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Ep 17: When Is an Artwork Finished? Feb 25, 2022

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This week on Peps, we're going to tackle the metaphysical question: When is a work finished? I explore some texts that try to pin down a definition and also share some of my own thoughts and metaphors...But I am most excited to share that this episode contains recorded messages from listener-artist contributors!

6 generous artist listeners sent in their own unique ways of describing this indescribable phenomenon. A very special thanks to:

Elizabeth (Beth) Gilfilen https://elizabethgilfilen.com/
Sue McNally https://suemcnally.com/
Brantner DeAtley https://www.brantnerdeatley.com/
Robert Zurer https://www.robertzurer.com/2022/feel-something-drawing-me-on
Monica Church http://www.monicachurch.org/
Mark Creegan https://www.markcreeganart.com/

Other artists quoted/mentioned were: Richard Diebenkorn, Rembrandt, Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse, Pavel Filonov and "sdelannost", Kazmir Malevich, Mikhail Matiushin, Graham Nickson. John Marin, Louise Fishman
Readings were excerpted from:

"On the Creation of Art" by Monroe Beardsley, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism Vol. 23, No. 3, Spring, 1965 (reacting to Vincent Tomas' "Creativity in Art" The Philosophical Review, Vol. 67, No. 1 Jan., 1958)

"When is a Work Finished" by Darren Hudson Hick

"Beyond Reason: Malevich, Matiushin, and their Circles" by Charlotte Douglas, "Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985"

My website: http://www.amytalluto.com

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Ep 16: Caucus of Collage w/ Kathy Greenwood, Todd Bartel, Ginnie Gardiner and Michael Oatman Feb 18, 2022

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This week I had 4 fellow collage enthusiasts join me for a great roundtable about contemporary collage: Curator, Kathy Greenwood and Artists, Ginnie Gardiner, Todd Bartel and Michael Oatman. If you love collage, aka "the finding, minding & binding," (thanks, Todd!) then you'll love this episode. And my obsesh w/ glue became next level as we explored both its physical and metaphysical properties.

This episode was recorded during a live Clubhouse event 2/8/22 and was held in conjunction with "Echo," an exhibition of collage at the Albany Airport.

Exhibition info: "Echo" w/ Ginnie Gardiner & Amy Talluto, Curated by Kathy Greenwood at the Albany International Airport (pre-security, 3rd fl) Web: https://albanyairportartandcultureprogram.com/ and IG: @albanyairportartandculture

More about my guests:
Ginnie Gardiner: https://ginniegardiner.com/
Todd Bartel: https://toddbartel.com/
Michael Oatman: https://massmoca.org/event/michael-oatman-all-utopias-fell/
Kathy Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/greenwoodkart/

Additional reading:
Kolaj Magazine IG @kolajmagazine and Web http://kolajmagazine.com/
Maxomatic' "The Weird Show" Blog and Podcast: https://theweirdshow.info/
Todd’s writings on collage: https://issuu.com/toddbartel
Jiří Kolář glossary of collage terms:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Kol%C3%A1%C5%99
"The Americans: The collage" a book by Linda L. Cathcart: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Americans/FI00AQAAIAAJ?hl=en
Paul de Jong's Mall of Found Residency (now Mount Lebanon Residency): https://mtlebanonresidency.org/History
"Complex Muses" curated by Todd Bartel May 18-Sept 4 at Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, MA: https://artcomplex.org/exhibitions/

Collage Artists mentioned (w/ instagram tags where available): Mary Delaney, Picasso, Braque, Cubists, Max Ernst, Hannah Hoch, Dada, Eileen Agar, Paul Nash, Henri Matisse, Romare Bearden, Nancy Spero, Joseph Cornell, Maxomatic @maxomatic, The Weird Show @theweirdshowofficial, Andrea Burgay @andreaburgay, Ric Kasini Kadour @kasini & his “Decentralized Community” idea, Cathleen Daly & her "interlocking collage" idea, John Gall @llagj, Andrea Mortson @doingvsdreaming, Jack Felice @jackfelice, John Hundt @johnhundtblueyes, Red Wizard Collage @red_wizard_collage (tiktok @redwizardcollage & podcast "Cut It Out!"), Paula Wilson @paulalights, Carrie Moyer @carrie.moyer.studio, Ann Toebbe @anntoebbe, Twin Cities Collage Collective @twincitiescollagecollective, Tiko Kerr @tikokerr, Clive Knights @knightsclive, Janice McDonald @janicemcdonaldart, Kira E Wong @kiraewong_art, Kurt Schwitters' “Merzbau” (building for making psychological collages), Julie Heffernan @julie_heffernan_, James Rosenquist, Mark Tansey, Lorna Simpson @lornasimpson, Courtney Puckett @courtneygpuckett, Jiří Kolář and Elaine Lustig Cohen
Glue Talk™:
Todd Bartel uses: Yes! Paste, Lineco Document Repair Tape and anything at hand
Michael Oatman uses: 3M™ Super 77™, 30x40 in adhesive paper sheets and rubber cement
Ginnie Gardiner uses: Neschen gudy® 870 Mounting Adhesive
I use: Yes! Paste, UHU Stick and Matte Medium

