Please Touch the Art

Kieve Rodeheaver interviews Destiny Ryan live on location about the painting Metamorphosis and the sculpture Walking Nightmare. Starting with Walking Nightmare the pair discuss grief, mental illness, dark humor, memory, and color. Audience members are pulled to talk about the artwork live. Metamorphosis and more of Destiny’s work can be seen in Columbus College of Art and Design’s Acock Gallery this summer.

Links to pictures discussed in the episode:

https://www.instagram.com/p/ByioEdAhpOF/?igshid=11xrhhi7jdnge

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj-laFGBPUJ/?igshid=11t9c31xvk3fy

Links of artists discussed:

https://www.instagram.com/destiny.ryan.art

Music:

Nude by Radiohead

https://youtu.be/Azp6y_IgGLY

Kimya Dawson’s Competition

https://youtu.be/9gkhXp76e88

Our Lady of the Underground from Anais Mitchell’s Hadestown https://youtu.be/F-JJKI6lMlE

Fed up with Hunger by Saintsenenca:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvgkjGSf3G0

Kieve Rodeheaver interviews Mackenzie about her mural at the Miles House and her pastel work. The pair discuss suicide awareness, hope, and strenght. Mackenzie welcomes us into a dark time in her life and encourages us to continue on. She talks about exploring Arabic writing and mixed media. This year she is planning on expanding the mural.

Suicide Hotline: ‭1 (800) 273-8255‬

Pictures: https://instagram.com/p/BzI-l-dpkXg/

https://instagram.com/p/BzI-gXeJm9t/

https://instagram.com/p/BzI-aqfJQKk/

Music:

Kimya Dawson’s Competition

https://youtu.be/9gkhXp76e88

Love Theme from I Can’t Think Straight by Raiomand Mirza https://youtu.be/IuC0_qIN8TE

Our Lady of the Underground from Anais Mitchell’s Hadestown https://youtu.be/F-JJKI6lMlE

Kieve and Wes, local actor and stage magician, discuss Rodin’s Gates of Hell. They talk about Dante’s Inferno, relief sculpture and decorative art. The two creatives discuss the process of making art and joke about pirates. Are you ready to check The Gates of Hell off your bucket list?

Links to art: http://www.musee-rodin.fr/en/collections/sculptures/gates-hell

Links to artists discussed: https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/arthur-rackham

https://art21.org/artist/fred-wilson/

Links to podcast discussed: The Lonely Palette: Richard Sierra’s Torqued Elipses https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lonely-palette/id1110780638?mt=2&i=1000375566353

Music:

Fed up with Hunger by Saintsenenca

Dies Irea from Mozart’s Reqium https://youtu.be/ePRZC_OulYc

Our Lady of the Underground from Anais Mitchell’s Hadestown https://youtu.be/F-JJKI6lMlE

Kieve and Oliver talk about Kehinde Wiley’s Portrait of Obama. Wiley paints black and brown folk in street close posed as famous portraits and statues to give power and history back to folks who have had theirs erased in Western centric museums. The pair discuss President Obama’s choice of a fantastical portrait as well as the significance of different elements of the painting.

Link to the picture discussed:

https://www.google.com/search?q=kehinde+wiley+portrait+of+obama&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWqNLuqY_iAhVJnFkKHcCPBf0Q_AUIEygB&biw=375&bih=553#imgrc=CT-gOM0Tq_XO4M

Links to artists discussed:

http://kehindewiley.com

https://art21.org/artist/fred-wilson/

Article quoted:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/barack-obama-portrait-kehinde-wiley-1222910?fbclid=IwAR2Xt5PAicg3NhquWlFG7Bs3NxBSWcaSg9yPCW32aWNDx7xA4KWH-kkuGuI

Music:

Fed up with Hunger by Saintsenenca

Skin: Accoustic Version by BOY

The Star Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key and John Stanford Smith

Applause by Lady Gaga

Kieve and Jessi, author of poetry chapbook Too Tender For Keeping, discuss a piece from the series, Skin, by UK artist Rosanna Jones. Rosanna Jones’s paint and photo collages serve as a springboard for Kieve and Jessi to discuss power between veiwer and art object, commercial versus fine art, identity and fashion and much more. Some platforms do not properly show the links, if this is the case visit wcbe.org for links to the art discussed.

Link to the picture discussed:

http://rosanna-jones.blogspot.com/2013/04/concealment.html

Links to artists discussed:

https://www.rosannajones.co.uk/

http://rosanna-jones.blogspot.com/

http://www.regenprojects.com/artists/catherine-opie

Music:

Fed up with Hunger by Saintsenenca

Skin: Accoustic Version by BOY

Kieve Rodeheaver interviews Jacs Fishburne about their work in progress: Neural, a fiber piece for their master’s thesis and two woven photographs. Starting with Neural the pair discusses grief, chronic illness, pain, the desire to connect through touch, and the process of making. With the photographs they talk about interacting with their art in space, sexuality, and collaborating with the dance troupe Sea-Bus. Neural can be seen in the current Columbus College of Art and Design MFA thesis show, Replacing the Sun? through the next few weeks.

Links to pictures discussed in the episode:

Neural WIP: http://blog.jacsfishburne.com/#jp-carousel-40634 http://blog.jacsfishburne.com/#jp-carousel-40635 http://blog.jacsfishburne.com/#jp-carousel-40637

Photo 1: http://www.jacsfishburne.com/weavings/720aqw6b85js32rfwmirljtm95ip13

Photo 2: http://www.jacsfishburne.com/weavings/el1q3gwoaiu1ixzhkcldk462z8mete

Beltane: http://www.jacsfishburne.com/beltane

Links of artists discussed:

http://www.jacsfishburne.com/

https://www.seabusdance.com/

Music Fed up with Hunger by Saintsenenca:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvgkjGSf3G0