Glasstire

William Sarradet and Gabriel Martinez discuss the links between a critical history of Latin America, a fictionalized account of a military coup, and our robotic future as depicted in animated sci-fi cinema.

"Short War is a bildungsroman with the setting of the dissolution of a political regime. It's funny and charming and sweet and dramatic."

See related readings here: https://glasstire.com/2024/08/11/art-dirt-history-and-sci-fi-summer-reading-roundup/

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Leslie Moody Castro and Gabriel Martinez discuss the growing number of residencies in Texas and beyond.

"It's important to see how other people are solving similar problems in the studio. We learn by example and by seeing people's thought processes and studio techniques. Some of the most rewarding parts of residencies are spending time with people and making connections."

See related readings here: https://glasstire.com/2024/07/28/art-dirt-eat-sleep-work-talking-about-art-residencies/

This week's podcast is sponsored in part by the Houston Cinema Arts Society, which in partnership with the Southwest Alternate Media Project is presenting the annual Houston Media Conference from August 23-25, 2024. The Houston Media Conference features speakers from film, television, music, digital, and media businesses, providing an open forum to meet and engage with representatives from Houston's media industry. For more information and to secure your tickets or to become a vendor, go here: https://www.cinemahtx.org/HMC

Leslie Moody Castro and William Sarradet talk about recent events in the art world including the beheading of a public sculpture, the discovery of the oldest cave art, and fake Picassos in a Tasmanian Museum.

"I connect with the sentiment of exhibitions as being a site of experimentation and play. I appreciate at some level vaunting art canon as the be-all-end-all record of what is important and aesthetic in human history but at some point, you trip over yourself just to have a handful of people be successful and valued." 

See related readings here: https://glasstire.com/2024/07/14/art-dirt-beheaded-sculptures-fake-picassos-and-cave-paintings/

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Jessica Fuentes and William Sarradet discuss the redesign and expansion of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Art and the upcoming "Delta Triennial."

"Traditionally, the Delta is a juried exhibition. This year AMFA decided to also have an invitational component. It still functioned as a juried exhibition, anybody could apply that fell within that geographic region, but the jurors also selected one artist from each of the states to be the invited artist."

See related readings here: https://glasstire.com/2024/06/30/art-dirt-discussing-arkansas-delta-triennial/

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Brandon Zech talks with Erin Dorn about her experiences working in Houston's art institutions and starting her own gallery, Seven Sisters.

"It's a relationship-based industry, and being able to anticipate what your clients would like or would respond to and introducing them to new material is part of the cycle that comes with the territory."

See related readings here: https://glasstire.com/2024/06/16/art-dirt-talking-with-erin-dorn-of-seven-sisters-gallery/

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Inspired by recently unveiled controversial portraits of King Charles III and Catherine, Princess of Wales, Brandon Zech and Gabriel Martinez discuss portraiture's privileged place in art history.

"For the entire history of portraiture, the goal has been to depict the person as they are because it has been the only way for us to be able to tell how people looked. But now that images of famous people can be ubiquitously found on the internet, artists have a little more freedom to play with the idea of what a portrait is."

See related readings here: https://glasstire.com/2024/06/02/art-dirt-whats-the-point-of-portraiture/

This week's podcast is sponsored in part by the Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art (CASETA), which will present their Annual Symposium and Texas Art Fair from June 21-23 at the DoubleTree by Hilton – Greenway Plaza Hotel in Houston. The event will feature a variety of lectures and conversations revolving around Early Texas Art, along with an accompanying art fair. To see a complete list of events and register for the program, please go here: https://www.caseta.org/2022-caseta-symposium

William Sarradet and Gabriel Martinez discuss the Julio Torres film Problemista and its depiction of the difficulties of succeeding in the contemporary art world.

"One of my favorite things about art film is that it certainly can follow a conventional narrative arc; it doesn't just have to be talking about Snow White and Prince Charming."

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See related readings here: https://glasstire.com/2024/05/19/art-dirt-problemista-magical-realism-in-the-art-world/

Leslie Moody Castro and Jessica Fuentes discuss new art organizations, the appeal of non-urban spaces, and the many changes occurring at art institutions across the state.

"There might be more opportunities in these smaller places because there are less restrictions and more space. It will be interesting to see how they continue to build, and develop, and how they find ways to sustain themselves." 

See related readings here: https://glasstire.com/2024/05/05/art-dirt-staffing-changes-new-museums-other-recent-news/

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Brandon Zech talks with Texas artist Paul Hester about his over 50-year career taking photographs.

"There are photographs that I look at and say 'that just feels right,' but there are others that bug the hell out of me, and those are the ones that stick with me."

See related readings here:https://glasstire.com/2024/04/21/art-dirt-talking-art-architecture-photography-with-paul-hester

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Brandon Zech, Leslie Moody Castro, and Gabriel Martinez talk about the 2024 editions of the Dallas Art Fair and the Dallas Invitational.

"The opening night party was kind of sparse. Normally it's a zoo; you can't walk through the lobby, the valet line is a mess. There was a nice crowd, but nothing like I have experienced in the past."

See related readings here: https://glasstire.com/2024/04/07/art-dirt-recapping-dallas-art-fairs

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