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The challenge of describing contemporary art (even for a writer):

The challenge of describing contemporary art (even for a writer):

FromThe Conversation Art Podcast


The challenge of describing contemporary art (even for a writer):

FromThe Conversation Art Podcast

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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Oct 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In my penultimate conversation with sociologist Hannah Wohl (author of Bound by Creativity) she talks about: the cynicism of sociologists, particularly when theorizing about art (and in relation to the sculptor St. Clair Cemin in particular); the emergence of the artist Ginny Casey, through her show at Half Gallery; how she describes her own contemporary art sensibility (like most of us: with difficulty), including her appreciation of Wong Ping’s show at the New Museum, and in turn demonstrates the challenges of talking, and writing about art, even for a sociologist who’s written a book about contemporary art; and she begins recounting her experience ‘playing’ a gallery assistant at an art fair (as an unpaid volunteer) for the purpose of her sociological research).
Released:
Oct 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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A podcast featuring both one-on-one and three-way roundtable conversations with contemporary artists, dealers, curators, and collectors--based in Los Angeles, but reaching nationally and internationally.