Modern Art is Rubbish

In this episode we talk about a record breaking self portrait, some pretty ugly artwork, veggie comparisons, some recovered art and some pop stars turned art stars!

A Kurt Cobain self portrait has been sold for 300,000 pounds.

Greek police have Md3 stolen artworks. A Picasso, a Mondrian and work by Guglielmo Caccia

A work was recently removed from display from a Shanghai gallery, it was a video installation created by the artist Song Ta. The work was called “Ugly and Uglier”. It featured 5000 video clips of different women going about their daily business at a university. They were ranked as to how attractive he found them. In his defence he said he was entitled to tell the truth. There was a public backlash and the gallery was forced to reassess the work and take it down.  You can read more about the story on this Artnet article

A Woman Artist Zin Yutong has created a work in response. Called a guide to identifying vegetables. In the artwork she ranks artist’s penises scoring them out of 100 and assigning them a vegetable to represent the artists manhood.  Anything below 50 was considered a poor score. She presented the work by showing a picture of the artists work alongside a picture of the  vegetable. You can learn more about this on the Vice Website

Luke and Matt Goss famous 80’s popstars are going to be showcasing 18 artworks called “Love and Faith”. People will able to buy  NFT’s associated with the works, they will also receive a signed silk screen print.  Brand new to painting Luke Goss took up painting during lockdown” 

You can see his work on this instagram link

Tom has a new remix of his song Starsplitter! You can hear the remix of Tom’s track that Marcus did below.

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In this show we talk Hockney on the Underground, Marcus’s new favourite artist Eric Ravilious. The Queen selling booze for arts sake, and a marketing squid. And Curator as artist at the Kellie Miller Gallery

David Hockney has created a new design for the London Underground. This is as part of the #LetsDoLondon campaign to get people coming back into the city after lockdown. This is for  Piccadilly Circus station.

Born 22 July 1903 – 2 September 1942. Grew up in Eastbourne, born in London. He was an engraver and designer. He was commissioned to be a war artist. His watercolours make you look at familiar landscapes with fresh eyes. There is something uncanny about his work-these are not typical pastoral scenes. (You can view many of his works on Wiki Art here)

The Queen has started selling Drugs in order to finance manufacture and  upkeep of the royal tipples: you can get now purchase wines and spirits such as Buckingham Palace Gin priced at £40. The Royal art collection is an impressive collection of paintings sculptures and antiquities. It cost lots of money to maintain.  The collection houses some amazing including works by Rembrandt, a large collection of Da Vinci Drawings and a very famous painting by the Dutch artist Jan Vermeer – Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman. (You can check out the Royal Collection here).

Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman circa Early 1660s

A coastal town of Noto has spent aprox 230,000 of it’s 6.3 million dollar government Covid relief fund on a giant Squid sculpture. Though controversial it is said it is being done as part of a tourism drive. The town is famous for its squid.

Marcus Also visited the Kellie Miller Gallery this week. You can find out more about them on their website here

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Live artwork does not mean participatory artwork

An untitled piece by graffiti artist JonOne was painted in front of an audience in Seoul in 2016. The artwork currently hangs in Seoul, where it was inadvertently defaced by a visiting couple.

The couple thought the paint and brushes, used in the original artwork and displayed as an integral part of the work, were an invitation to contribute.They were not, but organisers will not be pressing charges for this honest mistake. There is now a small fence in front of the artwork, with signs saying “ Do not touch”.

His name was Prince..and he didn’t look different enough for Lynn Goldsmith.

Celebrity photographer Lynn Goldsmith claimed the Andy Warhol Foundation infringed her copyright by presenting her 1981 photo of Prince in a way that didn’t constitute transformative use. This claim has been upheld in a  ruling that goes toward clarifying the conundrum: when is transformative use an infringing derivative ie not allowed versus when does transformative work constitute fair use, which is allowed?

The legal bit: The Copyright Act uses the word “transformative” in defining derivative works. Fair use is a defence to copyright infringement. Creation of an unauthorized derivative work is infringement.

This is the second ruling on the case, with Judge#2  judging Judge#1. Judge Gerard E. Lynch of the 2nd circuit court of appeal said that Judge John G. Koeltl spoke in error and “should not assume the role of art critic and seek to ascertain the intent behind or meaning of the works at issue.” Koetl had said the Warhol images were fair use as they transformed the “ vulnerable, uncomfortable person” of Goldsmith’s photos into an “iconic, larger than life figure,” when he ruled in favour of The Andy Warhol Foundation in 2019.