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Ep 15: Book Talks: "The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985" w/ Mandy Wilson Rosen Feb 11, 2022

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Friend of the show, Mandy Wilson Rosen is back to co-host with me this week! Welcome back, Mandy! At a recent artist meet up on Clubhouse, we learned that many many artists cite "The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985" ed. Maurice Tuchman/LACMA as their most prized book on their studio bookshelf. Neither of us had heard of the book before, so we set about to find out what all the fuss was about.

The book is a TOME (heavy as a brick, dense as a neutron star and 430 pages) and out of print, but available used on Ebay and Amazon...and at other used book sellers. Mandy and I collected our thought forms, focused our internal eyes, and ascended to a higher plane ...and dove in.

Artists mentioned in this episode were: Paul Gauguin, Paul Serusier, Paul Ranson, Émile Schuffenecker, Édouard Vuillard, The Nabis, Le Lotus Bleu (periodical), Odilon Redon, Hilma Af Klint, Edvard Munch, Wassily Kandinsky, Johannes Itten, Umberto Boccioni, Ralph Waldo Emerson (poet), Henry David Thoreau (poet), Walt Whitman (poet), William Blake, Arthur Dove, Georgia O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Jackson Pollock, Navajo Sand Painters, Hohokam pottery showing Kokopelli, Eskimo/Inuit shaman masks, Agnes Pelton, Raymond Johnson, Nikolei Roerich, Kazimir Malevich, The Suprematists, Mikhail Matyushin, Vladimir Tatlin, Vasilisk Gnedov (poet), Pavel Filonov, Piet Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg, De Stijl movement, Max Weber

Also, have a look at the fascinating "Thought-Forms: A Record of Clairvoyant Investigation" by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater free online at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16269/16269-h/16269-h.htm

Also, also, see Mandy's new number series here: https://mandolynwilsonrosen.com/section/501297-painting-collage.html

Please check out the @peptalksforartists instagram in a special "stories highlight" because this episode is chock-a-block with references to specific paintings that we'd love for you to see. I've made a special IG story collection for this episode because there were too many to fit in a post!

Thanks!

Ep 14: Beware the Leave-It-Like-That Feb 04, 2022

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Gather 'round, me hearties, for a tale of a fearsome creature of the deep: a sea monster that feeds on #wip posts, called the "Leave-It-Like-That." This week's podcast is about how this unsolicited comment on our social media posts and in the studio can derail us if we aren't hyper vigilant against their meddling shenanigans. Hoist the main mast and scuttle the jib, as we set sail into Leave-It-Like-That-infested waters and emerge unscathed.

Weigh in on what sea monster best embodies the Leave-It-Like-That on this episode's Spotify poll!

Artists & writers mentioned / quoted in this episode were: Herman Melville, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Jay DeFeo, Roy Lichtenstein, Bridget Reilly, Agnes Martin, Henri Matisse, Amy Sillman, Eudora Welty

Sea monsters mentioned: Hans Egede's sea monster sighting, Six-headed Scylla of Homer, Cormac Ua Liatháin's spiny attack-frog sea monsters, Thor vs the Jormungandr of Norse Mythology, the "Globster",

Ep 13: Interview w/ Artist, Ann Toebbe Jan 29, 2022

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I was so thrilled to have Ann Toebbe in my clutches this week as she joined me on the Peps Pod this week to discuss her show "Cooler by the Lake" at Tibor de Nagy Gallery at 11 Rivington through Jan 27, 2022. We talked about her exquisite gouache and oil collage paintings, the space in Indian miniature paintings, the dollhouse in art, her project of recreating friends' homes via their Facebook photos, being an artist parent, and the great tradition of Chicago artists.

