Pep Talks for Artists

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Ep 54: Interview w/ Artist, Judy Glantzman Sep 08, 2023

Show notes

Extremely thrilled to have the inimitable and infinitely wise #real_one, artist Judy Glantzman, on the podcast this week. We cover her artistic beginnings in the East Village scene of the 80's (buckle up for some great stories), the vibrant multidisciplinary work coming out of her Upstate NY studio today, and everything in between. Also, don't miss her incredible philosophies about making art sprinkled throughout, and her essential tips for beating Artist's block. Judy is a painter, collage artist and sculptor and has been awarded grants from the Guggenhein Foundation, NYFA-NYSCA, Pollock Krasner Foundation and Anonymous Was a Woman. She is also an educator (RISD, Pratt, NYSS, etc.) and is open to artists who need some online feedback-just dm her at the IG below.

Judy Glantzman is represented by Betty Cuningham Gallery in NYC. Also, find her on IG @judyglantzman

Works Mentioned:

The Pier (Abandoned Pier 34 in NYC) 1983-84

"The Missing Children Show" group mural installation with 5 other artists, incl David Wojnarowicz, in an abandoned factory building in Louisville, KY 1985

"Judy Glantzman Cuts Up Her Friends" 1985 exhibition of cut-out portraits at Steven Adams Gallery

"A Valentine for Lila" 2006

"She Juggles" 2006

"After Donatello" 2015

"Dark Prayer" 2016

"Reach" 2017

"Dawn Clements" 2019

More reading/links:

Essay "Judy Glantzman on Obituaries and Shadows | Art in Isolation" Painters on Painting blog 2020

Judy Glantzman interviewed on Beer with a Painter w/ Jennifer Samet for Hyperallergic blog

Hyperallergic article by Allison Meier with photos of The Pier

David Finn's photos of The Pier

Press kit from The Missing Children Show 1985 Louisville

Andreas Sterzing's photos of The Pier 1983-84

Artists mentioned: David Wojnarowicz, Mike Bidlo, John Fekner, Gordon Matta Clark, David Finn ("Masked Figures"), Kiki Smith, Huck Snyder, Peter Hujar Andreas Sterzing (photographer who documented the Pier), Charles Garabedian ("September Song," 2001 - 2003), Jacques Louis David, Francisco de Goya, Pablo Picasso ("Guernica"), Winslow Homer ("Dressing for the Carnival" 1877), Donatello, Charles Burchfield, Edgar Degas ("Little Dancer Aged 14" 1881), plus East Village galleries Civilian Warfare and Gracie Mansion

Judy's Artist's Block Blockers

(as summarized by Amy and her irrepressible need to be pithy):

1. Seed Theory (every part of a piece is a seed!)

2. Make a Doodle Painting *or* Make a Garbage Painting

3. Bravery Lives in the Living Room (and often in a basket!)

4. Nosy Nextdoor Neighbors

5. Be a Bad Art Student

6. Silly Geese Wear Paper Crowns

7. Your Work is Not Your Own

8. If You Think It, You Have to Make It

9. The Road to Freedom is Paved With Repetition (hot off the presses! in this ep!)

Thank you, Judy! Thank you, Listeners!

See you next time.

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Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: ⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3⁠⁠

Amy's website: ⁠⁠https://www.amytalluto.com/⁠⁠ Amy on IG: ⁠⁠@talluts⁠⁠

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Ep 51: The Bonnardians w/ Jennifer Coates & Elisabeth Condon Jul 11, 2023

Show notes

This week I welcomed back Jennifer Coates and Elisabeth Condon to the podcast to discuss the recent exhibition "Bonnard: The Experience of Seeing" at Acquavella Gallery, NYC April 12 - May 26, 2023. We each chose a single painting from the show to discuss and so I'm calling us The Bonnardians. It's a Bonnard-a-trois! Come along for a hilarious, smart and nerdy look at this fascinating post-impressionist artist.

