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Bad at Sports Episode 88: Art Fair Part Deux! May 06, 2007

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This week Art Fair Part Deux. In response to blog comments I am attempting something new, and listing the times of the bits. Which I must say is one more damn task to complete for the show, but I'll try it and see if it drives me insane.

0:00-11:25 Intro, overall recap and lots of snotty commentary by Duncan, Amanda, and Richard.

11:40-22:10 Team Browder (Amanda and Dolly Browder) with Susan Hobbs on the Susan Hobbs Gallery.

22:20-29:05 Team Queer Ghetto Bus (Terri, Serena and Meg) talk to folks from the Thomas Robertello Gallery: guests Thomas Robertello , Adam Ekberg ,Lily McElroy, Hybinette + Richards

29:10-34:00 TB talks to artist David Opdyke with Roebling Hall Art Gallery and Dolly gives some of the best insight ever! 34:10-37:38 TQGB talks to the Williamsburg based Eyewash Gallery and Larry Walczak and Paul Kurman.

37:50-46:05 TB talks to Santiago Cucullu with High Point Press about his work. 46:20-49:55 TQGB talks to the delightful artist Anni Holm with Orleans Street Gallery and the art scene in St. Charles Illinois. 50:05-58:40 Joel Beck Who runs Roebling Hall Gallery who curated the video installation spectacle in the lobby along with Steven Levy. 58:45-1:05:35 TQGB talks about Brittany's va-jay-jay and with the fine folks from the Capla Kesting Gallery: David Kesting, John Leo, Daniel Edwards, Martina Kubinyi

1:05:45-1:14:00 TB Talks to Steve Zavvatero and Heather Marx of The Heather Marx Gallery from San Francisco. Amanda tries to start a knife fight.

1:14:20-1:19:30 The Team Browder wrap up which is a delightful conversation between Amanda and Dolly recapping Dolly's first Art Fair experience. This is my personal favorite moment in the show.

1:19:30-1:22:45 Closing credits and quips, never to be missed.

Whew! That was some serious typing for 6 a.m. on a Sunday.

Lastly, while looking for a picture for this weeks show, I stumbled upon this link on Anni Holm's site, check out the story and help if you can. Anni should e-mail us so we can have them both on to talk about it.

http://work.colum.edu/~aholm/Home/Mei.html

Bad at Sports Episode 87: Art-ver-bridge-opolis part 1 Apr 29, 2007

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As we recover from Sharkstock 2007 we diligently post Episode #87 the first installment of our team coverage of Artropolis, Version, Bridge, Sharkstock and a bunch of other cool stuff we went to in the last few days. Also prior to our soiree at Sonotheque we it Tony Fitzpatrick's kickass opening at Architrove which was so crowded I nearly had a panic attack, I got to meet his Mom, who was utterly delightful. Paul Klein spent most of the fair weekend worried that we were stalking him as we were oddly on the exact same schedule at all times.

This weeks installment consists of a mix of stuff, next week we focus on interviews with gallerists and artists.

To top it all off special guest star Dolly Browder joins in!!!

The intro has a name mysteriously bleeped out. Cast your vote on our blog on who you think it was.

Team Browder reviews New InSight the exhibition of fancy-pants fresh young MFA's curated by Susanne Ghez who, despite being a perfectly lovely person, steadfastly refuses to be on the show. C'mon Susanne we don't bite!

Our first team coverage event: Team Queer (Terri, Serena, and Meg the war correspondent) and Team Fat White Guy (Duncan, Richard, Christopher Hudgens) get in the midst of combat with the "Carnival of art on the river" AKA "Art War 2007". A member of the team is wounded in the line of duty. We intend to sue. Everyone. Edmar you are on notice.

Terri and Meg talk about Symposium C6 The Art World is Flat and how weirdly classist it seemed to be.

Duncan and Richard talk to William Dolan and Mark Staff-Brandl about The Artist Project and Bill makes a sale during our bit with him.

Richard talks to Michael Workman about being guillotined in effigy. Tom Burtonwood mourns the loss of his good friend Michael, but has already planned his ascendancy to the leadership of Bridge.