See Ann's work online and IRL at these upcoming shows:
Ann's website: https://anntoebbe.com/
Tibor de Nagy - NYC: https://www.tibordenagy.com/exhibitions/ann-toebbe2?view=slider#3
University of Illinois - Springfield: https://www.uis.edu/visualarts/gallery/upcoming-exhibitions/
Steven Zevitas Gallery - Boston: https://www.stevenzevitasgallery.com/artists-1/anntoebbe
Jennifer Terzian Gallery - Litchfield: http://jenniferterziangallery.com/
Interview with CMA NY: https://cmany.org/blog/view/5-minutes-artist-ann-toebbe-childrens-museum-of-the-arts/
Ann on Bad at Sports Podcast : http://badatsports.com/2018/episode-625-ann-toebbe/
Ann's works mentioned in this episode: "Backyard Garden", "Obama's House", "Bret Harte Elementary", "Sunset & Fireworks", "Northside Southside", "Pitfall", "Treasure Island", "Moths", and "Friends and Rentals" Series
Glue Talk™: Ann uses Yes Paste Stik-Flat glue (use caution in high humidity) and Lineco Neutral PH Adhesive...AND Bonus Glue intel: Arturo Herrera uses (or used) Yes glue too!
Other works mentioned in this episode:
Persian/Indian Miniature paintings (with quote from Arthur Upham Pope, American Art Historian): https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1811/persian-miniature-painting/#references
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The House of Seven Gables" and "Rappaccini's Garden"
Miriam Schapiro's "Dollhouse" (with assistant. Sherry Brody ; Date: 1972)
Laurie Simmons' "Interiors" series
Édouard Vuillard
The Pattern and Decoration Movement
Chris Ware
Chicago Imagists
Polly Shindler
Kerry James Marshall
Thank you, Ann!

Ep 12: Interview the Interviewer w/ Sharon Butler, Painter & Founder of Two Coats of Paint Jan 22, 2022

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This week I was really excited to have Sharon Butler on the podcast for the second installment of my "Interview the Interviewer" series. Sharon is a painter, writer and founder of the Two Coats of Paint Blog-azine which offers a space for alternative critical writing for the arts in the New York/Tri-State area. We nerd-ed out about paint brushes, spoke about her "Good Morning" drawings, and about allowing "bad" compositions into your work. We also talked about Two Coats of Paint's role in the NY art world and how to get started art writing. Check out the links below for more info about her projects:

Sharon Butler Website: https://www.sharonlbutler.com/
Two Coats of Paint: https://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/
Norte Maar at the Brooklyn Ballet: http://www.brooklynballet.org/brooklyn-ballet-presents/counterpointe
Curating Conteporary: http://www.curatingcontemporary.com/
Figure/Ground Interview w/ Sharon Butler: http://figureground.org/a-conversation-with-sharon-butler/
Review of Sharon's show by artist, Paul D'Agostino in Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/461289/sharon-butler-new-paintings-theodore-art/

Artists mentioned: On Kawara, Kazimir Malevich, Arte Povera movement, Alberto Burri at the **Guggenheim, Piero Manzoni's Artist's Sh*t, Charles Burchfield's secret symbols, Holly Coulis at Klaus von Nichtssagend, Susan Carr, Julie Torres & Ellen Letcher of Labspace, Brian Edmonds of Curating Contemporary, Julia Gleich, Choreographer, Two Coats residents: Deborah Zlotsky & Afarin Ramanifar, Martin Puryear prints**

This talk originally aired as a live event on the Clubhouse App, Jan 10, 2021.

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Ep 11: Interview w/ Artist, Jennifer Coates Jan 12, 2022

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It was a complete honor to interview painter, Jennifer Coates, during the run of her solo exhibition in NYC at High Noon Gallery titled 'Lesser Gods of Lakewood, PA" that featured both large and small stunning acrylic and spray paint magical landscapes, populated by Bacchanals and classical female figures. We discussed 4 paintings in depth: "Three Dryads," "Fire Watcher," "Dryads and Pollinators (Moths)" and "Dryads and Pollinators (Birds)" all 2021, and also learned about Jennifer's advice to "Be the Hero" in the studio when you feel stuck or demoralized, and about channeling Kirsten Dunst in "Melancholia" 2011 when you want to be brave in your work. Also, we spoke about the interesting parallels of being an artist and a musician, as Jennifer is an accomplished fiddle/violin player.