Paintings:

(1)

Jennifer Coates

Bonnard's "The French Door (Morning at Le Cannet)"

"La porte-fenêtre (Matinée au Cannet)"

1932 Oil on canvas 34 7/8 x 44 3/4 inches

See the painting: https://tinyurl.com/2v59ntey

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Elisabeth Condon

Bonnard's "Golden Hair"

"La Chevelure D'or"

1924 Oil on canvas 26 1/8 x 21 inches

See the painting: https://tinyurl.com/yc8ynu8m

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Amy Talluto

Bonnard's "After Lunch/The Lunch"

"Apres le Dejeuner"/"Le Dejeuner"

1920 Oil on canvas 29 3/8 x 46 inches

See the painting: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/m9bnksf9⁠

Find Jennifer Coates online: http://www.jenniferlcoates.com/ and on IG: @jennifercoates666

Recent and Upcoming shows: "Love Fest" Platform Project Space, "I Spy a May Queen" Contemporary Art Matters: Columbus, OH, Catskill Art Space with David Humphrey

Find Elisabeth Condon online: https://www.elisabethcondon.com/ and on IG: @elisabethcondon

Recent and Upcoming shows: Emerson Dorsch, Miami, Solo Dec 3, 2023, "Rainbow Roccoco" at Kathryn Markel, NYC, Norte Maar Brooklyn Mural, "⁠⁠Made in Paint⁠⁠" at The Golden Foundation in New Berlin, NY thru Aug 2023

Find Amy Talluto online: https://www.amytalluto.com/ and on IG: @talluts

Recent and Upcoming shows: "Cut Me Up" Albany International Airport, "Appearances" Strange Untried Project Space July 22-23, 2023

Artists mentioned: Hokusai, The Nabis, Arthur Dove (at Alexandre Gallery), The Steiglitz Circle, Pablo Picasso, J M W Turner, Claude Monet, Charles Burchfield

Books/Writers mentioned: Jed Perl "Complicated Bliss" The New Republic, Dita Amory "Pierre Bonnard: the Late Still Lifes and Interiors," Francoise Gilot "Life With Picasso," Lucy Whelan "Pierre Bonnard Beyond Vision," Mira Schor's essay "Figure Ground" in "M/E/A/N/I/N/G:An Anthology of Artists’ Writings, Theory, and Criticism," Mira Schor's "The Osage Tree"

Episodes mentioned: Ep 50: Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting: Sam Francis' "Untitled", Ep 48: Interview w/ Catherine Haggarty

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Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Amy's website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amytalluto.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Amy on IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@talluts⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Ep 50: Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting / "Untitled" (The Edge Series) 1968-69 by Sam Francis Jun 27, 2023

Show notes

The new definition of painterly success just might be having Elisabeth Condon describe your painting. It's truly that satisfying. Elisabeth is back on the pod to describe a painting, and it's a fascinating one: "Untitled" 1968-69 from the Edge Painting series by Sam Francis. Come along as Elisabeth takes us not only through the painting itself, but also through Sam Francis' life and influences: namely that of his beloved Japan. The concept of "ma" or the potential of emptiness, Asian ink painting, and Francis' unique anti-New York gentle lyricism all factor in to make this talk a riveting deep dive into this Californian-born, second-generation Abstract Expressionist artist.

See an image of the painting here: https://tinyurl.com/2c487tpr (photo by Christopher Knight/LA Times) and https://tinyurl.com/ms8uxyj2 (photo by Elisabeth Condon)

See Sam Francis at LACMA: ⁠"Sam Francis and Japan: Emptiness Overflowing"⁠ is up at LACMA in Los Angeles thru July 16, 2023

More about Sam Francis: https://samfrancisfoundation.org/

Find Elisabeth Condon online: https://www.elisabethcondon.com/ and on IG: @elisabethcondon

Check out her work in person at The Golden Foundation in New Berlin, NY in "Made in Paint" (thru Aug 2023) and her mural-sized work at the Judy Genshaft Honors College Building at the University of South Florida (permanent). She is also now preparing for a solo show in December 2023 at Emerson Dorsch Gallery in Miami.

