Artpop Talk

In this week's episode we bring on our brother-in-law, metal band vocalist and celebrity news expert, Josh Turner. Josh wrote and created all of the music and sounds for Artpop Talk, and talks with us about other sounds he's interested in. How does Lady Gaga's Chromatica compare with musicians in different genres? How is artist Lingua Ignota also dealing with trauma though sound? 

For more information on Josh and his music, visit https://www.artpoptalk.com/featured-artists. 

Happy freaking PRIDE month, everyone! In this week's episode we talk about some history of Pride and the development of Queer Theory. We look at how Queer Theory impacts Art History and museum culture. We also talk about Queer artists, Gluck, Claude Cahun, and Nick and Jake.

Click HERE to purchase the marimba solo piece written by our brother-in-law, and the man responsible for all of Artpop Talk's music, Josh Turner. Every cent of the purchase will be donated to Black Visions Collective, a Minnesota-based nonprofit organization dedicated to true racial equality at every level of society. 

Welcome to Chromatica! In this week's episode we are talking all about our obsession with Mother Monster, the one and only Lady Gaga, and her newest album. What is LG6 and how can we apply what Lady Gaga is saying to visual culture? How is she talking about mental health? And is Chromatica really a response to Artpop and Joanne? 

In this week's episode we introduce our good friend, Audrey! Audrey is joining the Artpop Talk team as our production assistant. Meeting in college at the OSU Museum of Art, and working with Gianna throughout the BFA program, Audrey has worked with non-profit arts organization in school and now full time. She shares her experiences with arts organizations, and talks about her own body of work. As the new PA, we also ask our listeners.... are you a tartlet? Or a strudel? 

In this week's episode we talk about some history of protest art! We start with the 1968 "I Am a Man" protest signs that were used during the Memphis sanitation strike. How have similar signs and the same phrase been used by contemporary artists and activists? We then talk about the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in relation to the work of Tulsa artist Crystal Z Campbell. Finally we look at the protest and street art of Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, an artist originally from Oklahoma who has recently done work on Spike Lee's Netflix series, "She's Gotta Have It." 

This week we are talking all about dating apps and art. What is visual culture like on dating apps? And what is it like being a single woman working in the arts? We also compare two different works of installation art, from 1972 and 2016. 

In this week's episode we talk about Gianna's BFA program at Oklahoma State University. She shares the pros and cons of going through this program at a non-arts college. What's it like being a woman who focuses in sculpture? Gianna tells us about her work as well, why body-casting, and how her casts relate to printmaking.  

You can follow Gianna's art work @gianna_martuccifink_art

In this this week's episode, we talk about an exhibition we both worked on separately at the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art. Bianca as an Assistant Curator, and Gianna as the Visiting Artist Manager. The show was a timeline of the history of animation art, and to help us explain the contemporary animation art component, we bring on our colleague, Syd Hammond. Syd was on Bianca's curatorial team, and led the video game research that allowed the museum to showcase some of the most artful and innovative video games.

Syd is one of our featured artists, having done our very own Artpop Talk logo. Follow @nebula_inky on Instagram, Twitter, Patreon, and Ko-Fi. DM Syd to find out more about her work or for private commissions.

You can learn more about her on our featured artist page. 

In this week's episode, just after Mother's Day, we talk about three themes of motherhood in relation to art history. We discuss Gustave Courbet's painting, "Origin of the World," the work of artist Carmen Winant, and the "Immediate Family" photographic series by Sally Mann. We then do a recap of the Hulu TV show, "Little Fires Everywhere," and take a closer look motherhood in the new mini-series.  

In episode 2, we talk about Bianca's graduate thesis on Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party! Why is the piece so controversial and how does it remain a relevant work of art? We also discuss Chicago's involvement in Dior's 2020 Spring fashion show at the Musée Rodin in Paris. What are the implications of artists working with fashion companies, and does it matter? You can find this week's mentions on our resources page, as well as our social media @ArtpopTalk.