We wrap it all up with a discussion of Canadians drinking too much.

And this is just week 1. You should be paying us.

Bad at Sports Episode 86: Hindman-Kimler-Workman Apr 22, 2007

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THIS WEEK: Interviews with Leslie Hindman, Wesley "The Shark? Kimler, and Michael "Makes icky noises into the mic which I need to edit out? Workman.

Marc LeBlanc and Brian Andrews talk Los Angeles Galleries at 95 miles per hour.

ATTENTION ALL BAD AT SPORTS LISTENERS: Amanda's Mom will be in Chicago next week! When you are at the various and sundry art fairs BE SURE to keep an eye out for Amanda and her Mom. She apparently has re-upped her restraining order against Duncan. YOU CAN MEET AMANDA'S MOM (who will autograph any body part you'd like) and meet us at the following shindig:

April 27, 2007 VERSION FESTIVAL ART PARTY (Special guest starring Bad at Sports-we'd better be on the damn list)Join Version and Lumpen and a cabal of artists and weirdos at Sonotheque for an afterparty and celebration of our victory over the forces of Artropolis. 9 pm - 2 am. Performances by Skarekrau Radio Lemon Pretend Zeroth DJs Liz Armstrong and Rand Sevilla VJ Ron MLF. Free Svedka vodka drinks til 10 pm. $10 cover.

NOTE: I was contacted via e-mail (sent what is essentially a cease and desist) by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. I was informed that as Duncan is a Canadian artist and is working in the media, he, and thereby Bad at Sports are governed by the standards and practices of Section 3 of the Canadian National Broadcasting Act and we were deficient in our quota of MAPL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content#How_the_MAPL_system_works I had to look it up) based Canadian content in the program. Hence this week's music cues, in case you were wondering.

NEXT WEEK: THE EFFING ART FAIRS

Bad at Sports Episode 85: Art Schoolin' Extravaganza!! Apr 16, 2007

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Art Schoolin' Extravaganza!!

This week's show is an f-ing masterpiece, miss this one at your peril.

This week we talk to in turn professors: James Elkins, Sarah Kreep (organizer of the New InSight exhibition), and Lane Relyea about the future of art education, art students, and the future of the art business among many other topics!

Mike and Richard have dueling reviews of Frank Miller's 300!

BUT FIRST: In the expanded intro; There is a lot of talk about what Scott Speh can do with his opinion of how we do things.

As a BONUS this week we have A BONUS SHOW!!! for direct download...

Our Art School Confidential... Meg Onli - bfa 2008, Jerome Acks - mfa 2008, Carrie Schneider - mfa 2007, Tim Ridlen - bfa 2007, and Duncan MacKenzie - mfa 2002 sit down to talk a little about why art school and how they see their futures.

Download it here

Also please be sure to check out the follow video. Duncan can't stop talking about it: http://youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU

Bad at Sports Episode 84: Elkins-Morgan-Edmar Apr 08, 2007

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This week's show is top notch, grade A stuff, Jack, and you sure don't want to miss it. Art, religion, smurfs, Dungeons and Dragons, Duncan rattling on like an old man about how kids today just don't understand punk rock, AND the show closes with Richard's favorite music cue in the entire run of the program, a little pop diddy on Marx and Mao. A show with something for everyone.

Duncan and Terri talk to James Elkins and David Morgan about the forthcoming roundtable…

On April 17, SAIC professor and critic James Elkins reignites the discussion with the provocative Re-Enchantment Roundtable. The roundtable and associated events gather together secular and religious thinkers who rarely share discourse: artists, scholars and art critics—and religionists interested in art. Panelists will include Thierry de Duve, Gregg Bordowitz, David Morgan, Kajri Jain, Tomoko Masuzawa, and Wendy Doniger. The day long discussion is intended to span the full diversity of opinions, from those who think contemporary art is already "religious,? to those who believe art should have nothing to do with religious faith.