Other writers and artists mentioned: Paul Jenkins, Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Lewis, David Hinton (Chinese Art Scholar), Frida Kahlo, Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Marc Rothko, Pablo Picasso, Jean Miro, Paul Klee, David Park. Fernand Leger, Shirley Jaffe, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Georges DuThuit, Joan Mitchell, Ed Clark, Tachisme Abstraction Lyrique Movement, Jean Dubuffet, Wols, Norman Bluhm, Sherman Lee (Chinese Art Scholar), Sesshū (Sumi-e Master), Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Lee Ufan, Brice Marden, Monoha Group of Hawaii, Kiki Kokolvic, William Wilson (LA Times writer), Cecily Brown, Jackson Pollock, Steve DiBenedetto, Philip Guston, Nihonga Painting, Lisa Beck, Andrea Belag, Matthew Richie, Richard E. Speer (Art writer), Yoshiaki Tono

Materials mentioned: Magna Paint, Hoechst Dispersions, Flashe, Guerra Paint

Amy's show during Upstate Art Weekend: "Appearances" at the Strange Untried Project Space July 22-23, 11-6pm, More info: https://www.strangeuntried.com/ and on IG: @strange_untried

And the Cut Me Up Magazine collage exhibition at the Albany International Airport through Dec 2023.

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Ep 49: Interview w/ Choreographer, Julia Gleich Jun 03, 2023

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Join me this week as I welcome esteemed Choreographer, Julia Gleich! Julia, with Jason Andrew, is the co-founder of Norte Maar in Brooklyn and co-produces a collaborative ballet series every year called CounterPointe. This year marked the exciting 10th anniversary of the project. The series features 7 dances created through intense collaboration between 7 women choreographers and 7 women visual artists. Visual artists participate the entire way through the process and even create props for the performance.

As a dance newbie, I asked her many questions about using the rectangle of the stage, the types of props she uses, how she picks the music, and even her thoughts on ballet and the patriarchy. We found so many parallels between dance and visual art, like the importance of courting chaos, breaking out of what's expected, and the importance of putting your head down and making the work no matter what.

Some links to learn more:

Julia's Website: Gleich Dances

Norte Maar: CounterPointe

Julia's Instagram: @juliagleichdances (see reels to watch 2020 "Shaking the Trees" at the Tang Museum)

Norte Maar Instagram: @nortemaar (see reels to watch all of "Counter Pointe 10" and "Colibri")

Julia's Vimeo: user7031442 (watch "Unis Mundi: Survival Ceremonies")

Julia's Ballet Class: Beginners' Ballet Class at Peridance NYC

Apply to CounterPointe: (as a choreographer or visual artist ): nortemaar@gmail dot com

Extra links: Mira Schor 's "A Year of Positive Thinking" Blog post: "The Osage Tree", ⁠and Nicole Cherubini & Meg Lipke at the Tang Teaching Museum⁠

Julia's writings with Molly Faulkner appear in: the Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Ballet, an anthology for Intellect Books (Re)Claiming Ballet, and on vectors in the Dynamic Body in Space.

Dances mentioned: "Unus Mundi: Survival Ceremonies," w/ Meg Lipke University of Buffalo, "Colibri," w/ Tamara Gonzales CounterPointe 10/Mark O'Donnell Theater, "Shaking the Trees" w/ Nicole Cherubini & Meg Lipke Tang Teaching Museum, "100 Digits of PI" danced by Michelle Buckley

Dancers/Choreographers mentioned: Choreo: Serge Diaghilev & Vera Nemtchinova of Ballets Russes, Lynn Parkerson of Brooklyn Ballet, George Balanchine of New York City Ballet, Rudolf von Laban, Antony Tudor, Valerie Preston-Dunlop, Dancers: Gabrielle Lamb, Michelle Buckley, Audrey Borst, Timothy Ward, Kara Chen, Sara Jumper, Margot Hartley, Dianna Warren, Mikalla Ashmore, and shout out to all others who performed in the pieces we discussed

Artists mentioned: Tamara Gonzales, Meg Lipke, Nicole Cherubini, Etty Yaniv, Amanda Browder, Sharon Butler, Marc Chagall. Fernand Léger, Elisabeth Condon, Kiana Vega, Paula Part; also Fashion Designer, Liliana Casabal of Morgan Le Fay

Composers mentioned: Amery Kessler and Andrew Hurst

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Ep: 48 Interview w/ Artist, Catherine Haggarty May 18, 2023

Show notes

This week, I welcomed back, painter, Catherine Haggarty to the Peps pod. We spoke about her background as a high school basketball player and how the focus and commitment required to be an athlete have so many parallels to the life of an artist. Catherine makes luminous paintings and drawings using spray paint, acrylic, watercolor and oil stick of imagined domestic interiors, all put through her uniquely surrealist and prismatic lens. Also, find out what her term "Instagram Brain" means!

