John Brantingham, Ken Johnson, Aruni Wijesinghe, Jeffrey Graessley, Tim Hatch, and David Falkinburg ask the question, "How Do You Know If an Idea is Good?"

Hilma af Klint, the swan no 23, 1915, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

John Brantingham, Jeffrey Graessley, Tim Hatch, Kate Flannery, and Kendall Johnson talk about the history and origins of abstract expressionism and why abstract expressionism still matters.

Watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1DwLEP5nL4

Wesley Hurd, "Between the Knife and the Heart" acrylic, mixed media on canvas, 51 x 47 inches

John Brantingham, David Falkinburg, and Kendall Johnson discuss abstract art in general and the work of Wesley Hurd specifically.

More information at The Odyssey of These Days: http://www.odysseyofthesedays.com/paintings

 John Brantingham, Ken Johnson, Matt Sedillo, Tim Hatch, and Jeffrey Graessley discuss the nature of objective reality as it relates to art.

Ken Johnson, Tim Hatch, Jeffrey Graessley, George Hammons, Kate Flannery, and John Brantingham talk about the UCR virtual photography show, Facing Fire: Art, Wildfire, and the End of Nature in the New West.

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Ken Johnson, Tim Hatch, Matt Sedillo, Kate Flannery, John Brantingham talk about Father Bill Moore's final art show "My Last Art Beats: still touching & feeding souls" at the Progress Gallery in Pomona, in collaboration with the Sasse Museum of Art.

Online catalog of the show: https://view.publitas.com/inland-empire-museum-of-art/my-last-art-beats/page/1 Sasse Museum of Art : http://sasseartmuseum.org/