Two Coats of Paint Conversations

"America: Idiomerica and the Terminal Century, a conversation with with R.C. Baker and Sharon Butler" Recorded live, Saturday, February 18, 2023, at Jennifer Baahng Gallery A BAAHNG SPOTLIGHT Production. Produced by Jennifer Baahng Gallery / Artists Bob Baker, Editor in Chief and art critic of the Village Voice and Two Coats of Paint publisher Sharon Butler delved into the ways their work grapples with the digital miasma, September 11, living in America at the turn of the century, and art as a vehicle for soft diplomacy. They discussed some of their older projects and their interest in the evolution of digital tools. This early work is on view in “Pitches and Scripts” at Baahng Gallery through March Episode notes: "Pitches and Scripts," Spotlight Series at Jennifer Baahng Gallery; R.C. Baker's gallery webpage, Sharon Butler's gallery webpage, MoMA Refik Anadol exhibition, Kevin Roose in NYTimes, A Conversation With Bing's Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled, Robin Pogrebin and Elizabeth A. Harris in NYTimes, Warren Kanders Quits Whitney Board After Tear Gas Protests, Colin Moynihan in NYTimes, After Surviving Opioids, Nan Goldin Goes After the Makers.

Recorded live, Monday, February, 20, 2023 / A multi generational conversation between Catherine Howe and Zachary Sitrin, with host, Sharon Butler, and guests Elizabeth Riggle, Peter Dudek, Elisabeth Condon, and Janice Caswell. We discuss what it means to spend a lifetime engaged in the solitary studio practice of painting. Episode notes: Brooklyn Rail Conversation with Rob Storr; Rob Storr's show at Kingfish Gallery in Buffalo; the story of the erased DeKooning; Roberta Smith's review of the Derrick Adams exhibition at the Flag Art Foundation. Read Two Coats of Paint here.

Recorded live on Clubhouse, Monday, February, 6, 2023 / Hosted by sculptor-professor Peter Dudek, moderated by Sharon Butler. A discussion about museums, especially the ones we haven't been to in ages. With Laurie Fendrich and Camilla Fallon.

Recorded live on Clubhouse, Monday, January 23, 2023 / Hosted by Adam Simon and Laurie Fendrich, moderated by Sharon Butler. Are contemporary artists and critics too nice about the work being made today? In an era of community-building, gratitude, and identity politics what has happened to honest opinions, harsh critique, and the scathing review? With guests Elisabeth Condon, Peter Dudek, Saul Ostrow, and Alexi Worth.

Recorded live on Clubhouse, Monday, January 2, 2023 / Moderated by painter and Two Coats of Paint Publisher Sharon Butler, hosted by sculptor-professor Peter Dudek. Listen to a live discussion about the art exhibitions we missed in 2022. Is it possible for artists to see too many exhibitions? Featuring artists-writers Laurie Fendrich, Franklin Einspruch, Patrick Neal, and painters Louise Belcourt and Catherine Howe.

A BAAHNG SPOTLIGHT Production. Produced by Jennifer Baahng Gallery / Recorded live on Saturday, October 8, 2022, at 2 pm. Noted poet and art critic Raphael Rubinstein sat down with artist and Two Coats of Paint publisher Sharon Butler to discuss “Next Moves,” Butler's solo exhibition at Jennifer Baahng Gallery in New York. In this BAAHNG SPOTLIGHT event, Rubinstein and Butler explore the nature of conjunctions, addenda, commutations, and the many ways artists navigate the passages from one body of work to the next.  A video of the conversation is available at BAAHNG SPOTLIGHT Conversations . Other links: Sharon Butler "Next Moves" at Jennifer Baahng Gallery / Sharon Butler Instagram Drawings / Raphael Rubinstein website and gallery project "The Silo" / Two Coats of Paint / Barkley Hendricks / Martin Barré / Francis Picabia   

Episode image courtesy of Sally Apfelbaum / Sally Apfelbuam's website / Artspace website / Artspace PS109 website / Art Republic Space website /  James Turrell Roden Crater project website / Donors to Roden Crater / Sacramento Warehouse Artist Lofts information