Catch Catherine's work in person in "Support Structures" at TSA (NY) until June 18, 2023

Catherine's website: www.catherinehaggarty.com and IG: @catherine_haggarty

The Canopy Program is online at www.nyccritclub.com or on IG: @the_canopy_program_

Catherine's uber-helpful How to Host A Studio Visitepisode

Catherine earned her MFA from Rutgers University and has recently shown her work with Geary Contemporary and Hashimoto Contemporary in NYC and at Badr el Jundi Gallery in Madrid. She recently showed her work at Future Fairs in NYC with Lorin Gallery (Los Angeles)

Works mentioned: LA Light, Too Many Ideas, Monument to work, Droste Effect for Max

Artists mentioned: Jennifer Coates, David Humphrey, Japanese Ukiyo-e artists, Matisse, Sylvia Mangold, Rita MacDonald, Chardin, Mary Cassatt, Catherine Murphy, Jasper Johns, Edward Hopper, Méret Oppenheim, Andrew Prayzner

Book mentioned: Looking at the Overlooked: Four Essays on Still Life Painting by Norman Bryson

*Shout out to all the Hall of Fame Dads past and present and especially to James Bernard Haggarty, who was the Bee's Knees.*

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Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s⁠

Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3⁠

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Mini Ep: Where is the Field of Dreams May 11, 2023

Show notes

This episode is a Mini! A little jalapeno popper for your ears and also a little nudge about putting ourselves out there more, being louder and taking up more space. Don't forget that the world needs our voices. You'll also learn more than you ever wanted about an obscure squishy baseball-type sport (played only in New Orleans and Chicago), which is adorably called "cabbage ball." Thanks for listening!

More info below about Paddy Johnson's nurturing artist career support program: Netvvrk

Link to Register: https://www.vvrkshop.art/netvvrk
Deadline: Sunday, May 14, 2023.
Discount: $20 off with code: PEPTALKS20.

PS: If you have already signed up and didn't get the discount, you can do so retroactively! Just email Support@vvrkshop.art and mention "PEPTALKS20"

Find Paddy online (Netvvrk) ⁠https://www.vvrkshop.art/⁠ and on Instagram ⁠@vvrkshop.art⁠

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Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: ⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s⁠⁠⁠

Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: ⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3⁠⁠⁠

Amy's website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.amytalluto.com/⁠⁠⁠ Amy on IG: ⁠⁠⁠@talluts⁠⁠⁠

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Bonus: 10 Tips for Writing Your Artist's Statement w/ Paddy Johnson of VVrkshop.art Apr 30, 2023

Show notes

Ready your note-taking typing fingers because this week's guest is none other than Paddy Johnson of VVrkshop.art and she's here to give us 10 best-practice tips for writing our artist statements, thank God! Paddy is the founder of Netvvrk, a supportive membership that helps artists level-up in their careers AND also an award-winning arts writer. She has edited a gazillion artists' statements in her program so she knows what's up. Come along with us as we deconstruct the ideal statement and dispel all whiffs of passive voice and artspeak.

Don't forget that Paddy is giving a free *Live* Masterclass on May 9th at 7:30pm ET called "How To Get Seen in the Art World." Click here to find out more/rsvp for the free masterclass: https://vvrkshop.lpages.co/get-seen-in-the-art-world-live-masterclass/

Also, Pep Talk listeners that join Netvvrk during the upcoming registration period can receive a $20 discount by entering the code: PEPTALKS20.

