESPO' Powers
I should have it up on iTunes in the coming week. The images you see here are of Sign Your Life Away at Guerrero Gallery that closes July 9th, 2011.
Here's a list of some of the references that were made in the confab:
Charles Addams - Cartoonist.
Roz Chast - Cartoonist.
Margaret Kilgallen - Artist.
Dash Snow - Artist.
Steve Power's TED Talk - Powers gave a talk in Philadelphia for TEDxPhilly.
Revok - Graffiti writer and artist.
On the Go Magazine - magazine from the 90's, Powers was editor and publisher.
MOCA show - Art in the Streets show curated by MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch and Associate Curators Roger Gastman and Aaron Rose.
RAMM:ELL:ZEE room at the Moca - Tribute to graffiti write RAMM:ELL:ZEE at the MOCA show
Swoon - Street artist and activist.
Os Gemeos - Twin brothers, gaffiti writers and artist, live in Brazil.
Love Letter Brooklyn - Powers' upcoming project, which grew out of his original project A Love Letter For You.
Metaltating - Powers' drawing a day.
Steve ESPO Powers
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