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Ep 43: Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting / "Tree of My Life" by Joseph Stella Feb 08, 2023

Show notes

Our beloved guest host and artist, Elisabeth Condon, and her series "Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting!" are back for a new installment! This time Elisabeth chose to describe Joseph Stella's oil on canvas painting "Tree of My Life" from 1919 that she saw at The Norton Museum in "Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature." The show is traveling next to the High Museum and to the Brandywine Museum. It was an honor to have Elisabeth's wild and wonderful way of looking at painting again on the pod.

See "Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature" in person/online:

Norton Museum (since closed): https://tinyurl.com/yhv3paaw
High Museum (Feb-May 2023): https://tinyurl.com/szewk7f8
Brandywine Museum of Art (June-Sept 2023): https://tinyurl.com/yry6cry4
Barbara Rose's 1997 Essay "Flora" on Joseph Stella: https://www.tfaoi.org/aa/7aa/7aa792.htm
Joseph Stella works mentioned:"Tree of My Life," "The Voice of the City of New York Interpreted," "Brooklyn Bridge," "Battle of Lights, Coney Island"

More About Elisabeth Condon:

Web: https://www.elisabethcondon.com/ | IG: @elisabethcondon
Solo at Emerson Dorsch Gallery late 2023: https://emersondorsch.com/artist/elisabeth-condon/
Florida Art in State Buildings/Univ of South Fla, May 2023: https://tinyurl.com/5n8ycr8m
Painting at Freight & Volume Gallery: http://www.freightandvolume.com/

Artists Mentioned: Philip Guston, 4 Gentlemen of the Orchid, Bamboo, Chrysanthemum & Plum, Chinese Scroll Painting, Charles Burchfield, Odilon Redon, Paul Gauguin's "Vision and the Sermon," Hieronymus Bosch, Dziga Vertov's "Man with a Movie Camera," Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain," Agnes Pelton, Henri Rousseau's Paris paintings, Umberto Boccioni & the Italian Futurists, Precisionists: Sheeler, Demuth & Schamberg, Patrick Henry Bruce, Diego Velázquez, Rembrandt, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley

Writers mentioned: Barbara Rose, Immanuel Kant, Gaston Bachelard's "Poetics of Space," Henri-Louis Bergson, Lewis Mumford, Walter Conrad Arensberg, Gertrude Stein, Maurice Tuchman

Eps mentioned: #38 (Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting #1) and #15 (Review of "Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985")

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Ep 42: Should Artists Attend Art Fairs? w/ Jennifer Coates Jan 13, 2023

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Should artists go to the fairs? Or should we just leave it to the galleries and collectors? Is it too soul-crushing, or are there benefits? The hilarious Jennifer Coates is back to cohost with me this week (yay!) and I took the opportunity to grill her about her recent experience as an artist visiting "Untitled", a major art fair in Miami. Her gallery High Noon was presenting her work there as a solo booth and she went full immersion for 4 days. I went into the episode with a decided "nope" as my answer, but Jennifer kind of brought me around by bringing up some excellent points and ways to reframe one's goals. We cover how to approach gallery booths, recount some outrageous art fair fashion and discuss how to manage all your squeamish feelings while at the fair. You don't want to miss!

Jennifer Coates: web: http://www.jenniferlcoates.com/ ig: @jennifercoates666

Amy's hypothesis of how bottom-b00b bikinis might work: "Tensegrity" https://jkbrickworks.com/tensegrity-sculpture/

"F*ck No" book by Sarah Knight

ALERT! Pep Talks has a new written-to-be-read blog column with illustrations over on Art Spielblog! It's called "Whisperings from the Wormhole with @talluts" and will release monthly all of 2023. The posts are essays based on previous podcast solo episodes. Check it out here: https://artspiel.org/whisperings-from-the-wormhole-with-talluts/

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Whisperings from the Wormhole Blog Column on Art Spiel: https://artspiel.org/whisperings-from-the-wormhole-with-talluts/

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Ep 41: Artist Pet Peeves w/ Jennifer Coates Dec 22, 2022

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The wonderful Jennifer Coates is back in the co-host seat this time to help me kvetch about all things art and being an artist. We come correct with a panoply of over 35 heartfelt pet peeves. It was our pleasure to also dive into the IG mailbag for some Listener Peeves!

