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12: Suddenly Subtly Psychedelic - Charles Burchfield - Childhood’s Garden &  The Coming of Spring

12: Suddenly Subtly Psychedelic - Charles Burchfield - Childhood’s Garden & The Coming of Spring

FromArt Slice - A Palatable Serving of Art History


12: Suddenly Subtly Psychedelic - Charles Burchfield - Childhood’s Garden & The Coming of Spring

FromArt Slice - A Palatable Serving of Art History

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Length:
65 minutes
Released:
May 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this week’s episode, Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker immerse themselves in the sensory watercolor world of the prolific artist and writer Charles Burchfield: from his early psychedelic Golden phase, through his Regionalist period, and finally, the works he made toward the end of his life after revisiting those Golden Phase paintings. They explore what exactly drove the vibrant works that bookended his career spanning several decades. Pick up our new Art Slice Museum Shirt by Son Siwakorn here: https://www.artslicepod.com/shopBe sure to listen to all the cuts that didn’t make it into the episode on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artslicepodCharles was just a small town boy, born and raised in Ohio. He was known as a lunch pale artist, clocking in Monday through Friday and spending time with his family and dogs on nights and weekends. While his paintings sold enough to support his family, even during the Great Depression, something was unresolved in his artistic career . . . something that had been unresolved before he became the beloved Regionalist. Toward the end of his career, his splice-of-life watercolors transcended into multi-sensory and psychedelic landscapes vibrating with the songs of crickets and the buzzing of telephone wires. Stephanie and Russell find out that the answer to "Was this Mr. Rodger’s - type figure popping LSD in the woods? Or was he so deeply connected to the nature all around him?" Our Art Pantry of the week is Watercolor. A special thank you to AP Leslie who voiced the words by Charles Burchfield. You can check out his poetry here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1980482012 The song featured in this episode was ‘Charle Burchfield’ by Rob Lynch & Jonathan Hughes from the album Public / Private which you can find here: https://www.amazon.com/Public-Private-Lynch-Jonathan-Hughes/dp/B007EGVSKO Follow us on twitter, tiktok, youtube, and instagram. 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:
May 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (50)

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.