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Our third of four Bill Lane Center for the American West podcasts featured Stanford's Alex Nemerov in conversation with Michael Krasny. The discussion began with what makes Western art distinctive and what captured Alex's imagination. Michael then explored Alex's approach to curating art exhibitions and discussed the influences of Alex's father, celebrated poet Howard Nemerov, and his aunt, iconic pioneer photographer Diane Arbus. This led to a discussion of Susan Sontag's book on photography and photography's status as fine art. The conversation then broadened to explore various themes: women artists, Jasper Johns, the universal and spiritual elements in art, solipsism, art for the marketplace versus art for art's sake, and socially purposeful versus aesthetic art. Alex shared both personal and professional perspectives on art's power—from its inward transformative and transfiguring effects to its broader meaning and potential as a world-changing agent. The interview concluded with a discussion of kindness, and Alex revealed what he considers the greatest work in American art.
This is the first episode of a new season focused on the craft of writing in art history. Sara Houghteling (special projects coordinator for the Research and Academic Program and a fiction writer) speaks with Alexander Nemerov, professor of art history at Stanford University, about his most recent book, The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830s. He discusses his writing process, how his craft has changed over time, and this current book's varied sources of inspiration—from painting and poetry to time spent in nature and pilgrimages to historical sites.
In this wide-ranging conversation, Alexander Nemerov discusses his life and work with Stanford senior Noah Sveiven. Topics include the art history professor's two most recent books – The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830s and Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York – along with Nemerov's relationship with his parents, some recollections from childhood, and reflections on university life. Office Hours Air is a new Stanford Daily podcast and radio program. The show, created and hosted by Noah Sveiven, features guests in conversation about their work and the experiences in their life that drew them to that work. Sveiven hopes the program will be of interest to other undergraduates discerning their callings, as well as anyone else wanting to try out new ways of thinking. Sveiven also envisions the show as a way to archive the experiences and perspectives of his guests. Office Hours Air is produced weekly and available online on all major podcast platforms. For more podcasts by The Stanford Daily, stanforddaily.com/category/podcasts. Managing Editor and Producer: Ellen Yang
Halloween has always been a special time for classic movies. From the early Universal Studios monster films to the psychological thrillers of ALFRED HITCHCOCK to the gory blood-bathes of the 1980s slasher films, Hollywood understood that people love to be frightened. In this Halloween episode, hosts Steve and Nan share some of the perhaps lesser-known scary movies to enjoy this Halloween season. Some are really great; some...not so much. But they all have a special place in Steve and Nan's demented little hearts. So pull the covers up tight, keep the lights on and ignore that thump in the night as they explore a few fun eerie movies. SHOW NOTES: Sources: Les Diaboliques: French Film Guide (2005), by Susan Hayward; Simone Signoret: The Star As Cultural Sign (2004), by Susan Hayward; Nostalgia Isn't What It Used to Be (1979), by Simone Signoret; “Reviews: Diabolique,” February 17, 1995, by Roger Ebert, www.rogerebert.com; “Director John Hancock Reflects On ‘Let's Scare Jessica To Death',” October 20, 2021, Harbor Country News; “Simone Signoret Dies at 85 in France,” October 1, 1985, The New York Times; “Remembering Jessica: An Interview with Mariclare Costello,” July 2011, The Terror Trap; “On The Prowl,” March 12, 2006, by Roger Ebert. www.rogerebert.com; “The Pretty World: The Films of Val Lewton,” October 4, 2019, by Alexander Nemerov, The Criterion Collection; “Reviews: Carnival of Souls,” October 27, 1989, by Roger Ebert, www.rogerebert.com; Wikipedia.com; IMDBPro.com; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com; Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
