This episode we talk about our favourite pieces of Outsider Art.

Outsider Art is a blanket term that is used to describe those who create artworks without any formal training or education, independent of any art movement, and often using unconventional means of production.

Outsider artworks can be made by anyone, anywhere.

A child care centre, a hospital.

A town in rural France...

Whatever circle of hell Zdzislaw Beksinski's paintings came from...

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Ferdinand Cheval's Le Palais Ideal

Zdzislaw Beksinski

Y by Zdzislaw Beksinski

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This episode we discuss the pieces of art that have knocked us on our asses.

In our conversation with Riley O'Keeffe, he introduced us to a concept he called "the art thing". The feeling you get when you encounter a piece of art that makes you stop in your tracks, and resonates with you so deeply it leaves you breathless.

For us, that happens to be a feral demon woman and a dead sheep.

Enjoy.

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Lilith (1994) by Kiki Smith

Born (2002) by Kiki Smith

Anguish (1878) by August Schenck

Orphan (1885) by August Schenck

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For this very special episode we are joined by very special guest Riley O'Keeffe for a very special discussion about activism in the arts.

We take a look at how funding ties have caused art galleries, and in some cases artworks themselves, to be the target of activist groups.

We also discuss some examples of artwork that has been made as a form of protest, and try to guess why certain modern acts of protest have not been as successful as they could have been.

Links:

The Just Stop Oil Van Gogh Soup Throwing Incident

Just Stop Oil vs. The Rokeby Venus

Nan Goldin vs. The Sacklers

Maps of Gratitude, Cones of Silence and Lumps of Coal (2019): map linking connections between the arts and fossil fuel industry.

Interactive Map

Black Square protest at the TATE

Pro-Palestine Protest at the MoMA and Hamburger Bahnof

Guerrilla Girls

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This episode we talk about one of art history's most justified temper tantrums, Dada.

Developed by a group of predominantly German artists during World War I, Dada defined itself as being about nothing. They were so anti-establishment, in fact, that they created an entire anti-art movement to show it. But actually, the movement arose as a reaction to the violent nationalism of many European countries during the war, and a rejection of the logic, reason and aesthetic of modern capitalism. Many of their works are protest works, railing against war, the bourgeoise and authority.

The mockery and oppositional defiance of Dadaist art was so influential that if you squint, you can still see it all over Reddit.

Links:

Dada Movement

Hugo Ball's Dada Manifesto

Hannah Hoch

Kurt Schwitters

The First International Dada Fair

Prussian Archangel

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On this episode of Two Minute Googles we discuss how far is too far in performance art, and come to the conclusion that the key, as always, is consent.

We also discover that the 1970s were an ungoverned shitshow and that Sydelle can't pronounce Abramovic.

Links:

Seedbed (1972) by Vito Acconci

Rhythm 0 (1975) by Marina Abramovic

Imponderabilia (1977) by Marina Abramovic and Ulay

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This episode we take a look at the history of arts funding in Australia, and the different types of grants and funding options currently available to artists in Adelaide and around Australia.

We'd be lying if we said we didn't just hear the name 'Nugget Coombs' and build an episode around him...

Links:

Tertiary and emerging artists only:

UniSA Creative Scholarships

Helpmann Academy Creative Boost Grant

Mid-career artists only:

Guildhouse Fellowship

Council and government grants:

City of Adelaide Council Grants

Department of the Cabinet Arts and Culture Grants

Regional Arts Fund

Creative Industries SA

Creative.gov.au

Other funding bodies:

Access2Arts Opportunities Page

Metro Arts

Artist Run Initiatives

ArtsHub Grants List

Resources:

A handy calendar with all the grant application dates

A place to donate to support independent grants

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We hope you are hungry, because we are here with another batch of Two-Minute Googles!

Drawing on years of poor time management at university, we use our powers of last-minute research to bring you a discussion on a topic we have just looked up.

This week we come to the conclusion that its better to die than make a self portrait.

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Bryan Lewis Saunders Website

Blind Dweller:Bryan Lewis Saunders Video

William Light- Self Portrait

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We hope you are hungry, because we are here with another batch of Two-Minute Googles!

Drawing on years of poor time management at university, we use our powers of last-minute research to bring you a discussion on a topic we have just looked up.

This episode we giggle our way through a discussion about the Secret Cabinet and Mediaeval Marginalia.

Links:

Gabinetto Segretto (Secret Cabinet) in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli

Snackish.com blog entry on Secret Cabinet with more images

Atlas Obscure entry on Mediaeval Marginalia

Jeanne De Montbaston gallery

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Studio Journals are a form of creative research tool that are used in most art schools. For this episode, we got ours out of the bin to bring you an episode on one of the most commonly taught art movements - surrealism!

We talk about the historical context behind the movement, discuss some of its key players, and try our best to hide our hatred of Sigmund Freud.

Links:

History.com entry on Surrealism

Manifesto of Surrealism by Andre Breton

Artworks discussed:

Max Ernst, 'Forest and Dove', 1927

Salvador Dali, 'The Persistence of Memory', 1931

Meret Oppenheim's 'Object (Fur Lined Tea Cup)', 1936 and 'Table With Bi rd's Feet', 1939

Rene Magritte's 'The Treachery of Images', 1929, 'The Son of Man', 1946 and 'Golconda', 1953

Leonora Carrington, 'Self-Portrait', 1937

Dorothea Tanning, 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik', 1943

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We hope you are hungry, because we are here with another batch of Two-Minute Googles!

Drawing on years of poor time management at university, we use our powers of last-minute research to bring you a discussion on a topic we have just looked up.

This week we talk about Lee Krasner and Maria Blanchard, two artists from history who have been overshadowed by their contemporaries.

Links:

Lee Krasner: Living Colour at The Barbican

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