Where do pushpins go when they fall to the floor and immediately vanish? Why is titanium white sold out more often than not? Why are applications so often left on "read"? Also, why is the art world so ageist? These and so many more peeves will be aired and brought into the light. We hope you'll relate to our shared angst and grind your teeth along with us. Join in for some non-toxic negativity!

Jennifer Coates: web: http://www.jenniferlcoates.com/ ig: @jennifercoates666

Peeve Contributors: Thank you to the following artists: Monica Church, Bonnie Paisley, Jessica Plattner, Natalie Lerner, Lawre Stone, Joey of Radius Studios, Jane Fine, Jane McKenzie, Amy McCormac, Kat Dufault, Mary McFerran, Melissa Capasso, MaryAnne Murray, Kirsten Borror, Alicia Mikles and Linda Stillman

Other Artists Mentioned: Michael Berryhill, Bridget Riley, Frida Kahlo, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Clarity Haynes

Essays/Articles Mentioned:

Talking to yourself is a sign of intelligence: https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/why-talking-to-yourself-out-loud-might-be-just-what-your-brain-needs/

Clarity Hayne's amazing essay "On Detail": https://tartblog.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/on-detail-embracing-the-forbidden/

Thank you to all who helped make this episode a reality by sending in peeves!

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Ep 40: Interview w/ Natalie Beall Nov 23, 2022

Show notes

Collage artist and sculptor, Natalie Beall, joined me to chat about her work this week. We spoke about both her paper collage series "Utility Suite" and her painted wood and clay sculptures that tweak 2-D and 3-D space through a quiet visual flattening. Her mysterious images seem to represent game boards, domestic storage racks or display shelves that have long-lost their instructions and vital functions. Her palette is based on the muted tones of domestic interior paint chips and Canson Mi Teintes papers, and features soft oranges, browns, blues, greens, creams, grays and black. Please visit the @peptalksforartists Instagram to see images of Natalie's work!

Natalie's website: www.nataliebeall.com

Natalie on IG: @natalie_beall

Glue Talk™: Natalie uses Lineco Neutral PH Adhesive

Specific works mentioned: Utility Suite Series: "Rack" and "Rocker;" Sculptures: "Twisting Board," "Course," "Dormer," "Storage Solution (Tender Sling)," "Lacing Post" and "Pith-Peg (A Pastime)"

Mentions: Joseph Cornell's "Soap Bubble Set" 1942, Jim Gaylord, Canson Mi Teintes papers, The Shaker communities of Upstate NY, Saltonstall Artist-Writer Residency for artist-parents of NY state, Interlude Residency for artist-parents, Real Nifty Vintage youtube channel.

Natalie Beall's collage project, Utility Suite, is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.

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Ep 39: "Soft Play" w/ Olivia Baldwin, Melissa Dadourian, Sidney Mullis & Kelsey Tynik Nov 10, 2022

Show notes

Join me this week as I speak to 4 artists working in mixed media and textiles (Olivia Baldwin, Melissa Dadourian, Sidney Mullis and Kelsey Tynik) about their show at Collar Works in Troy, NY called "Soft Play." We spoke about the works in the show, textiles in art, craft and fine art and the intermingling of the two, and the legacy of our mothers and grandmothers passed down through sewing. Also! Tune in for a Bonus 4-way Glue Talk. And double bonus: I couldn't resist asking Kelsey about her legendary possum-cam at her apartment in Brooklyn featuring Walter, the possum.

