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Episode Four brings us Wangechi Mutu's RIDING DEATH IN MY SLEEP, our first example of contemporary art inside the Galler-E for this exhibition! With RIDING DEATH IN MY SLEEP, we also discuss collage, colonialism, porno mags, crafting beauty out of pain, and how the way we make art can reflect what the art means. BIBLIOGRAPHY: • Image and write-up from Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/artwork/wangechi-mutu-riding-death-in-my-sleep • An amazing profile of Wangechi's work from the Saachi Gallery, London: https://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/wangechi_mutu.htm • A lovely biography of Wangechi Mutu from Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/wangechi-mutu/ • And finally, Wangechi Mutu's portfolio: http://www.wangechimutu.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yrdigitaldocent/support

This week at the Galler-E, we encounter one of the most famous female artists in the Western canon: Frida Kahlo. While we look at THE TWO FRIDAS, we also talk about how this example of her work dials into the questions of identity, romanticism, pain, and nationality that revolved around Frida for most of her life. BIBILIOGRAPHY: • Image of THE TWO FRIDAS from Google Arts & Culture: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-two-fridas/zAHG4EZ1WrwVYg?ms=%7B%22x%22%3A0.5191671129454426%2C%22y%22%3A0.31246344208525956%2C%22z%22%3A9.207836585381273%2C%22size%22%3A%7B%22width%22%3A1.336261331380315%2C%22height%22%3A0.6249268841705191%7D%7D • An amazing analysis of THE TWO FRIDAS courtesy of the Galeria Valmar, Barcelona: https://www.galeriavalmar.com/en/las-2-fridas/ • Biography of Frida Kahlo from the Frida Kahlo Foundation: https://www.frida-kahlo-foundation.org/biography.html • Article on the context of traditional Mexican dress from the exhibition FRIDA KAHLO: MAKING HER SELF UP from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/traditional-mexican-dress • Finally, "How Frida Kahlo Became a Global Brand" from Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-frida-kahlo-global-brand --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yrdigitaldocent/support

This week at the Galler-E, we discover Rosa Bonheur's Highland Raid and talk about its connection to the Romantic period across Victorian Europe, the insanely gifted and eccentric Bonheurs, why sewage keeps you away from boarding school, and court-ordered pants in the name of art. BIBILIOGRAPHY: • Image of HIGHLAND RAID from Google Arts & Culture: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/highland-raid/LgFFs-4LCo8eqw • Biography of Rosa Bonheur from the Art Story: https://www.theartstory.org/artist-bonheur-rosa-life-and-legacy.htm • Another biography from the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC: https://nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/rosa-bonheur • The Met's essay on Romanticism: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/roma/hd_roma.htm • "The Portrait That Forged a “Divine Marriage” Between Two 19th-Century Women Painters" from Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/437985/the-portrait-that-forged-a-divine-marriage-between-two-19th-century-women-painters/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yrdigitaldocent/support

In our first tour around the Galler-E, we check out Judith Leyster's The Concert and have a good chat about the Dutch Baroque period, Judith's amazing origins in a pub called the Lodestar, hustling in the 1630s, and the eternal nature of the extra in art, history, and art history. BIBILIOGRAPHY: • Image of THE CONCERT from Google Arts & Culture: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-concert/1gGDMZTfB1gjNw • Biography of Judith Leyster from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1485.html • Judith's Self Portrait (for your bad-ass edification needs): https://www.artsy.net/artwork/judith-leyster-self-portrait-1 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yrdigitaldocent/support