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Jordan Casteel, Within Reach , New Museum installation view, 2020. Photo: Dario LasagniIn this episode of Explain Me, critic and curator Antwaun Sargent joins us to discuss the effects of the pandemic and Alex Greenberger s Zombie Figuration, a confusing essay that appeared earlier this month in ARTnews. In the first half hour we discuss the disparate effects of the pandemic and general politics. Then we move on to art, zombies,  race,  and why art has limits. Listen on Spotify, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts.BIOGRAPHYAntwaun Sargent is an art critic and a writer who has contributed to The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vice and more, as well as essays to multiple museum publications. His first book, “The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion” (Aperture) is out now. In April he announced a new partnership with Gagosian that will include working on four exhibitions and contributing features to their magazine.  Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. LISTENER ADVISORY: In this episode, Paddy Johnson occasionally repeats Antwaun Sargent s words when his audio cuts out. This leads to periodic moments when Johnson and Sargent speak at the same time. LINKSFirst There Was Zombie Formalism, Now There is Zombie FigurationMet Apologies to Glenn LigonNoah DavisBarkley HendricksKehinde Wiley Cinga SamsonPeter Saul Alice NealJordan CasteelJordan Casteel at the New MuseumEARLY WHITNEY BIENNIAL REVIEWS Paddy JohnsonAndrew RussethLinda Yablonsky Boogaloo Boys show off posters supporting Trump at a demonstrationArtist Nayland Blake joins the podcast to discuss the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer, mass protests, and the resurgence of COVID as the backdrop for public art and how museums are addressing diversity.  Spearheaded in large part by Blake, we discuss all of these issues  through the lens of what people need and how art makers, art workers and arts institutions answer that need.We started the conversation with Blake s recent twitter thread on art criticism. Art criticism is the activity of thinking with and through art objects, they wrote. If you constantly reach for the same few objects to think with, you stagnate as a critic and simply reinforce your own bias. Other relevant links mentioned in the show:Nayland Blake s websiteJulie Mehretu s Goldman Saks muralMark BradfordSocial AbstractionWhat is the Boogaloo movement?Dread Scott s Rebel ReenactmentMarblecake Also the GameGamergate ExplainerSupport Explain Me by becoming a member on Patreon. The Abrons Art Center has paid all their staff and performers during the shutdown.This week on Explain Me, co-hosts William Powhida and Paddy Johnson talk to arts organizers and activists Heather Bhandari and Nikki Columbus about the challenges for mothers during the pandemic, and the challenges for arts workers seeking to make changes to a system that no longer works for them. Of the family-focused topics discussed we take on pandemic screen time for kids (Bhandari describes DinoTrux as terrible for kids, but a necessary evil), what to do if your toddler licks a bodega door, and disrupted schedules that make it impossible to find or look for work and require long and often unusual hours. On the subject of organizing we discuss several projects spearheaded by Bhandari and Columbus respectively designed to pave actionable paths for artists. Finally we discuss Frieze New York, and contrast their dubious charity efforts during the fair to the more collective NADA art fair model that works towards a sustainable model for everyone. Show links below. The Art World Conference Forward Union Art/Work, Heather Bhandari and Jonathan Melber N+1, Free Your Mind, by Claire Bishop and Nikki ColumbusArt+Work+Place, Emergency Session I, Veralist CenterArt+Work+Place, Emergency Session II, Veralist CenterMuseum transparency Newsletter (Read about all the layoffs and other bad news that’s happening in the museum world right now—of which there is a ton.)The Model Model: Ethical Actions by Arts Organizations in the time of COVID-19 (Read about the good news and exemplary work by arts organizations.) Obama Commencement Speech#graduatetogether2020 (twitter hashtag) Frieze Art Fair (May 8-15th) NADA Fair (May 20-June 21) Steve Locke, Student 338, 2016, Hydrocal, galvanized steel nails, procion dye, shellacapproximately 12 4.5 5.5 , $4,000. Link to item.This week on Explain Me, William Powhida and Paddy Johnson speak with artist Michael Shaw and L.A. staff writer Carolina Miranda how quarantining is affecting artists, galleries and journalists on the West Coast. Shaw talks about the prospect of losing his studio of nine years, The L.A. Tenants Union and landlords who are neither friendly nor flexible. Miranda speaks about cuts at the L.A. Times and the surrounding museums, as well as her latest story on how corona is impacting commercial galleries.We take a virtual visit to the Dallas Art Fair together, and talk about the art we ve enjoyed recently. All links below.NEWSMarciano Collection Announces it won t reopen in wake of layoffs following union drive. — L.A. TimesMOCA lays off all 97 part time employees — L.A. TimesUovo lays off pro union organizers while others are paid to stay at home —The Art NewspaperHow Arts Non-profits are responding to COVID HyperallergicLACMA began demolition: But that hasn t stopped a protest group for an alternate plan—L.A. TimesPainful closures lie ahead for L.A. galleries. How 35 are bracing for the worst. — L.A. TimesARTThe Dallas Art Fair Bill Arning, New Discretions; An Appropriate ResponseNight GalleryJames CohanCANADAThe HoleKarmaMarlborough GalleryJTTMark Amerika s GrammatronWellnow.wtfScott Mendes—Darren Bader s VR app (still not released)El Greco Audio Tour—Art Institute of Chicago.This is Chance—99% InvisibleSheep video review — The New York