Links and Artists' Info:

"Soft Play" at Collar Works in Troy, NY Thru Dec 10, 2022 Web: http://collarworks.org/exhibitions IG: https://www.instagram.com/collarworks/
Artists' Talk at Collar Works, moderated by Jason Andrews, Dec 11, 2022 at 1pm
Olivia Baldwin: Web: https://livbaldwin.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/oliviaebaldwin/
Melissa Dadourian: Web: https://www.melissadadourian.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/stringgirl/
Sidney Mullis: Web: https://www.sidneymullis.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/sidney_mullis/
Kelsey Tynik: Web: https://kelseytynik.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/ktynik/

Glue Talk™: Sidney / Weld Bond, Elmer's Glue All, Wood Glue, Laminating Resin; Kelsey / Rubber Cement, glue stick, Tight Bond wood glue; Olivia / Rubber Cement, Golden Matte Medium; Melissa / Aleene's Tacky Glue, iron-on glue sheets

Mentions: Textile Arts Center of Brooklyn, NY, Arts, Letters & Numbers Residency, The Corpse Flower at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Brother Knitting Machine

Walter the Possum: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17874020101538825/
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Ep 38: Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting / "Wanderings, Bilbao" by Jules Olitski Oct 30, 2022

Show notes

Break a bottle of bubbly beverage over the hull, because today, Pep Talks is launching the very first installment of..."Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting!" In this episode, Elisabeth chose to describe Jules Olitski's "Wanderings, Bilbao: Orange Yellow and Blue" acrylic on canvas painting from 2004. She recently saw the painting at The Sam and Adele Golden Gallery in New Berlin, NY, in "Jules Olitski: Late Works." The show is up until March 2023 and another concurrent show of his works is also up at Yares Gallery in New York. It was an honor to have Elisabeth's wild and wonderful way of looking at painting on the pod. Tune in to hear me giggling helplessly for the entire show. Thank you, Elisabeth!

Check out an image of the painting here: https://www.juxtapoz.com/media/k2/galleries/71162/Wanderings_Bilbao.jpg

Jules Olitski Exhibition info:

"Jules Olitski: Late Works" thru March 3, 2023at The Sam and Adele Golden Gallery, 188 Bell Road, New Berlin, NY

"Jules Olitski: 100 Paintings, 100 Years" thru Jan 14, 2023 at Yares Art, 745 5th Ave, 4th Floor, New York, NY

Juxtapose Magazine: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/jules-olitski-late-works-the-sagg-at-golden-artist-colors-in-new-berlin-new-york/

Elisabeth Condon info:

Website: https://www.elisabethcondon.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/elisabethcondon/

Norte Maar Mural: https://www.nortemaar.org/projects/norte-maar-mural-project

The Golden Foundation Artist Residency:

https://www.goldenfoundation.org/residency/about-the-golden-foundation-residency/

Shoutouts: Suminagashi marbling technique, Kemper Museum, Writer: Louis Finkelstein, Writer: Karen Wilkin, Jackson Pollock, Claude Monet, Rembrandt's "Self-Portrait" 1658, Velazquez, Man Ray, Hilma Af Klint, Paula Wilson, The Surrealists, Charles Burchfield, Cezanne, Magna Paints, Helen Frankenthaler, Willem DeKooning, Elizabeth Murray, Writer: Norman L. Kleeblat, Eugene Delacroix, The Journal of Eugene Delacroix, Writer: G. K. Chesterton, Meryl Streep, NYC Crit Club, Golden Fellows: Meng-Yu Wen & Marcello Pope, Kohler Residency, Corning Residency, Shari Mendleson, Karl Kelly, Carl Plansky & Williamsburg Paint, Milton Resnick, Pat Passlof, Kiana Vega, Estefania Velez Rodriguez, Angel Garcia, Paulapart

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Ep 37: Interview w/ Paula Wilson Oct 20, 2022

Show notes

As a super fan, I was thrilled to welcome multi-media artist, Paula Wilson to the podcast this week. Paula joined me to talk about her current show, "Imago," at Denny Dimin Gallery in NYC (up right now through Oct 29, 2022) and also allowed me to pepper her with questions about her work in general. Paula works in expansive ways with collage, large-scale woodcut, video, and painting and lives and works in the remote high desert town of Carrizozo, NM. She uses personal symbols and experimentation to create a unique blend of art and life--all tied to the land.

