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Ep 90: How to Survive a Residency Rejection (*explicit) Jul 28, 2025

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*Disclaimer: This episode is meant to be funny and Amy would love to attend any of the aforementioned residencies. Please accept her if you find yourself on a panel. End disclaimer.*

Just got rejected from an artists' residency? Well, this is the mini-episode for you because I am going to let you in on a little technique I use to feel better. There's a curse word abundantly used throughout, so listen far away from small ears, Dear Listener!

(Unless the small ears are pets-pets don't have language centers in their brains so it's safe.)

I was a bit harsh on St Martin in the ep, and he did do a bit more than I gave him credit for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_de_Porres ... but he's still a deep cut.

Did I tell you that my confirmation name was "Melania"? Didn't age well!

Thank you!

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Ep 89: El Greco and the Whale Jun 23, 2025

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This is a little episode about how I think a one-of-a-kind whale is kind of like the 16th -17th century Mannerist artist El Greco, and also like us. It sounds a little far fetched but admit it, you like me when I’m weird, you weirdo’s

El Greco:

Artworks mentioned: “The Vision of St John” 1608-14 and "View of Toledo" 1599-1600 (El Greco), “Les Desmoiselles D’Avignon" 1907 (Picasso), "Rocks at Fontainbleu" 1890's (Cézanne)

Artists mentioned: Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Hilma Af Klint, Pablo Picasso, Eugène De la Croix, Salvador Dali, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Diego Velázquez, Titian, Tintoretto, Ignacio Zuloaga

Writers mentioned: Emily Dickinson, Franz Kafka, Roger Fry

Learn more about El Greco's figurine models with a fascinating lecture by Xavier Bray for the Frick Collection: https://youtu.be/_8xYkflNbU0?si=eCIL_P-tFdtPbDmOThe Whale:

Watch the documentary: https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/loneliest-whale?frontend=kui

Articles:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2025/02/01/the-52-hertz-whale-is-the-loneliest-animal-in-the-world-heres-what-we-know/

https://www.iflscience.com/fact-check-has-the-world-s-loneliest-whale-finally-found-a-friend-65797

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/13

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/inside-the-nail-biting-quest-to-find-the-loneliest-whale/

Thanks for listening!

Greek music "Greek Bouzouki Sentimental 13" by Omegamusic / Marios Georgiades / Nicosia, Cyprus

Whale songs courtesy of PMEL Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

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Ep 88: Resilience Through Research (Pt5) w/ Jennifer Coates May 26, 2025

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::CW: during the Kathe Kollwitz section, we discuss a print dealing with sexual assault::

Jennifer and I are back with our bushel baskets of researched artists of the past to soothe our shattered nerves. Tune in to hear about 6 artists that made exceptional work under strained circumstances: Käthe Kollwitz, John of Arderne - medieval surgeon and margin doodler, Gustav Metzger, William Gropper, David Hammons and Joan Miró.

Käthe Kollwitz notes:

"Käthe Kollwitz" exhibtion at MOMA May-June 2024

Emile Zola's novel "Germinal" 1885

"Scene from 'Germinal" 1893

"A Weavers' Revolt" series 1893-1897

Gerhart Hauptmann's play "The Weavers" 1892

"The Mothers" 1918

"Never Again" 1924

"R-ped" 1907

Francisco de Goya's "Disasters of War" series

Otto Dix "Der Krieg" 1924

John of Arderne notes:

Medical Treatises England: c.1376, re-copied and 1475-1500Sp Coll MS Hunter 251 (U.4.9) (see more here and here)

Misericordseatrest carvings in English medieval churches

Gustave Metzger notes:

The Viennese Actionists

Artist, David Bomberg

"Auto-destructive Art" 1961 London performance

"Flailing Trees" 2009

"Remember Nature" 2015

"Table" c.1957-8

The Fluxus movement

Documentary "Lifeline: Clyfford Still"

William Gropper notes:

"America: It's Folklore" 1946

Francisco de Goya's "Los Caprichos" series 1798

French political artist, Honoré Daumier

"Blacklist" and "Environment" from Gropper's Capriccios series 1953–57

David Hammons notes:

"The Melt Goes on Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons" Documentary 2022