TimesThe Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic — The New York TimesMagda Sawon s TwitterSUBSCRIBEExplain Me Patreon The Conversation PatreonThe L.A. TimesHyperallergic membership Serkan Özkaya s Proletarier Aller Länder (Workers of the World) 1999, Image via Postmaster s Gallery.In this episode of Explain Me, hosts Paddy Johnson and William Powhida talk to Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery in New York, and Jonathan Schwartz, the CEO and founder of Atelier4, an arts logistics company based out of New York. The discussion includes stories and conversations you won’t find anywhere else.Schwartz reports that at least one logistics company is currently breaking the law to ship art, and that Fedex trucks are in short supply because they’re being used to transport the dead.Magda describes the challenges for galleries which range from financial burdens to the need to better consider the online art environment.William and Paddy discuss the financial precarity of artists, writers, and educators.As a group we talk about what needs to be done to respond to the crisis and what is being done. We also make the mini announcement that we will be launching a Patreon for Explain Me in the next week or two. More details on that soon!We’re looking at a radical shift in opportunity, so this conversation includes a fair amount of debate. We’re also doing it over zoom, with William on the phone due to an internet connectivity issue. This isn’t the best recording quality we’ve ever produced, but it might be the most important episode. Please tune in.COMING UP: Resources for freelancers and art organizations. What relief is available and how long it will take to get to the people who need it. Spring Break. Image: Paddy JohnsonWelcome back to Explain Me! In an effort to produce content a little more regularly we re trying something new: no editing. This means a little more baseless speculation, and off the cuff commentary, in return for actual podcasts! Yes!In this episode we discuss news, art, and trends seen at The Armory, Spring Break and The Independent. Highlights include:The ArmoryNews! They re moving to the Javits Center! Speculation about what that means.Adrian Wong with animal spiritual guide Lynn Schuster at Carrie Secrist GalleryAustin Lee at Jeffrey DietchKumasi J. Barnett at Ryan Lowell ProjectsDominic Chambers at Anna Zorina GalleryMatt Bolinger at Zurcher  Hannah Wilke and Cassils at Feldman GallerySpring BreakGallery Cubed s Nathan Sinai RaymanEmily McElreath and Evan Pepper s show of work by Jeila GueramianChambliss Giobbi’s A Room with a ViewCarlos Rosales-SilvaThe IndependentGalerie Jocelyn Wolff s Miriam CahnVarious Small Fires s Jessie Homer FrenchAndrew Edlin GalleryColored pencil and pastels We cover a lot of ground in this episode of Explain Me. That ground looks something like this:The Velvet Buzzsaw is a bad movie.Mary Boone is still awaiting sentencing for falsifying tax documents—a whistleblower could get as much as $300,000 in reward for the tip.Dawn Clements is remembered at Pierogi.Dana Schutz s first show since the controversy over her painting of Emmitt Till at the Whitney Biennial.Chelsea is more woke.W.A.G.E. is asking artists to withhold their art from the Whitney Biennial until the museum adequately address the issue of their board chair selling tear gas used on children at the border.Amazon is reaching out to artists in attempts to buy their support. Listeners who want to organize against this kind of practice should attend the next Artist Studio Affordability Project meeting. Contact the organization for details. Donna DeSalvo assembles some of Andy Warhol s greatest work for his retrospective at the Whitney Museum, while revelations that Whitney Vice Chair Warren B. Kanders owns a company that sells tear gas used at the border shake museum staff. Soul of a Nation at the Brooklyn Museum looks at the history of political activism, while Jack Waters offers a mix of bag of awe inspiring abject art paired with groan inspiring sculptures and paintings. Jack Whitten at the Metropolitan Museum dazzles, Art and Conspiracy flops, and Amazon is going to drive Queens residents out of their homes. Listen > Art F City is pleased to announce the launch of their new programming arm, PARADE, which supports and commissions civically engaged public art in Western Queens and beyond. Founded with a mission of fostering dialogue and connection through art, PARADE is co-directed by Paddy Johnson, writer, organizer and Art F City founder, and Nancy Kleaver, a nonprofit management arts education consultant, and community advocate. It s been a rough news week. Between Thursday s testimonies of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Kavanaugh s near appointment to the Supreme Court Friday, many of us are exhausted. We would like a win for women.Sometimes the quickest way to achieve that is to do it yourself. As such, this episode of Explain Me celebrates women who have made waves in the world of art and activism, through a series of interviews with four major figures—Mia Pearlman (Make NY True Blue), Jenny Dubnau (ASAP), Nancy Kleaver (PARADE), and Mira Schor (Selected writing).In the first half of the show, Mia Pearlman and Jenny Dubnau talk about their work pushing for changes at the city and state level and how being an artist makes that job easier. In the second half, Paddy Johnson and Nancy Kleaver talk about their new public art organization, PARADE, and Mira Schor talks about the history of feminism in art from the 1970 s through to today, and her contributions. Stream it. Download it. Listen to it. This one s important. What is Art F City? Fiercely Independent. New York art news, reviews and culture commentary.Paddy Johnson, Editorial DirectorMichael Anthony Farley, Senior EditorWhitney Kimball, IMG MGMT EditorContact us at: paddyATartfcity.com

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