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The artists of Hilma's Ghost join us from the inside of Secrist Beach Gallery, Chicago's newly opened and probably most gorgeous gallery, Dannielle Tegeder and Sharmistha Ray, treat us to magic, haunting and an introduction to tarot. Beyond that, they revel in the radical feminist histories of art and witch craft looking for knowledge beyond the rationally conceived. Beyond Hilma's Ghost they also chat about putting together the exhibition “Cosmic Geometries the Prairies Edge.” Including Candida Alvarez, Elijah Burgher, Holly Cahill, Mike Cloud, Gianna Commito, Edie Fake, Vanessa Filley, Julia Fish, Beverly Fishman, Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Azadeh Gholizadeh, Michelle Grabner, Christina Haglid, Rachel Hayes, Gina Hunt, Michiko Itatani, Miyoko Ito, Anna Kunz, Alice Lauffer, Aya Nakamura, Deb Sokolow, May Tveit, Georgina Valverde, Susan C. White, Amy Yoes and Jade Yumang. https://www.hilmasghost.com/ https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/hilma-af-klint https://www.secristgallery.com/exhibitions/2024/hilmas-ghost-spectral-visions-a-feminist-collective-signals-magickal-futures/ https://www.secristgallery.com/exhibitions/2024/cosmic-geometries-the-prairies-edge/ https://www.octaviaartgallery.com/artists/dannielle-tegeder?view=slider#4 https://sharmistharay.com/work/tantra-series-2020-ongoing-works-on-paper/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot https://m.facebook.com/hilmasghost?locale2=my_MM https://hyperallergic.com/330790/the-unnamed-woman-artist-revealed-in-the-monogram-of-your-tarot-cards/
Well this week our hero's have moved on from art and fear to art and homelessness. We also discuss #TheArtAssignment on Youtube PBS check it out. we talk about the artist Deb Sokolow
This week, Duncan and Richard talk to Deb Sokolow! We talk about Deb's work, drug lords, Rocky, the merits of Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone's painting, Oliver North, how many people on the Bad at Sports staff have actually smoked crack, serial killers, meth labs, Jerry Saltz, Gary Busey, art school, and more, more, more! This is a great interview. As a special bonus Geoffrey Todd Smith preps panels with a roller (that is the odd sound you hear in the background) and chimes in occasionally off mic!Shamelessly lifted blurb: Deb Sokolow has been steadily inking her way into the hearts and minds of Chicago's art world. Since graduating from the School of the Art Institute in 2004, she has shown at 40000, Gallery 400 and Polvo, and had a solo show in the MCA's 12 x 12 series. Her whimsical drawings analyze pop-culture phenomena, such as the movie Rocky, office culture and Americans' fear of terrorism, and mix the aesthetics of children's books, diary writing, New Yorker-style cartoons and personal sketching.
Deb Sokolow works on a large scale with a precise attention to detail, using "low-tech" materials such as number two pencils, ballpoint pens, and correction fluid. Her talk describes the personal and philosophical connections she finds between her work and that of Argentine artist Guillermo Kuitca. Artists Connect is a regularly scheduled series of lectures given by Chicago-area artists. In these illustrated talks, artists describe their own work in relation to one or several works in the permanent collection of the Art Institute. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.
Bad at Sports interviews Northwestern professor Lane Relyea. Between sips of whiskey, Lane discusses the state of criticism in Chicago and the nation at large. Not only does he explain why it's better to be a curator in Chicago than L.A (and better to bean artist in L.A. rather than Chicago), but then the interview crescendos into Lane and Richard's smackdown confrontation about art theory.Later, Duncan reviews Deb Sokolow at Polvo, and Jamison Oggs at Art Ledge. Amanda wraps it up with a review of the Jose Lerma show at Andrea Rosen Gallery in NY, and Lane chimes in with rants and commentary. Lane RelyeaDeb SokolowJose LermaNova Art FairParkett MagazineFrieze MagazineArtforumCakewalkJeff WardCore ProgramNew Art ExaminerShannon StrattonCorbett vs. DempseyArt Department at UCLAJohn BaldessariJoey FauersoMichael VelliquetteSam DurantLiz ArmstrongCal ArtsJorge PardoMonique PrietoGallery 400MOCAAnn GoldsteinPaul SchimmelRussell FergusonArmand Hammer Museum of ArtMichael AsherAnne RorimerJames RondeauHamza WalkerJulia FishTony TassetKerry James MarshallRebecca MorrisMuseum of Contemporary ArtPolvoAdam SmithMarian AmiesRemy JungermanJamisen OggArt LedgeAndrea Rosen Gallery7/3 SplitScott Roberts