Artist, Charles White

Artist, Betye Saar

"Bliz-aard Ball Sale" Performance New York, NY 1983

"Body Prints" 1968–1979

"Hair and Wire, Venice Beach" 1977

"Untitled" circa 1980s

"Higher Goals" 1983; 1986

"Untitled (Night Train)" 1989

Artist, Rachel Whiteread

Joan Miró notes:

Ballet Russes

Artist, Henri Matisse

"Mori el Merma" (Death to Merma) Theatrical collaboration with the Barcelona puppet troupe, La Claca, headed by Joan Baixas 1978 (watch here)

"Ubu Roi" by Alfred Jarry 1896

Artist, Meg Lipke

Current studio daemons: olm, volcano snail, and a rare algae of Blick Mead called Hildenbrandia

Thank you, Jennifer!

Jennifer' website: https://www.jenniferlcoates.com/

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Ep 87: CounterPointe Report w/ Elisabeth Condon & Jennifer Coates Apr 18, 2025

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Today's episode is a special conversation and recap of Elisabeth Condon and my experiences collaborating as visual artists in the ballet project CounterPointe (now in its 12th year) produced by Norte Maar and staged at the Mark O'Donnell Theater (Brooklyn) in March 2025. Jennifer Coates kindly came on to ask us questions about making props and what it was like for 2 newbies to enter the world of dance. Thanks, Jennifer!

Special thanks also to Norte Maar and its co-directors, Julia K. Gleich and Jason Andrew for their support of artists and creative collaboration.

More information about Elisabeth and Amy's work:

Elisabeth: https://www.elisabethcondon.com/ | @elisabethcondon

Amy: https://www.amytalluto.com/ | @talluts

More information about Julia Gleich and Jason Andrew's NorteMaar & CounterPointe12: https://www.nortemaar.org/projects/counterpointe12

Julia K. Gleich's website: https://www.gleichdances.org/

Julia Gleich interview on this podcast: Episode 49

The dances we discussed:

"Vermillion | 10" by Ava Desiderio and Elisabeth Condon

Dancers: Minami Ando, Lucia Betelu

Support structures: Elise Wunderlich

Music by Zero Eklipse and William Pilarte

Lighting: Evan Spigelman

Mark O'Donnell Theater, Brooklyn, March 2025

"And So It Begins" by Margaret Wiss and Amy Talluto

Dancers: Maya Tsuruki Holden and Jaclyn Kriewall

Music by Margaret Wiss

Lighting: Evan Spigelman

Mark O'Donnell Theater, Brooklyn, March 2025

"46 Gordon" by Julia K. Gleich and Nicole Cherubini

Dancers: Michelle Buckley, Kara Chan, Annie Freeman, Amber Neff, Ethan Schweitzer-Gaslin

Lighting: Evan Spigelman

Mark O'Donnell Theater, Brooklyn, March 2025

Special thanks to Jennifer Coates for interviewing us!

Jennifer's website: https://www.jenniferlcoates.com/

Jennifer on IG: @jennifercoates666

Artists mentioned: Henri Matisse, William Kentridge, Florine Stettheimer, Keisha Prioleau Martin, Meg Lipke, Elana Herzog, Nicole Cherubini, Alvin Ailey, Judith Jamison (Dancer), Julia K. Gleich (Choreographer), Jason Andrew

Dances mentioned: "Afternoon of a Faun" by the Ballet Russes, “Minutiae” (1954) Robert Rauschenberg and Merce Cunningham, "Cry" Alvin Ailey

Video mentioned: "How to Make Theater Props" by Eric Bucklein (not actually old but young) https://youtu.be/JSl5Vc8mej0?si=KWGdOxnijBiEEGZc

Book mentioned: Inigo Philbrick "All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud, and Fine Art"

Exhibition mentioned: "Edges of Ailey" at the Whitney

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Ep 86: The Source Channeler & The Market Child Mar 25, 2025

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In this audio essay, I roam from post-war France to the abstract expressionists to the artists of the East Village and even to outer space to consider times in art history when art was forced to bloom in the dark. These under-the-radar moments yielded deeply experimental work, and I wonder how we might channel some of that spirit in our own time.

