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09: Sculpt to the Future - Augusta Savage - The Harp - 1939

09: Sculpt to the Future - Augusta Savage - The Harp - 1939

FromArt Slice - A Palatable Serving of Art History


09: Sculpt to the Future - Augusta Savage - The Harp - 1939

FromArt Slice - A Palatable Serving of Art History

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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Mar 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker discuss Augusta Savage’s unstoppable ambition that knew no bounds. Pick up our new Art Slice Museum Shirt by Son Siwakorn here: https://www.artslicepod.com/shopHer talent and courage culminated in her World’s Fair masterpiece, “The Harp”. Featuring her classic academic precision along with a refreshing quasi abstracting element - “The Harp” was and remains a piece like non other. Her monument extended to teaching the future African American Artists like Jacob Lawrence. Our Art Pantry of the week is Plaster. Topics Include: The 1939 World’s Fair, Rose Gold Mussolini “robot,” The Great Migration, Jim Crow Laws, The Harlem Renaissance, phallic monuments, carrot and potato hats, a brief cameo by Basel Ricketbottom III; mudpies, the racist vapors, and the introduction of the Art Slice Museum’s new sculpture wing. The song featured in this episode was "Your eyes said we were never coming back" by Kris Keogh. Consider supporting his work! Pick up our new Art Slice Museum Shirt by Son Siwakorn here: https://www.artslicepod.com/shopFollow us on twitter, tiktok, youtube, and instagram all @artslicepodYou can also support us on Patreon here and/or grab some merch: https://www.artslicepod.com/shopAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Released:
Mar 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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A humorous, inclusive, and Palatable Serving of Art History, brought to you by visual artists and Art Historian Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker. We cover Art History in a totally different way - without all the gatekeeping, privilege, and that cognitive fog called ‘art speaking’. We dig into the famous artists you may have slept through during your Art History lectures, and the ones that have been left out; possibly due to their ethnicity, gender, race, sexual identity, or lack of institutional access. We talk about the context of the time, relate it to today and then we discuss the actual artwork: what’s in it, what it’s about, what’s it made from - is it any good? All from an artist’s perspective, and then we decide if it goes in the eclectic Art Slice Museum - which is definitely real and NOT imaginary. Oh… and we have to keep our hungry, hungry Pantrémons satiated by feeding them practical descriptions of art mediums and movements from our Art Slice Pantry, or they might eat us. Follow along with the images we discuss at artslicepod.com or @artslicepod on Instagram.