This week I had an amazing conversation with artist, Adie Russell. We discussed her incredible new "Lacuna" series of charcoal works on cotton rag paper (based on old Victorian glass negative studio portraits that are put through an obscure Photoshop filter) and also, her newest video work, "Hydriogenesis," which was born of a craving for a feeling of safety in nature and from the long periods of introspection we all experienced during the pandemic. We also talked about the trickiness of navigating Instagram in an authentic way, what can be used as a sourdough starter for abstraction, Adie's "Covers" video project and Marlon Brando's idea about how everyone is ALWAYS acting, AND of course, the Caterpillar Pillar. (Please check out Episode 30 to learn all about said Pillar where I do a deep dive into Adie's recommended artist-pick-me-up book from the 70's: Hope for the Flowers.)

Adie's website: adierussell.com and Instagram: @adie_russell

Adie is opening her studio up (w/ guest artist Jesse Bransford) for Upstate Art Weekend, Sat-Sun July 23-24 12-6pm and is #20 (near the Stoneleaf Retreat) on the Map : upstateartweekend.org

Adie is a mixed media artist currently working in drawing, painting and video. Russell has exhibited regularly since 2001 in the United States and abroad. She was the subject of a solo exhibition The Reveal at the Leeds College of Arts in Leeds, UK as well as the exhibition I Am (Richard Nixon) at The Center for Photography at Woodstock in Woodstock, NY, amongst others. Her work is in the collection of The Dorsky Museum, in New Paltz, NY.

Episode mentions: Stephen Gill's "Night Procession" series, Rembrandt, Marlon Brando's interview with Dick Cavett, Ingmar Bergman's near-death anesthesia experience, Art and Ventriloquism by David Goldblatt, The Library of Congress online archives: Civil War era glass negative photos & the Arnold Genthe collection, "Photochrom" color postcards, Hilma Af Klint, Mediumistic drawing and Spirit Photography, Early 20th c American advertising postcards, Pessimistic postcards: "The Worst is Yet to Come," Stereoviews, Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus, Nog's Vision - A Fantasy Journey by Brian Hall & Joseph Osburn, "The Point!" a film by Harry Nilsson ("Think About Your Troubles" song)

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