Artists mentioned: Laurie Anderson, Joan Miro, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, David Wojnarowicz, and Judy Glantzman

Scientists mentioned: Robert H Dicke, Jim Peebles

Jim Peebles interviewed by Alan Lightman for the American Institute of Physics January 19, 1988 Princeton, NJ: https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/33957

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Ep 85: Meret Oppenheim's Titles Feb 27, 2025

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I'm offering for you here a new mini ep about what I've been thinking about lately: the wackiness of Meret Oppenheim's titles - and how they expand the mystery of her images rather than explain them.

I recently snagged the catalog from the Moma retrospective show from last year and highly recommend it if you don't have it yet. It's full of lovely color plates: https://store.moma.org/products/meret-oppenheim-my-exhibition-hardcover But I think cheaper ones are on Amazon?

Here are some images from the exhibition online too: https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5368

Some art news:

Tickets for CounterPointe12, a collaborative art ballet in Brooklyn March 8-9, 2025!

Check out "Mythology/Matriarchy" at the Middle Room Gallery in Los Angeles (Glendale) March 14 - April 27, 2025

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Ep 84: "Lifeline: Clifford Still" Film Review (Part 2) w/ Mandolyn Wilson Rosen Jan 31, 2025

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This is Part 2 of Mandolyn Wilson Rosen and my review of "Lifeline: Clyfford Still" 2019 directed by Dennis Scholl. It's a juicy art bio tell-all with a crusty curmudgeon as its talented but embittered subject. Don't forget to listen to Part 1 too!

Find the film on Amazon ($2.99 SD) or for free on ⁠Kanopy⁠

Find Mandolyn online at: ⁠https://mandolynwilsonrosen.com⁠ and on IG at ⁠@mandolyn_rosen⁠

Artists mentioned: Philip Guston, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Willem DeKooning, Frank Stella, Donald Judd, Paul Cezanne, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, Thomas Hart Benton,

Art Problems Podcast

Thank you, Mandy! Thank you, Listeners!

Visit RuthAnn, a new artist-run gallery in Catskill, NY at @ruthanngallery and ruthanngallery.com

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Ep 83: "Lifeline: Clyfford Still" Film Review (Part 1) w/ Mandolyn Wilson Rosen Jan 23, 2025

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Mandolyn Wilson Rosen is back on the podcast! This time, instead of a book we are talking about an artist documentary. The film is called "Lifeline: Clyfford Still" 2019 directed by Dennis Scholl. It's a juicy art bio tell-all with a crusty curmudgeon as its talented but embittered subject. Come along with us as we enter a turbulently Still world.

Find the film on Amazon ($2.99 SD) or for free on Kanopy

Find Mandolyn online at: https://mandolynwilsonrosen.com and on IG at @mandolyn_rosen

Links to the writings we mentioned:

Clyfford Still's "An Open Letter to an Art Critic" on Artforum

https://www.artforum.com/features/an-open-letter-to-an-art-critic-212151/

David Levi Strauss for Brooklyn Rail "From Metaphysics to Invective"

https://brooklynrail.org/2012/05/art/from-metaphysics-to-invective-art-criticism-as-if-it-still-matters/

Seph Rodney for Hyperallergic "Hoping is Not Enough"

https://hyperallergic.com/983414/hoping-is-not-enough/

Artists mentioned: Matthew Barney, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Lois Dodd, Julian Schnabel, Mark Bradford, Julie Mehretu, Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, Michelle Grabner

Writers mentioned: Seph Rodney, Paul Valéry, John Ruskin, Guillaume Apollinaire, John Ruskin, David Levi Strauss, Dore Ashton, Jerry Saltz, Ken Johnson, Clement Greenberg, Emily Dickinson's "'Hope' is the thing with feathers"

Thank you, Mandy! Thank you, Listeners!

Visit RuthAnn, a new artist-run gallery in Catskill, NY at @ruthanngallery and ruthanngallery.com

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Ep 82: Resilience Through Research (Pt 4) w/ Jennifer Coates Jan 10, 2025

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Jennifer Coates is back with me this week to cohost Part 4 of our series about researching our way to feeling better as artists. This time we go all the way back to 1306 to the Mongol empire and then zoom forward to the 1970's in the USSR and with a few more stops in between. We studied hard (and maybe got C minuses) but we ended up feeling inspired and hope you will too.