America in the 1830s was stranger than we might think: cities were made of wood, primeval forests towered above East and West coasts alike, and the Great Dismal Swamp still swallowed more than a million acres of Virginia. Alexander Nemerov, an art historian at Stanford University, brings this unruly and uncanny world to life in his new book, The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830s. Neither history nor fiction, the book offers dozens of gem-like stories of man's last real encounters with these ancient forests: Nat Turner's woodland hiding place, the inscription of the Cherokee language both in trail trees and on paper, Harriet Tubman's view of the Leonid meteor shower, the painter Thomas Cole's top hat of felted beaver fur. Nemerov joins us on the podcast to discuss what his unusual approach reveals about this turning point between civilization and the wild.Go beyond the episode:Alexander Nemerov's The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830sSaidiya Hartman's Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments is a luminous work of historical imaginationYou can walk along Chicago's lone wooden block alley, a remnant of the world that went up in smoke in the Great Fire of 1871The Great Dismal Swamp may have shrunk, but it's still thereVisit the episode page for a selection of paintings by Thomas Cole and Sanford Robinson GiffordTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.Subscribe: iTunes • Stitcher • Spotify • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you'd like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! Our theme music was composed by Nathan Prillaman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of THE FOREST, Alexander Nemerov, about his truthfully subjective image of America in the 1830s Alexander Nemerov is Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Stanford University. His new book, The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830s, is just out from Princeton University Press. His most recent book is Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York, published by Penguin in 2021 and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography.in 2021.He has recently published essays on Adaline Kent, John Quidor, Deana Lawson, Clifford Ross, Wilson Bentley, Jasper Johns, Perugino, Tintoretto, and the social history of art. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lauren and Chris welcome special guest, Erin Piemont, back to A/V Art Club. This episode's topic is Alexander Nemerov's Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York. Tune in to hear everyone's take on the book, as well as a discussion on the resounding impact, for better or for worse, of Abstract Expressionism on art today.Check out Lauren's Patreon at:https://www.patreon.com/laurenstarotCheck us out on Instagram at:@laurenpiemont@chrisclampart@avartclubEmail us at:avartclubpodcast@gmail.com
What is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen? (Interview in English) What can we learn from art? How has it shaped us as humanity and how has our society shaped art? In today's episode, I talk with Professor Alexander Nemerov. He's a professor at Stanford University in Arts and Humanities. Some friends of mine who were also studying at Stanford University then, were so excited to attend his lecture that I've been looking forward to this conversation for a long time. Alexander is professor with passion and full of heart. It was very touching to listen to his theses and ideas and also to be able to talk to him about art and mindfulness. More about Alexander Nemerov: https://art.stanford.edu/people/alexander-nemerov Book recommendation: The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust - - - - Was können wir von Kunst lernen? Wie hat es uns als Menschheit geprägt und wie hat unsere Gesellschaft die Kunst geprägt? In der heutigen Folge unterhalte ich mich mit Professor Alexander Nemerov. Er ist Professor an der Stanford University für Arts and Humanities. Einige Freunde von mir, die damals auch an der Stanford University studierten, waren so begeistert von seiner Vorlesung, dass ich mich sehr lange auf dieses Gespräch gefreut habe. Alexander ist Professor mit Leidenschaft und mit vollem Herzen dabei. Es war sehr berührend seinen Thesen und Ideen zuhören zu dürfen und auch mit ihm über Kunst und Achtsamkeit sprechen zu können. Du erfährst in dieser Folge: Warum dein beruflicher Titel nichts über dich als Person aussagt Wie du deine Ängste überwinden kannst Warum du unbedingt nach den schönen Momenten des Lebens Ausschau halten und sie mit ganzem Herzen erleben solltest Ich freue mich sehr auf deine Gedanken zur Folge auf Instagram unter @jasminchiarabauer und über deine Bewertung auf iTunes!
Alexander Nemerov brings us the story of pioneering artist Helen Frankenthaler and a look into New York's 1950s art scene.