You can hear Tom’s latest musical release below

Notes are by the Writer Amanda Hodgson you can listen to her poetry work here Amanda Hodgson – Listen to Poetry

Featured imaged adapted from image by Nicolas Genin from Paris, France – Prince, People au Défilé Channel, Printemps-Eté 2010 CC BY-SA 2.0

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A person on the Burnt Banksy website set alight to Banksy work. You can see the video below

The Philadelphia Wireman is a name given to an unknown artist. These unknown works were discovered outside a temporary transient home in Philadelphia in 1982, the identity of the Wireman is unknown. They created over 1200 works. They are heavy gauge wire bound bundes of, of what looks like discarded rubbish such as cardboard plastic bags. You can see the works on the Fleisher Ollman Gallery website 

We talked about a lost masterpiece a portrait of Churchill that was painted by Graham Sutherland in 1954. The portrait was subsequently destroyed. You can find out more info on the subject. You can find out more about the the documentary on the subject on this Google search

You can see more works by Graham Sutherland here on the Tate Website

On the pod we talked about the Song Get the Fire Bridgade by The Move

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Today we talk about Digital art, Banksy and a Rubbish Artist.

Christies is having it’s first major auction of a totally digital artwork. The work has been created by the artist Beeple. It is giant digital collage of 5000 artworks created over 5000 days. It is called EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS. The owner of the work will be provided with a Non Fungible Token (a digital token that is proof ownership of this unique work)

You can see details and images of the Beeple work on the Christies website here

There have been digital sales before most notably in 2018 When a rare digital Homer Pepe sold for 350,000 PepeCash ($39,000).

Also the same year a CryptoKitty called Dragon sold for 600 Ethereum coin ($170,000). You can learn more about CryptoKittes here on their website

Digital works have gone for large amounts. “The Forever Rose” Was a totally digital work produced by the Artists Kevin Abosch and GIFTO. It sold for 1 million dollars in a charity auction.

Kevin Abosch also produced an artwork where he produced an artwork using his blood to write the unique wallet address.

You can get more info about the Kevin Abosch IAMA Coin work here

An artist from Suffolk in the UK Jason Alexander has been making artworks from the litter he has been collecting. He has been making them in his back garden. He has made things such as a stick man and a map of the UK. He hopes to encourage people to stop dropping litter. You can see a short interview with him on the BBC news page. If you have developed a taste for Rubbish you can listen here to our Rubbish Episode.

A Banksy has appeared on the side of reading jail, this was the jail that the writer Oscar Wilde was imprisoned in. It is due to be turned into housing however campaigners have been trying to get it turned into an arts centre. Some experts are suggesting it may be a picture of Oscar Wilde

Angry removals.

Another buyer who bought the Banksy hoola hoop girl the girl with a tyre as a hoola hoop. Has been sent nasty emails about him removing it On Wednesday, Mr Brandler said: “If I hadn’t bought it and removed it, in two years’ time there wouldn’t have been a Banksy there at all.” There was a quote that appeared on the board that replaced the artwork “More people went to see the mona lisa after it was stolen than when it was the

Interesting Blockchain NFT selling art

Rarible

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The Sporadic podcast has Sporadically returned! In this episode we talk about why we have been away for a while. Also we talk of Monoliths, a Tintin Auction and discuss the Epic Goldfinch Book and painting.

In this episode we talk about the recent spate of Monolith appearances all over the world.

A Tintin art work has sold for $3.8 million dollars, a new record. It was a rejected cover work as it was too expensive to reproduce. It was to be the front cover for the Blue Lotus.

Marcus has been reading the epic Goldfinch book by Donna Tartt. It features the work Goldfinch by the dutch artist Carel Fabritus

We featured a new song by Tom. You can check out Tom’s music below let the track play and it will ask you to check it out on spotify

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In this episode we talk about dodgy Banksy’s, and the team behind the snow dogs are putting on another show.

Is graffiti the property of the public or the individual?

There is plenty of graffiti nobody wants to claim but that all changes when it is by Banksy.

 An unidentified man went on The Antiques Roadshow with a rat stencil on a steel plate, which he prised from a seaside wall in Brighton circa 2004.

Possibly expecting a head pat for his magpie ways, Unidentified Man got a gentle telling-off from specialist Rupert Mass and was fully roasted after the segment appeared on Banksy’s Pest Control website.

Pest Control allows for potential owners of Banksy’s work to apply for a certificate of authenticity. Unidentified man told Rupert Mass he did this and was turned down.

With the link on the Pest Control website were the words “The Antiques Roadshow sums it up rather well.”

Wild in Art are a commercial organization that create art events across the globe. In MAIRs home city of Brighton we had Snowdogs in 2016. The Raymond Briggs Snowdog character was in 43 different venues across the city, decorated by different artists. 