High Noon Gallery: https://www.highnoongallery.com/lesser-gods-of-lakewood-pa
Jennifer Coates Website: http://www.jenniferlcoates.com/
Two Coats of Paint review of the show by James J. A. Mercer: https://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2022/01/jennifer-coates-and-the-landscapes-afterglow.html
Hyperallergic review of the show by Seph Rodney: https://hyperallergic.com/702326/jennifer-coates-communes-with-gods-of-nighttime-revelry/
@MePaintsMe: https://www.instagram.com/mepaintsme/

This talk was recorded live on the Clubhouse app, just after the new year on January 4, 2022.

Thanks as always for listening! Your Follows and Apple reviews warm the heart cockles!

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Ep 10: Book Talks: "The War of Art" w/ Mandy Wilson Rosen Jan 02, 2022

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In this episode, artist, Mandy Wilson Rosen and I did a deep dive into Steven Pressfield's "The War of Art." We criticized where criticism was due, but we also highlighted many of the helpful and brilliant insights about the phenomenon of creative "Resistance" that the author outlines in the book. After much deliberation, we decided it is a worthy addition to any artist's bookshelf.

And P.S., Tolstoy very much had a wife, as suspected! Her name was Sophia and, in addition to caring for their 8 surviving children by day, she also copied & edited the War & Peace manuscript after the kids went to bed each night, by candlelight.

Special thanks to artist, Melissa Fernandez, for suggesting this topic, and also thank you to artists, Sally Veach and Andy Cunningham for "calling in" and joining our debate.

Some Links:

"The War of Art" on Amazon

"Why I Hate 'The War of Art' by Steven Pressfield" / a Liminal Pages blog post by Sophie Playle: https://www.liminalpages.com/i-hate-war-art-steven-pressfield

Sol Le Witt's Letter to Eva Hesse: https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/09/09/do-sol-lewitt-eva-hesse-letter/

Countess Sophia Tolstaya (Tolstoy): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Tolstaya

Artist Mandy Wilson Rosen: https://mandolynwilsonrosen.com/home.html

Artist Sally Veach: https://www.sallyveach.com/

Artist Andy Cunningham: https://www.andycunningham.net/

Musical Artist Frank Bango (new fox-themed album forthcoming): https://alwaysbango.bandcamp.com/music

This talk originally aired as a live event on the Clubhouse App, November 16, 2021.

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Ep 9: Fear & Philip Guston Dec 23, 2021

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This week on the Peps pod, I look at the exact minute that Philip Guston switched his work from abstraction to the radical cartoony style he is famous for today - as proof that change is hard, but worth everything if you can manage to brazen it out.

Readings this episode were from: "Philip Guston, Collected Writings, Lectures and Conversations" Ed. by Clark Coolidge
"War of Art" by Stephen Pressfield

Peps podcast tees are born! Check them out at https://amytalluto.bigcartel.com/category/peps

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Ep 8: Interview the Interviewer w/ Brian Alfred, Artist and "Sound & Vision" Podcast Host Dec 13, 2021

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This week I am launching a new miniseries called "Interview the Interviewer" and I'm excited to welcome my first "Interviewer," Brian Alfred, an accomplished painter and the host of Sound & Vision podcast to the pod. I enjoyed turning the mic back on Brian and hearing about his work and process in the studio and also his insights into podcasting and interviewing artists. Please check out his website for more images of his work as well as Sound & Vision podcast on all podcast apps.

Brian Alfred: brianalfred.net
Sound & Vision: soundandvisionpodcast.com
Link to the Agnes Martin quote on music vs art: criticalread.org/agnes-martin-in-coenties-slip/
Hokusai's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa
Glue Talk™: Brian's choice...UHU Stick and Jade adhesive

This talk originally aired as a live event on the Clubhouse App, November 16, 2021.

Please subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they release, and also please connect with the podcast on Instagram at @peptalksforartists and check out the bonus images that go with this episode.

Thanks for listening!

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