At the dawn of the 1950s, a promising and dedicated young painter named Helen Frankenthaler, fresh out of college, moved back home to New York City to make her name. By the decade's end, she had succeeded in establishing herself as an important American artist of the postwar period. In the years in between, she made some of the most daring, head-turning paintings of her day and also came into her own as a woman: traveling the world, falling in and out of love, and engaging in an ongoing artistic education. She also experienced anew—and left her mark on—the city in which she had been raised in privilege as the daughter of a judge, even as she left the security of that world to pursue her artistic ambitions. Brought to vivid life by acclaimed art historian Alexander Nemerov, these defining moments—from her first awed encounter with Jackson Pollock's drip paintings to her first solo gallery show to her tumultuous breakup with eminent art critic Clement Greenberg—comprise a portrait as bold and distinctive as the painter herself. Inspired by Pollock and the other male titans of abstract expressionism but committed to charting her own course, Frankenthaler was an artist whose talent was matched only by her unapologetic determination to distinguish herself in a man's world. Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York (Penguin Press, 2021) is an exhilarating ride through New York's 1950s art scene and a brilliant portrait of a young artist through the moments that shaped her. Allison Leigh is Assistant Professor of Art History and the SLEMCO/LEQSF Regents Endowed Professor in Art & Architecture at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her research explores masculinity in European and Russian art of the eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At the dawn of the 1950s, a promising and dedicated young painter named Helen Frankenthaler, fresh out of college, moved back home to New York City to make her name. By the decade's end, she had succeeded in establishing herself as an important American artist of the postwar period. In the years in between, she made some of the most daring, head-turning paintings of her day and also came into her own as a woman: traveling the world, falling in and out of love, and engaging in an ongoing artistic education. She also experienced anew—and left her mark on—the city in which she had been raised in privilege as the daughter of a judge, even as she left the security of that world to pursue her artistic ambitions. Brought to vivid life by acclaimed art historian Alexander Nemerov, these defining moments—from her first awed encounter with Jackson Pollock's drip paintings to her first solo gallery show to her tumultuous breakup with eminent art critic Clement Greenberg—comprise a portrait as bold and distinctive as the painter herself. Inspired by Pollock and the other male titans of abstract expressionism but committed to charting her own course, Frankenthaler was an artist whose talent was matched only by her unapologetic determination to distinguish herself in a man's world. Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York (Penguin Press, 2021) is an exhilarating ride through New York's 1950s art scene and a brilliant portrait of a young artist through the moments that shaped her. Allison Leigh is Assistant Professor of Art History and the SLEMCO/LEQSF Regents Endowed Professor in Art & Architecture at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her research explores masculinity in European and Russian art of the eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies
At the dawn of the 1950s, a promising and dedicated young painter named Helen Frankenthaler, fresh out of college, moved back home to New York City to make her name. By the decade's end, she had succeeded in establishing herself as an important American artist of the postwar period. In the years in between, she made some of the most daring, head-turning paintings of her day and also came into her own as a woman: traveling the world, falling in and out of love, and engaging in an ongoing artistic education. She also experienced anew—and left her mark on—the city in which she had been raised in privilege as the daughter of a judge, even as she left the security of that world to pursue her artistic ambitions. Brought to vivid life by acclaimed art historian Alexander Nemerov, these defining moments—from her first awed encounter with Jackson Pollock's drip paintings to her first solo gallery show to her tumultuous breakup with eminent art critic Clement Greenberg—comprise a portrait as bold and distinctive as the painter herself. Inspired by Pollock and the other male titans of abstract expressionism but committed to charting her own course, Frankenthaler was an artist whose talent was matched only by her unapologetic determination to distinguish herself in a man's world. Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York (Penguin Press, 2021) is an exhilarating ride through New York's 1950s art scene and a brilliant portrait of a young artist through the moments that shaped her. Allison Leigh is Assistant Professor of Art History and the SLEMCO/LEQSF Regents Endowed Professor in Art & Architecture at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her research explores masculinity in European and Russian art of the eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art
