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The Writing on the Wall
FromA Piece of Work
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Aug 9, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
There are new paintings and drawings by Sol LeWitt being made all the time -- even though the artist died in 2007. That’s possible because LeWitt’s wrote instructions for creating his works art, for other people to make. Abbi and writer Samantha Irby consider a piece by Glenn Ligon that takes a line by Zora Neale Hurston and repeats it over and over -- transforming the text into something new. Plus, Martine Syms tells Abbi why she puts giant letters right on the gallery walls.
Also featuring: Mark Joshua Epstein
Special thanks to Tracie Hunte and Brianne Doak.
Sol LeWitt. Wall Drawing #1144, Broken Bands of Color in Four Directions. 2004. Synthetic polymer paint on wall, 8' x 37' (243.8 x 1127.8 cm)
(The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Given anonymously. © 2017 Sol LeWitt/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York)
Glenn Ligon. Untitled (How it feels to be colored me...Doubled). 1991. Oilstick on paper, 31 3/4 x 16" (80.6 x 41 cm).
(The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of The Bohen Foundation. © 2017 Glenn Ligon)
Also featuring: Mark Joshua Epstein
Special thanks to Tracie Hunte and Brianne Doak.
Sol LeWitt. Wall Drawing #1144, Broken Bands of Color in Four Directions. 2004. Synthetic polymer paint on wall, 8' x 37' (243.8 x 1127.8 cm)
(The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Given anonymously. © 2017 Sol LeWitt/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York)
Glenn Ligon. Untitled (How it feels to be colored me...Doubled). 1991. Oilstick on paper, 31 3/4 x 16" (80.6 x 41 cm).
(The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of The Bohen Foundation. © 2017 Glenn Ligon)
Released:
Aug 9, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (11)
Presenting: A Piece of Work: Yes, she’s the hilarious co-creator of Comedy Central’s “Broad City.” But before discovering her gift for comedy, Abbi Jacobson went to art school. Now she’s getting a refresher on everything from Jackson Pollock to Marcel Duchamp, from Pop art to perfor by A Piece of Work