Is Realism Really Real?

Richard, Dave, and David discuss conceptualism. Is all art conceptual? Should it be? What IS with that banana?!  Duchamp, Father of Conceptual Art - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/09/marcel-duchamp-exhibition-celebrate-father-conceptual-art Retinal Art - http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Retinal_art Impressionism - https://www.theartstory.org/movement/impressionism/ Felix Gonzalez Torres - Heaps of Candy - https://publicdelivery.org/felix-gonzalez-torres-untitled-portrait-of-ross-in-l-a-1991/ Kandinsky - Circles in a Circle - https://www.wassilykandinsky.net/work-247.php Piero Manzoni - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/manzoni-artists-shit-t07667 Sol LeWitt - https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/arts/design/09lewitt.html Carl Andre - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/andre-equivalent-viii-t01534 Justine Varga - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/aug/02/justine-varga-taking-photos-without-a-camera-in-pictures Jean Honore Fragonard - https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/frag/hd_frag.htm Rococo - https://www.theartstory.org/movement/rococo/history-and-concepts/ John Cage - https://www.johncage.org/ Deconstruction - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction Peter Paul Rubens - https://www.peterpaulrubens.org/biography.html Romanticism - https://www.theartstory.org/movement/romanticism/

Richard, Dave, and David discuss realism in art. Or do they?  Find Dave: https://davidsallen.com Plato’s Republic, Chapter X - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1497/1497-h/1497-h.htm The Greek Miracle - https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-11-29-1992334243-story.html Nike at the Louvre - https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/winged-victory-samothrace Verism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verism Idolatry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idolatry Foreshortening - https://www.britannica.com/art/foreshortening Linear Perspective - https://www.britannica.com/art/linear-perspective Renaissance Fame - https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-theme-of-fame-in-renaissance-art.html Trompe l'oeil - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/t/trompe-loeil Realism - https://www.theartstory.org/movement/realism/ Impressionism - https://www.theartstory.org/movement/impressionism/ Pictorialism & Ansel Adams - https://petapixel.com/2016/09/22/ansel-adams-wrote-pictorialism-photography-history/

In this Mortar session, Dave Presents Numbers in Color by Jasper Johns This makes more sense if you have the image in front of you while listening: https://bit.ly/numbersincolor I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold - https://www.metmuseum.org/en/art/collection/search/488315

Horror Stories! Dave, Richard, and David discuss them. Hopefully you are amused. Find Dave: https://davidsallen.com Fred Torres - https://news.artnet.com/market/david-lachapelle-sues-former-dealer-fred-torres-for-28-million-78001 Peter Selz - http://arthistorians.info/selzp Unregulated Art Market - http://people.stern.nyu.edu/wgreene/entertainmentandmedia/Art-as-an-unregulated-financial-market.pdf Jeff Koons - http://www.jeffkoons.com/ Exit Through the Gift Shop - https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/movies/14banksy.html Marian Willard - https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/07/arts/marian-willard-johnson-81-dealer-in-contemporary-art.html Flipping Art - https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-flipping-art-controversial YBA and Richard Prince - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Prince Warhol Sales - https://news.artnet.com/market/dominique-levy-warhol-women-1524946 Jasper Johns, Painting with Two Balls - https://www.moma.org/collection/works/67530 Lichtenstein, Brushstroke - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/lichtenstein-brushstroke-p07354 Warhol, Shadows - https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/andy-warhol-shadows Warhol, Do It Yourself - https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/andy-warhol-paint-by-numbers-do-it-yourself-sailboat-museum-497072

In this Mortar session, David Presents Not to be Reproduced (La Reproduction interdite) by René Magritte This makes more sense if you have the image in front of you while listening: https://mo.ma/2V76lgX