The nine week sculpture trail culminated in an auction which raised over 310,00 for chosen charity The Martlets Hospice.

Wild in Art are currently running the Covid safe cultural fix that is 50 Windows of Creativity. Galleries, shops and other spaces around Manchester City Centre are showcasing many forms of art for locals to enjoy. A trail map is available online. The event culminates in an auction of featured artworks. Pieces can also be purchased directly from the artists.

Mark Kennedy creates mosaics depicting people such as Blondie, Tommy Cooper, Bob Marley and Madonna. He also recreates iconic album covers in mosaic form, among which are Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures and Screamadelica by Primal Scream.

A lifelong Manchester city fan, his first mosaic was the club badge. Kennedy recently created a mosaic of City player Yaya Toure. His work has a playful , Pop Art feel and can be seen around the city of Manchester.

Lockdown may not seem the obvious time to start a building company, but local man Ric Facchin established a company with a difference. Manchester Builds is Ric making model replicas of Manchester shop fronts in his Whitefield kitchen. 

“I like the weathered look mixed in with years of city centre grime and rot and then topped off with graffiti or street art of which there is an abundance in the NQ at the moment.”

HIs attention to detail is incredible, with models featuring tiny bin nags and fire alarms. Facchin makes the fire alarm casing from used paracetamol packets, saying he finds it “ surreal” the amount of stuff around the house that can be used.

The replicas are so realistic it is hard to tell them apathy from the actual shop fronts. Pictured here is the Shudehill Book centre, with the actual building on the right, or is it?

Artist Maggi Hambling is making an interesting claim about her controversial sculpture. Hambling has presented writer and feminist icon Mary Wollstonecraft as a small, naked figure emerging from a mixture of female forms that appear swirling and liquid.

Reaction was swift and unfavourable, with writer Imogen Hermes Gower saying “Nameless, nude and conventionally attractive is the only way women have ever been acceptable in public sculpture.”

The missed point, according to Hambling, is that the statue is for Wollstonecraft and not of her:”a sculpture about now, in her spirit.” Hambling goes on to say that clothes define people, so she chose to represent Wollstonecraft undefined in that way.

Twitter users have responded by sharing images that depict historical women in a way they prefer: clothed. One example is the sculpture of musician Jenny LInd in Stockholm. Writer and self-confessed Twitter addict Caitlin Moran commented: “the statues of women other women love best show them looking real, Doing something, wearing clothes and radiating power, intellect and joy.”

The statue stands in Newington Green, North London.

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In this episode we talk about dumping carrots and a pricey Banksy!

An artist Rafael Perez Evans has created a work called Grounding, dumping 29 Tonnes of Carrots.

New Music

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We discuss, a mystery Stefanelli painting, a dilemma involving a Michangelo, plus a Hot tip and a quiz!

Marcus from the show was written to about a copy of a painting. The message was from a Pastor from the Westville United Methodist Church, Westville, NJ across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. They have a copy of a famous William Holman Hunt painting called the Light of the World. It was painted by an artist who’s name is Stefanelli. They are trying to locate any relatives of the artist whose surname is Stefanelli. If you have any info you can contact us at [email protected]

On the show we talk about a Dilemma involving the possible sale of this Michelangelo work.

This week we talked about the art of JR CHUO. Inspired by Japanese cut outs. JR CHUO is an artist who works mainly with paper. His striking work is really intricate and original. You Can check out his work on his website jrchou.com and on his Instagram

Below are the images from the quiz we talk about in the mini quiz

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In this episode we talk about a woman that was prevented from going to a museum because of her attire, discuss why do statues have such small penises and also we ask who is Banksy?

The Museu Dorsay has apologised to a women they tried to prevent from entering a musuem becuase of her dress with a low neckline. Below is the open letter to the museum. You can read more about the incedent and what the letter states in the article in the Lily.com

Lettre ouverte @MuseeOrsay

Ci-joint la robe de la discorde (photo prise quatre heures plus tôt) pic.twitter.com/FTIXQKsdRZ

Action Femen stage a topless protest in the Musee D’Orsay to protest about the sexualisation of Women’s bodies.

A new theory suggesting that the Children’s TV presenter Neil Buchanan is the artist known as Banksy. This rumour started on Twitter as the locations where new Banksy works appeared, seemed to tie in with locations which he played gigs with his band Marseilles. Bucchanan has denied that he is Banksy

You can read about Further Theories as to who is Banksy on the following Article in the Independent

Marcus from the Show did the cover art for a book of short flash fiction stories. You can buy it on Amazon for Just 0.99p !

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