Duncan and Edmar discuss the Lumpen Juggernaut's new building project and HQ, the Version festival, art madness on the river and Half-Elves that are chaotic good.

Hot damn.

Bad at Sports Episode 83: Mary Leigh Cherry & PS1 Apr 01, 2007

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This week Brian and Marc talk to Mary Leigh Cherry is co-owner of Cherry and Martin gallery in Los Angeles and works with the Artist Pension Trust.

AND

Nathan Rogers-Madsen reviews PS-1!

Richard ends the show with a plea and a funny song.

Bad at Sports Episode 82: David Robbins Mar 25, 2007

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This week Duncan and Richard talk to David Robbins.

David Robbins has had 30 solo exhibitions of his work internationally and has recently been included in exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. He has published four books, including a novella, The Ice Cream Social (1998), and his essays and satires have been published in Artforum, Parkett, Art Issues, and numerous other magazines and catalogs. He received his degree in American Studies from Brown University. He currently lives in Milwaukee.

His forthcoming book on concrete comedy sounds like one of the most interesting things ever and I personally have pre-ordered 400 copies on Amazon.

Bad at Sports Episode 81: Joseph Ketner II and Christopher Kennedy Mar 18, 2007

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This week's show is a cavalcade of amazing-ness. Duncan and Richard talk to Joseph Ketner II, Chief Curator at the Milwaukee Art Museum where we ask the question "did Francis Bacon simply need a hug?". Next, there is an excerpt from a lecture by Christopher Kennedy, President, Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., on the future of the Art Fair here in Chicago which is not to be missed as we move ever closer to the 2007 fair and away from the 2006 debacle. Christian Kuras guest stars in the expanded intro and Amanda is back from her travels to say all sorts of funny and possibly offensive things!

Be sure to buy your Pitchfork Festival tickets! Sonic Youth is performing Daydream Nation in its entirety. Hot damn.

Holy Guacamole the new Chicago Reader art listings (if you can even call them that) suck like space. For shame Reader, for shame. This is one of the biggest slaps to the art community in some time. Rise up!!!

Lastly, PLEASE vote in this week's poll as we need your input on what might be changes to the format of the show. www.badatsports.com

Planned for next week, artist and author David Robbins!!!

Bad at Sports Episode 80: Berin Golonu & Erik Wenzel Mar 11, 2007

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This week: Marc LeBlanc and Brian Andrews talk to Berin Gonlonu, Associate Visual Arts Curator at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Mike Benedetto makes his fabulous return. Nathan Rodgers-Madsen interviews Erik Wenzel of the Art or Idiocy? blog and numerous other artistic and journalistical type projects.

Yup.

Bad at Sports Episode 79: Reviews Mar 05, 2007

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Bad at Sports Episode 79: Reviews

In this episode Bad at Sports welcomes guest reviewers... Boston up and comer Liz Nofziger and Columbia College's Neysa Page-Lieberman. They join Bad at Sports locals Terri Griffith, Serena Worthington, Joanna Topor, and Duncan MacKenzie as we shake up and shake down shows in the west loop. Tune in as they struggle to come to terms with Gescheidle's two new shows, Drew Beatie and Chris Verene whose name Duncan butchers repeatedly), GARDENFresh's first show in their new digs, and 40000's two new offerings Thomas Rapai and Amy Vogel. All that and Brian Andrews talks politics and art!

ALSO A BRAND NEW CONTEST: The first Bad at Sports Essay Contest is announced in the outro this week. We need you to write a speculative essay of 100 words or less on why Edward Lifson dislikes us. These can be as speculative and fictitious as possible. The winner will have their essay read on the air by Book Guru Terry Griffith!!!

On that note don't forget to e-mail Hello Beautiful and tell them about our project!!! HelloBeautiful@ChicagoPublicRadio.org

ALSO you can contact them via the following (lifted from their site)

Whether you're an artist or enthusiast, musician or muse, Chicago Public Radio's arts desk wants your thoughts on where to go and what to see in Chicagoland. Share your ideas one of two ways:

TheList@ChicagoPublicRadio.org 312.948.4623

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