The artists we spoke about:

Zheng Sixiao of Southern China's Song Dynasty, "Ink Orchid" 1306, during Mongol Empire (Yuan Dynasty) under Kublai

Kasimir Malevich of Russia/USSR, "Black Square" 1915, "Girls in a Field" 1928-30, "Female Worker" 1933, Russian icon paintings

The Bulldozer Exhibition, 15 September 1974 and Oskar Rabin "Lamp and Shawl" 1974 & Lidya Masterkova "Untitled" 1974 of the Leonozovo Group, Photographs by Mikhail Abrosimov/ The Calvert Journal

https://www.edelman.com/insights/bulldozer-exhibition-my-eyewitness-account-russian-repression-6-am

Claude Cahun of Jersey (Channel Islands/France), Partner/Collaborator, Marcel Moore, "I am in training, don't kiss me" 1927, "What do you want from me?" 1929, "Self Portrait" 1939

The Nahua People of the Aztec Empire and the Florentine Codex: https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/ - facilitated by Franciscan Monk, Bernardino de Sahagún, Deep dive into the Codex with Dr. Diana Magaloni Kerpel, Deputy Director, Program Director, and Dr. Virginia Fields Curator of the Art of the Ancient Americas at the LA County Museum of Art (LACMA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUfg_WQwvMg

Gee's Bend Quilters of Alabama and their organization Souls Grown Deep: https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/

Other artists mentioned:

Elisabeth Condon, Piet Mondrian

**Disclaimer: As we are not historians by trade, some factual errors may have slipped through. Apologies if so **

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Amy Talluto online: ⁠⁠web⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠IG⁠⁠

Thank you, Jennifer! Thank you, Listeners!

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Ep 81: Elisabeth Condon Describes a Christina Ramberg Retrospective Dec 24, 2024

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Welcome back, Elisabeth! This time I am very excited to be speaking to Artist, Elisabeth Condon, about one of my favorite Chicago Imagists: Christina Ramberg.

The Art Institute of Chicago recently mounted a retrospective of Ramberg's work and Elisabeth travelled to see the show this past summer. She spent time telling me about her favorite works, but also offered insight into Ramberg's personality and teaching style - as Elisabeth was her student in graduate school at SAIC in the late 80's.

Ramberg is known for her small but tightly-wound acrylic paintings of disembodied women: truncated torsos, legless high heels shoes, floating suits, and body-less corsets, but also produced quilts and a series of satellite paintings shortly before she died at 49 of Pick's disease.

See more images from the Art Institute retrospective here:

⁠https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9723/christina-ramberg-a-retrospective⁠

Barry Schwabsky's review in The Nation:

⁠https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/christina-rambergs-public-secrets/⁠

Riva Lehrer AIC Lecture on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0afNYv3mfqo&t=2812s⁠

Thea Liberty Nichols AIC Lecture on YouTube:

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0ps_oQnrvs⁠

Julia Fish, Rebecca Shore and Judith Russi Kirshner AIC Panel on YouTube:

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQzpGJGot-k⁠

Find Artist, Elisabeth Condon online here: https://www.elisabethcondon.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/elisabethcondon/

Ramberg's artworks mentioned: "Untitled" 1980, Satellite Paintings "Untitled 122" 1986, "Istrian River Lady" 1974, "Probed Cinch" 1971, "Troubled Sleeve" 1974, "Bound Hand" 1973, "Untitled Hand" 1975, "Corset/Urns" 1970, "Lola La Lure" 1969, "Cabbage Head" 1968, "Belle Rêve" 1969, Quilt works, and "Satellite" series of the late 80's, Playboy Commission 1972 "Untitled", "Shadow Panel" 1972

Artists mentioned: Paula Modersohn-Becker, Utamaro "Two Girls with a Cricket Box," Jimmy Wright, Phillip Hanson, Jeff Koons, Ed Paschke, Mike Kelly, Erling Sjovold, Jackie Kazarian, Christopher Williams, Maureen P. Sherlock, Lori Gunn (Wirsum), Karl Wirsum, Roger Brown, William Eckhardt Kohler, Karl Kelly, Jackie Saccoccio, Jackie Cheng, Helen O'Leary, Helen O'Toole, Barbara Rossi, Ray Yoshida, Judith Russi Kirshner, Julia Fish, Riva Lehrer, Rebecca Shore

Others noted: Muriel Newman (Collector), Kanye West, Edith Wharton, Corbett VS Dempsey Gallery, Rozsika Parker and Griselda Pollock's "Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology"

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