Dave, Richard, and David discuss art collecting. David Griffin - http://landmarkbranding.com/who-we-are/ 15 Negatives - https://15negatives.com/ Hans Hoffman - http://www.hanshofmann.org/about Realism - https://www.theartstory.org/movement/realism/ Surrealism - https://www.theartstory.org/movement/surrealism/ Louis Comfort Tiffany - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Comfort_Tiffany American Antique Bottles - https://www.americanbottle.com/ The Treachery - Rene Magritte - https://collections.lacma.org/node/239578 How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hair - https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2014/march/03/why-joseph-beuys-and-his-dead-hare-live-on/ Gertrude Stein - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gertrude-stein Andy the Art Collector - https://www.conceptualfinearts.com/cfa/2015/10/19/about-some-forgotten-photos-of-andy-warhol-and-his-legacy-as-an-art-collector/ Find Dave: https://davidsallen.com

The Brickyard Compositors discuss COVID-19's possible effect on the art world, virtual exhibitions, etc. Also, they're joined by special guest David Griffin, who (spoiler alert) will become a regular on the podcast.  Corona Virus - https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus#tab=tab_1 Hong Kong Basel - https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/vip-virtual-viewing-rooms-and-grassroots-digital-action-how-the-art-market-is-combating-coronavirus-through-cyberspace Photographing the Mona Lisa - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/09/mona-lisa-tourist-snappers-louvre Chuck Close - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Close Impressionism - https://www.theartstory.org/movement/impressionism/ Art Reach Organization in Philadelphia - https://www.art-reach.org/ Thorne Miniature Rooms in Chicago - https://www.artic.edu/departments/PC-15/thorne-miniature-rooms Find David: https://davidsallen.com

Richard & Dave discuss possible definitions for "art" and "craft" and how they are different. Dave really tries to push his definition for "Art." He won't shut up about it.  The Arts and Crafts Movement - https://www.theartstory.org/movement/arts-and-crafts/ John James Audubon - https://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america Meret oppenheim (fur-lined teacup) - https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80997 De Stijl Movement - https://www.theartstory.org/movement/de-stijl/ Antoni Gaudi - https://www.theartstory.org/artist/gaudi-antoni/life-and-legacy/ Wassily Kandinsky - https://www.theartstory.org/artist/kandinsky-wassily/ Art for Art’s Sake - https://www.theartstory.org/definition/art-for-art/ Ruskin vs. Whistler - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2003/jun/26/artsfeatures Oren Pinhassi - https://orenpinhassi.com/ George Nakashima - https://nakashimawoodworkers.com/ Futurism - https://www.theartstory.org/movement/futurism/ Find Dave: davidsallen.com

Richard and Dave discuss the comment "my kid could do that" as a response to seemingly simple art. Spoiler: your kid probably couldn't. Mondrian - https://www.theartstory.org/artist/mondrian-piet/ Mondrian and aesthetics study - https://www.academia.edu/1203303/Personality_and_the_aesthetics_of_composition_A_study_of_Mondrian_and_Hirst De Kooning’s early drawings - https://nitramcharcoal.com/the-early-drawings-of-willem-de-kooning/ The Golden Ratio - https://news.artnet.com/art-world/golden-ratio-in-art-328435 Rule of Thirds - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds Jackson Pollock and Fractals - https://blogs.uoregon.edu/richardtaylor/2016/02/08/fractal-analysis-of-jackson-pollocks-poured-paintings/ Fibonacci Sequence - https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/fibonacci-sequence.html Chirality - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality

Richard and Dave discuss artist statements. Why are they always so awful? Do they need to be awful?  Arty Bollocks https://www.artybollocks.com/ Artist Statement Guidelines https://www.gyst-ink.com/artist-statement-guidelines Morris Graves and Mark Rothko Statements http://www.art-quotes.com/auth_search.php?authid=857#.XmaiSpNKiV4 https://www.rothkocenter.com/en/about-rothko/statement-about-art Elegant proofs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_beauty#Beauty_in_method Guernica https://www.pablopicasso.org/guernica.jsp Beauty is a State https://www.themathesontrust.org/papers/art/cooma-beauty_state.pdf Find Dave: davidsallen.com