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Paddy's 10 Statement Writing Tips (in brief)

1) Create a Present/Past/Future hierarchy: Start with speaking about your present work, then past & then future

2) Describe the actual objects you make

3) Use plot to tell a story about your work's journey. Include "causality" and your "why": "The King died. Later, the queen died of grief"

4) Use the active voice and "I" statements

5) Unpack the metaphors in your work for the reader

6) Watch out for run-ons. No sentence should be longer than 2.5 lines in a Google Doc (Arial 11pt)

7) No more that 1 list per paragraph and no more than 3 items per list

8) Limit talk about your process to one sentence. Instead, focus on ideas

9) Length: People expect 2-3 paragraphs for a statement on your website. Don't forget to add a paragraph break after each 2 sentence block

10) Expect your statement to be ever-evolving (not static)

**Bonus 11** Write so that a 5th grader could understand and avoid artspeak / jargon (i.e. hegemony, praxis, Anthropocene).

Find Paddy online (Netvvrk) https://www.vvrkshop.art/ and on Instagram @vvrkshop.art

Artists mentioned: Elisabeth Condon, Hans Haacke, Vincent Van Gogh (Wheatfield with Crows), Charles Burchfield, Al Held, John Berger (Ways of Seeing)

Thank you, Paddy! Thank you, listeners!

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Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: ⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s⁠⁠

Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: ⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3⁠⁠

Amy's website: ⁠⁠https://www.amytalluto.com/⁠⁠ Amy on IG: ⁠⁠@talluts⁠⁠

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Ep 47: Let's Be Nothing Burgers Apr 12, 2023

Show notes

This episode is about letting play and non-seriousness back into our studios, with a dash of silly rabbits and mind-boggling space telescopes thrown in. Come along with me as I dive into the Nothing Burger state of mind.

Mentions: James Webb Telescope, Louella Parsons, Charles Garabedian, Rembrandt, Dick Gackenbach's "Mother Rabbit's Son Tom," Eva Hesse, Sol LeWitt

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Amy's in a group show "Blush" at ⁠Auxier Kline⁠ 19 Monroe Street NYC April 2-22, 2023!

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Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s⁠

Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3⁠

Amy's website: ⁠https://www.amytalluto.com/⁠ Amy on IG: ⁠@talluts⁠

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Ep 46: Dear Grete Stern... Mar 23, 2023

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This episode is a valentine of sorts... an homage to the German-Argentinian artist, Grete Stern, and how she snuck her incredible tragicomic feminist photomontages into a dream interpretation column into a 1950's Buenos Aires ladies' magazine during the reign of Peron and his Iron Fist. Cackle along with me as I take a deeper look at her hilariously sly and poignant photomontage illustrations. I'll also explain what exactly a photomontage is and how she constructed them - because it is extremely fascinating!

More reading:

Link to the 2015 MOMA show "From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires: Grete Stern and Horacio Coppola": https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1441

New Yorker article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/19/grete-sterns-rediscovered-dreams

Lapis: The Journal of the Institute of Fine Arts: https://wp.nyu.edu/lapis/grete-stern-amelia-russo/

Chopper Monster Blog post (in Spanish): https://choppermonster.com/idilio-una-revista-del-corazon-consultorio-psicoanalisis/

Stedelijk Studies Journal: https://stedelijkstudies.com/journal/a-new-womans-exile-in-buenos-aires-grete-sterns-photomontages-between-feminism-and-popular-culture/

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Amy's in a group show "Blush" at Auxier Kline 19 Monroe Street NYC April 2-22, 2023!

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Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists

Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s

Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3

Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts

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Ep 44: Unblocking Creative Block Mar 08, 2023

Show notes

What do we do if we get blocked in the studio? It's the absolute worst feeling and we all occasionally come down with this fever plague. I'll look at some books, some artist-to-artist tips, explore the strangely-relevant history of sugar packets, mule labor and much more to give us some tips for busting through any annoying walls that have dared to spring up around our creativity.

Books mentioned: "Creative Block" by Danielle Krysa, "Wired to Create" by Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire, "On Art and Mindfulness" by Enrique Celaya, "Your Creative Brain" by Shelley Carson

Artists mentioned: Agnes Martin, William Blake, Louise Bourgeois, Claude Monet, Shannon Rankin, Fiona Ackerman, Hollie Chastain

Benjamin Eisenstadt and the story of sugar packets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Eisenstadt

More about Mule Skinners: https://www.allthingsnature.org/what-is-a-mule-skinner.htm

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Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s

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Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts

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