At the dawn of the 1950s, a promising and dedicated young painter named Helen Frankenthaler, fresh out of college, moved back home to New York City to make her name. By the decade's end, she had succeeded in establishing herself as an important American artist of the postwar period. In the years in between, she made some of the most daring, head-turning paintings of her day and also came into her own as a woman: traveling the world, falling in and out of love, and engaging in an ongoing artistic education. She also experienced anew—and left her mark on—the city in which she had been raised in privilege as the daughter of a judge, even as she left the security of that world to pursue her artistic ambitions. Brought to vivid life by acclaimed art historian Alexander Nemerov, these defining moments—from her first awed encounter with Jackson Pollock's drip paintings to her first solo gallery show to her tumultuous breakup with eminent art critic Clement Greenberg—comprise a portrait as bold and distinctive as the painter herself. Inspired by Pollock and the other male titans of abstract expressionism but committed to charting her own course, Frankenthaler was an artist whose talent was matched only by her unapologetic determination to distinguish herself in a man's world. Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York (Penguin Press, 2021) is an exhilarating ride through New York's 1950s art scene and a brilliant portrait of a young artist through the moments that shaped her. Allison Leigh is Assistant Professor of Art History and the SLEMCO/LEQSF Regents Endowed Professor in Art & Architecture at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her research explores masculinity in European and Russian art of the eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
At the dawn of the 1950s, a promising and dedicated young painter named Helen Frankenthaler, fresh out of college, moved back home to New York City to make her name. By the decade's end, she had succeeded in establishing herself as an important American artist of the postwar period. In the years in between, she made some of the most daring, head-turning paintings of her day and also came into her own as a woman: traveling the world, falling in and out of love, and engaging in an ongoing artistic education. She also experienced anew—and left her mark on—the city in which she had been raised in privilege as the daughter of a judge, even as she left the security of that world to pursue her artistic ambitions. Brought to vivid life by acclaimed art historian Alexander Nemerov, these defining moments—from her first awed encounter with Jackson Pollock's drip paintings to her first solo gallery show to her tumultuous breakup with eminent art critic Clement Greenberg—comprise a portrait as bold and distinctive as the painter herself. Inspired by Pollock and the other male titans of abstract expressionism but committed to charting her own course, Frankenthaler was an artist whose talent was matched only by her unapologetic determination to distinguish herself in a man's world. Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York (Penguin Press, 2021) is an exhilarating ride through New York's 1950s art scene and a brilliant portrait of a young artist through the moments that shaped her. Allison Leigh is Assistant Professor of Art History and the SLEMCO/LEQSF Regents Endowed Professor in Art & Architecture at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her research explores masculinity in European and Russian art of the eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography
At the dawn of the 1950s, a promising and dedicated young painter named Helen Frankenthaler, fresh out of college, moved back home to New York City to make her name. By the decade's end, she had succeeded in establishing herself as an important American artist of the postwar period. In the years in between, she made some of the most daring, head-turning paintings of her day and also came into her own as a woman: traveling the world, falling in and out of love, and engaging in an ongoing artistic education. She also experienced anew—and left her mark on—the city in which she had been raised in privilege as the daughter of a judge, even as she left the security of that world to pursue her artistic ambitions. Brought to vivid life by acclaimed art historian Alexander Nemerov, these defining moments—from her first awed encounter with Jackson Pollock's drip paintings to her first solo gallery show to her tumultuous breakup with eminent art critic Clement Greenberg—comprise a portrait as bold and distinctive as the painter herself. Inspired by Pollock and the other male titans of abstract expressionism but committed to charting her own course, Frankenthaler was an artist whose talent was matched only by her unapologetic determination to distinguish herself in a man's world. Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York (Penguin Press, 2021) is an exhilarating ride through New York's 1950s art scene and a brilliant portrait of a young artist through the moments that shaped her. Allison Leigh is Assistant Professor of Art History and the SLEMCO/LEQSF Regents Endowed Professor in Art & Architecture at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her research explores masculinity in European and Russian art of the eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Narrator Alison Fraser’s ability to deliver character voices and accents is on display in this biography of mid-twentieth-century painter Helen Frankenthaler. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Alan Minskoff talk about this audiobook by Alexander Nemerov, which is at once an appreciation of a major figure and a close look at the avant-garde scene of 1950s New York City. Fraser narrates with skill, capturing the times with excellent imitations, most notably Frankenthaler’s airy upper-class sounding speech. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Penguin Audio. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Support for AudioFile's Behind the Mic comes from PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE AUDIO, dedicated to producing top-quality fiction and nonfiction audiobooks written and read by the best in the business. Visit penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/audiofile now to start listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"There is no other reason to write about art unless you have strong feelings about it. That's a given." Stanford University Art History Professor Alexander Nemerov and Zibby discuss how he came to write his latest book, Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York, the book's creative structure, and his advice for anyone looking to write about art. Purchase your copy on Amazon or Bookshop
This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Lost in the Never Woods, Ladies of the Secret Circus, Mixed Plate, and more great books. Pick up an All the Books! shirt, sticker, and more right here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo by Jo Koy When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong Please Come Off-Book (Button Poetry) by Kevin Kantor Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham Something’s Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear by Jory John and Erin Kraan Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab WHAT WE’RE READING: Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere by Tsedal Neeley Matrix by Lauren Groff Chouette by Claire Oshetsky MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: The Vietri Project by Nicola DeRobertis-Theye Scarlet Odyssey by C. T. Rwizi Delicates (Sheets) by Brenna Thummler The Two-Faced Queen by Nick Martell How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope by James Crews Night Rooms: Essays by Gina Nutt Wild Sweetness: Recipes Inspired by Nature by Thalia Ho Red Rock Baby Candy by Shira Spector Floodpath by Emily B. Martin Heaven No Hell by Michael DeForge Spark and the Grand Sleuth: A Novel (League of Ursus) by Robert Repino The Fall of Koli (The Rampart Trilogy Book 3) by M. R. Carey Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old by Andrew Steele How to Be Animal: A New History of What It Means to Be Human by Melanie Challenger The Vines by Shelley Nolden On Time and Water by Andri Snær Magnason, Lytton Smith (Translator) Francis Bacon: Revelations by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan Girls with Rebel Souls by Suzanne Young Danger in Numbers by Heather Graham Call It Horses by Jessie van Eerden You’ll Thank Me for This: A Novel by Nina Siegal Dostoevsky in Love: An Intimate Life by Alex Christofi Every Vow You Break: A Novel by Peter Swanson The Consequences of Fear: A Novel by Jacqueline Winspear Kids on the March: 15 Stories of Speaking Out, Protesting, and Fighting for Justice by Michael Long The Other Emily by Dean Koontz Under the Sky We Make: How to Be Human in a Warming World by Kimberly Nicholas PhD Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said by Timothy Brennan Why Labelle Matters by Adele Bertei Slonim Woods 9: A Memoir by Daniel Barban Levin Creative Types: and Other Stories by Tom Bissell The Art of Losing: A Novel by Alice Zeniter, Frank Wynne (translator) Horizontal Vertigo: A City Called Mexico by Juan Villoro, Alfred MacAdam (translator) Mister Toebones: Poems by Brooks Haxton Flamefall by Rosaria Munda Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction by Kate Masur The Nation of Plants by Stefano Mancuso, Gregory Conti (translator) The Theft of Sunlight (Dauntless Path #2) by Intisar Khanani The Secret Recipe for Moving On by Karen Bischer The Unbroken by C. L. Clark Cleopatra: The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity by Alberto Angela, Katherine Gregor (translator) Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York by Alexander Nemerov The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans–and