Kunst Please

Chris Burden spent much of the 1970s creating wince-inducing performance art, and then evolved into a creator of stunning sculptural objects. The importance of the performative element was never lost in the transition though and his entire catalogue is filled with gems that demand a physical presence and attendance.

Kunst Please is a micro-dose of modern art history. Tune in every fortnight for an exploration into the more unexpected side of modern art, featuring stories of the famous and the infamous, the weird and the wonderful, the unheard, the cult, the criminally overlooked and the criminally insane.

Created and produced by Jonathan Heath.

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Tamara de Lempicka captured some of the most iconic imagery of the Art Deco period. Her clean and powerful style became synonymous with the movement. Whilst her personality and style captivated the art world and captured the hearts of many collecting luminaries such as Madonna, she should be best remembered as icon in feminist art and a hero to those who live on the fringes of society.

Kunst Please is a micro-dose of modern art history. Tune in every fortnight for an exploration into the more unexpected side of modern art, featuring stories of the famous and the infamous, the weird and the wonderful, the unheard, the cult, the criminally overlooked and the criminally insane.

Created and produced by Jonathan Heath.

Follow the gallery space on Instagram @kunstplease

John Heartfield has been described as “the greatest political artist and graphic designer of the twentieth century.” Throughout the thirties his anti-fascist imagery ran rampant throughout Berlin, much to the displeasure of the Nazis who forced him to flee Germany. His work was always biting and often hilarious, and his impact on contemporary culture is undeniable. 

Kunst Please is a micro-dose of modern art history. Tune in every fortnight for an exploration into the more unexpected side of modern art, featuring stories of the famous and the infamous, the weird and the wonderful, the unheard, the cult, the criminally overlooked and the criminally insane.

Created and produced by Jonathan Heath.

Follow the gallery space on Instagram @kunstplease

Françoise Gilot was the muse that became a master. She and Picasso spent 10 topsy-turvy years together, resulting in two children, amazing artistic progressions for both of them, and for the first time in Picasso’s prolific history of affairs, it was he who would be dumped. 

Kunst Please is a micro-dose of modern art history. Tune in every fortnight for an exploration into the more unexpected side of modern art, featuring stories of the famous and the infamous, the weird and the wonderful, the unheard, the cult, the criminally overlooked and the criminally insane.

Created and produced by Jonathan Heath.

Follow the gallery space on Instagram @kunstplease

One night in 1953, Robert Rauschenberg knocked on the door of Willem de Kooning's house. He held a freshly purchased bottle of Jack Daniels in his nervous hands, and a concept in his head so fiendishly ingenious that it’s execution would reverberate around the art world and help turn Rauschenberg into an icon himself.

Kunst Please is a micro-dose of modern art history. Tune in every fortnight for an exploration into the more unexpected side of modern art, featuring stories of the famous and the infamous, the weird and the wonderful, the unheard, the cult, the criminally overlooked and the criminally insane.

Created and produced by Jonathan Heath.

Follow the gallery space on Instagram @kunstplease

As a collective, The Hairy Who exhibited together for just three years – but their success brought wide international acclaim to Chicago’s homegrown art movement. Their work was weird and dorky, quite unlike the colossally successful Pop Art of the time from such luminaries as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein whose efforts were far more clinical and detached.

Kunst Please is a micro-dose of modern art history. Tune in every fortnight for an exploration into the more unexpected side of modern art, featuring stories of the famous and the infamous, the weird and the wonderful, the unheard, the cult, the criminally overlooked and the criminally insane. 

Created and produced by Jonathan Heath. 

Follow the gallery space on Instagram @kunstplease