Find Paula online: paulajwilson.com/ (web) and @paulalights

Carrizozo AIR Program and MoMAZoZo: https://carrizozoarts.com/air (co-run by Paula Wilson, Mike Lagg, Joan Malkerson & Warren Malkerson)

Current and upcoming exhibitions:

Denny Dimin Gallery "Imago" (thru Oct 29, 2022)
MOCA Tucson "Plein Air" (thru Feb 5, 2023)
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College "Toward the Sky’s Back Door" (Jul 15 - Dec 30, 2023)
Colby College Museum of Art "Ashley Bryan / Paula Wilson: Take the World into Your Arms" (Feb 17 - July 17, 2023)
Albuquerque Museum "Nicola López and Paula Wilson: Becoming Land" (thru Feb 12, 2023)
Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL (opens late Nov 2022)

Artists mentioned: Paula's partner, collaborator & wood-worker, Mike Lagg, Sound artist, Soleil Corazón-Libre, Georgia O'Keeffe, Agnes Martin, Marsden Hartley, The Desert Transcendentalists (Agnes Pelton)

Other shoutouts: Octavia Butler's "Xenogenesis" (Lilith) trilogy, Venus de Willendorf as self-portrait?, "Spread Wild: The Pleasures of the Yucca" at Smack Mellon, Turkey vultures, "Salty & Fresh" video work, Episodes 30 & 33 of this podcast

Glue Tawk™: Paula uses Fusion 4000, an iron-on adhesive from Talas in Brooklyn AND Padding Compound

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Ep 36: Warding Off Bitterness Oct 10, 2022

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Today's episode is all about avoiding the trap of that old heap of coffee grounds and lemon peels: Artistic Bitterness. I investigate how artists of history, like Carmen Herrera, Louise Bourgeois and Laurie Simmons, persevered and dealt with feeling like their work was ignored by the art scene. I also read some quotes from the eternally wise Enrique Martinez Celaya. Also, why am I always bringing up Lawrence of Arabia? I've never even watched the movie! Also, I hate discouraging art stats!

Come along with me as I discover the secret keys to the Non-Bitterness Kingdom and attempt to quantify, label and identify them for fellow and future seekers.

Artists mentioned: Carmen Herrera, Louise Bourgeois, Enrique Martinez Celaya, Marsden Hartley, Laurie Simmons, Liam Gillick, Portia Munson, Comedian Maria Bamford, Tik Tok Creator/Actor/Writer Kiersten Lyons (TTK @kierstenlyons or kierstenlyons.com)

Texts Mentioned: "On Art and Mindfulness" by Enrique Martínez Celaya, "At 106, Carmen Herrera Is Taking the Art World By Storm" by Grace Bonney/Town & Country, "13 Artists Give Advice to Their Younger Selves by Alexxa Gotthardt"/Artsy, "The Bitter Pill You Must Swallow if You Want Success" by Bryan E. Robinson Ph.D./Psychology Today, "Shoshin (Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind)" by Shunryū Suzuki, "The Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois" by Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan

*Special thanks to my sweet outro team: Steve Donelson, Abby Gardner and Claire Gardner, lover of lemons. You three are the best half-Talluto's in the world.

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Ep 35: Interview w/ Liz Weiss Sep 30, 2022

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This week, join me as I talk to Liz Weiss about her fascinating "Paxlovid Nightmare" series of watercolors that she made at the kitchen table in her New York City apartment. These small, vibrant works were directly inspired by the vivid dreams she had while talking the Covid medication. We also go deep into the topic of getting back to your work after an extended break, as Liz worked for many years as a psychoanalyst and put her art on pause.

Find Liz Weiss online at:

Web: elizabethweiss.net | Instagram: @lizweissny
Curatorial: Here, There And Everywhere: Women’s Imagination Post COVID Lockdown at Foley Gallery (w/ panel discussion)

Liz's works mentioned:

"Paxlovid Nightmare #7: A TERRIBLE TASTE IN YOUR MOUTH FOREVER IN DREAMS. Will that cat put the fire out???"
"Paxlovid Nightmare #8. I TRIED TO SAY GOODBYE TO MARILYN IN NORTH JERSEY. ALL MY DEPARTED RELATIVES WERE THERE: ALIVE. I MISSED MY CHANCE. That’s Louise and Stewart’s pool"
"Paxlovid Nightmare #10: A TRAY OF DEAD BEES IN A FRIENDLY PAINTING COMPETITION. Jane Fine was my main contender but we always seem to get along well. Her bee tray won. I was not a sore loser because hers was exceptional"
"Paxlovid Nightmare #17 : SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS NOT LIKE ME. Go get the f*ck out of my dreams"
"Post Paxlovid Nightmare #19: I WOKE UP IN A RED CAR AFTER ARRIVING AT MY DESTINATION WHICH WAS CORRECT. IT WAS A PARTY THAT I HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF BEING INVITED TO. MY FRIENDS MOM WAS PRESENT AND IT WAS AWKWARD BECAUSE SHE WAS A PUBLICLY CONVICTED CRIMINAL AND I WANTED TO BE POLITE."
"Typical Nightmare #21. WE HAVE A SITUATION IN THE BASEMENT"
"Hug Mountain" series

Artist shoutouts: Erika Ranee, Jane Fine, NYC Crit Club, Judy Glantzman, Jackie Shatz, Mie Yim, Alma Thomas: The Studio Museum in Harlem & Mnuchin Gallery, Sahel: Art and Empires at the Met, Giorgio Morandi, Masaccio's "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden," Dala Horse of Sweden, Rogier van der Weyden "The Annunciation," Nick Ut "The Napalm Girl," John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" (discussed in Ep. 32), Susan Rothenberg, Katherine Bradford, Julie Kunin & Yevgenia Baras at Mother Gallery, Paula Wilson at Denny Dimin Gallery, Loretta Howard: artist-gallerist, Brenda Goodman, Andrea Belag

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Ep 34: Interview the Interviewer w/ Etty Yaniv, Artist & Founder of Art Spiel Sep 14, 2022

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I welcome Etty Yaniv to the podcast this week! Etty lives and works in Brooklyn but is from Tel Aviv. She makes small paintings, drawings and sculptures, but also creates room-sized installations of swirling vortexes of plastic and found materials. She is the founder of Art Spiel, an online arts magazine, that interviews under-represented artists doing rigorous work and also offers reviews of exhibitions at non-profit and artist-run spaces. A new installment of Glue Tawk™ is forthcoming too, for those who love glue.

Etty can be found online here: ettyyanivstudio.com (web) @etty.yaniv (Instagram)

Art Spiel can be found here: artspiel.org (web) @artspiel (instagram)
German & Yiddish definition of Spiel or Shpiel: שפּיל, shpil, 'play' or German: Spiel, 'play'

Catch Etty's work in person at her current exhibitions:
-"Detachments" curated by Dasha Bazanova at space 776 at LES, NYC (through Oct 5, 2022)
-"Fire and Water" - 2 person show w/ Christina Massey, curated by Carol Salmanson, at Hudson Guild Art Gallery in Chelsea NYC (through Nov 2, 2022)
-"Appendices" at Nancy Dryfoos Gallery at Kean University, Union, NJ (through December 7, 2022)
-“Tides and Currents” curated by Jeanne Ciravolo at AVS gallery UCONN, Groton, CT (through Oct 16 2022)
-"Etty Yaniv: Inversion at Palazzo Mora in Venice" 2022 Venice Biennale. Palazzo Mora in Venice, Italy (through Nov 27, 2022) - Art Fuse Review
-"Kameyama Triennial," Kameyama, Japan, curated by William Norton and Kei Kihara (Oct 30 - November 19, 2022)
-Etty will be an artist-in-residence at the Golden Foundation Artist Residency this October as well!

Glue Tawk™: Etty uses Golden's Matte and Gloss Mediums!
Artist shoutouts: Paul Klee late drawings, Joanne Ungar, Christina Massey, Carol Salmanson

Recommended Writers/Poets: Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, W. G. Selbald, Franz Kafka, Virgina Woolf, Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska, Olga Tokarczuk

Thank you, Etty!
Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists
Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts / Open Studio info: Sept 18-19 at Underdonk, Bushwick, 1-6pm
Donate to the Peps: Buy Me a Coffee or https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support.

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