How We Can Fix It by Dorothy A. Brown Farthest South & Other Stories by Ethan Rutherford Raft of Stars: A Novel by Andrew J. Graff Meet Me in Paradise by Libby Hubscher Bruised by Tanya Boteju My Friend Natalia: A Novel by Laura Lindstedt, David Hackston (translator) Karolina and the Torn Curtain by Maryla Szymiczkowa, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator) A Million Reasons Why by Jessica Strawser A Question Mark Is Half a Heart by Sofia Lundberg Half Life: A Novel by Jillian Cantor Seasons of Terror by Richard Chizmar The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family by Sarah Kapit Red Widow by Alma Katsu The Willow Wren: A Novel by Philipp Schott The Follower by Kate Doughty Your Heart, My Sky: Love in a Time of Hunger by Margarita Engle Across the Pond by Joy McCullough Eternal by Lisa Scottoline Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic by Risa Dickens, Amy Torok The Marathon Don’t Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle by Rob Kenner Red Island House by Andrea Lee The Foreign Girls by Sergio Olguín, Miranda France (translator) A Light in the Dark: A History of Movie Directors by David Thomson Renegade Flight by Andrea Tang White Space: Essays on Culture, Race, & Writing (Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction) by Jennifer De Leon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Howard Nemerov (February 29, 1920 – July 5, 1991) was an American poet. He was twice Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1988 to 1990.[1] For The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov (1977), he won the National Book Award for Poetry,[2] Pulitzer Prize for Poetry,[3] and Bollingen Prize.Nemerov was brother to photographer Diane Nemerov Arbus and father to art historian Alexander Nemerov, Professor of the History of Art and American Studies at Stanford University. Bio via Wikipedia See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Alexander Nemerov is the Chair of the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford University. Throughout our recording, it became apparent that a lot of his work is analyzing fiction and poetry alongside visual art. His nuanced language drew pictures of life that visualized his beliefs and experiences. It was a beautiful, at times maybe even overwhelming talk due to the abundance of thoughts to ponder upon, leaving us thankful and excited. We talked to him about his eventful path of life and the influences of his famous father and aunt, how not knowing can be a guidestar for life and about the beauty of ordinary moments and what to take from them. And of course about art. The book he talks about in the podcast: George Elliot - Middle March Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/einpodkaffee)
This episode focuses on Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011). Joining host Helen Molesworth are artist Rodney McMillian and art historian Alexander Nemerov. Frankenthaler made large abstract paintings by pouring thinned paint directly onto the horizontal canvas. In interviews from 1969 and 1971, she discusses the inspiration for this radical innovation as well as other early influences. For … Continue reading "Helen Frankenthaler: Let ‘er Rip"
August 23rd, 2019 Introduced by Alicia G. Longwell, Ph.D. The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator, this conversation brings together art historian Alexander Nemerov, who is working on a new book about Frankenthaler, and multi-media artist Clifford Ross. Nemerov is the Carl and Marilyn Thoma Provostial Professor in the Arts and Humanities as well as Chair of the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford University. Ross is a multi-media artist whose work has been widely exhibited in galleries, museums, and public spaces in the United States and abroad and is the Chairman of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. Our Friday Night programs at the Parrish are made possible, in part, by presenting sponsor Bank of America, with additional support provided by The Corcoran Group and Sandy and Stephen Perlbinder.
What Matters to Me and Why is a presentation and discussion series featuring Stanford Faculty and Administrators addressing life questions. The purpose is to encourage reflection within the Stanford community on matters of personal values, beliefs, and motivations in order to better understand the lives and inspirations of those who shape the University. The May 24, 2017 talk features Alexander Nemerov, Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor of Arts and Humanities, Department of Art and Art History
Alexander Nemerov, the Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor in the Arts and Humanities, offers the New Student Orientation first lecture on the purpose of a liberal education and how students will become more than their major.
Alexander Nemerov, exhibition curator and Yale University's Vincent Scully Professor of the History of Art, discusses what makes George Ault's paintings special, both as revelations of their own moment and insights into our time.