Links: Carolyn Zick's website Dangerous Chunky Carolyn's "Poets vs. Painters" Listinstagram.com/carolynzick/Chapbook ProjectSeattle people and organizations: Sharon Arnold, Eva Lake, Robert Yoder, Art DishDIY organization to bring attention to art blogs: Art Bloggers @Joanne Mattera's blogNew York Academy of ArtKimberly Brooks, The New Oil Painting The Crit Lab"Intimacies," the exhibition we discussed that features work by Crit Lab members, including Carolyn Zick. Jonathan Silver at Victoria Munroe Fine ArtTwo Coats of Paint websiteSharon Butler's website

Two Coats of Paint  /Teri Hackett  /Steve Hicks / Chris Moss / Sharon Butler / Matisse: The Red Studio /Hansen Pole Buildings / Garage Journal  /Shirk Pole Buildings 

“Pauline Decarmo: Exit,” LABspace, 2642 NY Route 23, Hillsdale NY. Through May 29, 2022 /Details about the event   / "Matisse The Red Studio at MoMA" / Jean-Michel Basquiat   / Two Coats of Paint Conversations / Follow the artists on Instagram: Julie Torres / Ellen Letcher / Sharon Butler  / Pauline Decarmo

Two Coats of Paint Conversations: https://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/conversations  /  Paddy Johnson's website  /  VVkrkshop  /  Calvin Tomkins, "The Monumental Success of Simone Leigh," The New Yorker, March 28, 2022  /  Gay Hendricks, The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level 

Painter and arts organizer Adam Simon talks with artists Kate Teale, Jude Tallichet, Elana Herzog about how they banded together to buy a painting by Larry Greenberg, the director of Studio 10 in Bushwick, a gallery where they had all had exhibitions. Helpful links: Adam Simon /  Kate Teale  / Jude Tallichet /   Elana Herzog / Sharon Butler / Studio 10 in Bushwick /  Four Walls / Fine Art Adoption Network / Larry Greenberg's  show "Slipping Space" at Slag Gallery /  $50 Stock Club for ArtistsImage: Giuseppe Castiglione, View of the Grand Salon Carré in the Louvre, 1861

Painter and art writer Alexi Worth joined Sharon Butler to discuss “Nearness” his solo show on view at DC Moore through February 12. Using abstracted shape and simplified color, Alexi's fleshy new paintings, made during the pandemic, suggest, among other things, an intimate meeting between two people, sipping wine from long stemmed glasses. Alexi shared a Top Ten list of shows to see in the galleries this month.Helpful Links: Two Coats of Paint / "Nearness" at DC Moore / Alexi Worth on Instagram / Tom Burckhardt at George Adams/ Amy Sillman's article about Louise Fishman in ArtForum / Interview in Bomb with Carroll Dunham about writing / Joshua Marsh at Mother Gallery /  Danica Lundy at Magenta Plains / The Medieval Body at Luhring Augustine / Feminism and the Legacy of Surrealism at Thomas Erben / Rackstraw Downes at Betty Cuningham / Matt Connors  at Canada / Rochelle Feinstein at Candace Madey, Bridget Donahue  / Chie Fueki at DC Moore / Luka Buvoli  / Brenda Goodman at Sikkema Jenkins / Rachel Rose at Gladstone / Olive Ayhens and Ezra Johnson at Platform Project Space in DUMBO  /  Sharon Butler

Diana Shpungin joins host Sharon Butler to discuss “Always Begin At The End” her solo installation on view at Smack Mellon through February 20. She uses an inventive drawing approach, common iconography, and found objects to address loss, memory, empathy and failure between the private and public, personal and political spheres.Useful links: Smack Mellon Exhibition / Diana Shpungin Studio /  Two Coats of Paint 

Mark Tribe joins Sharon to discuss the large-scale, data-generated landscape imagery on view in “Landscape Pictures,” his first solo show at Minus Space, his early digital work, and how he ended up painting landscapes. They touch on ecological transition, human extinction, the future of our wilderness experience, and the future of art.Useful Links: Minus Space  / Mark Tribe's Studio / Two Coats of Paint