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Bree Stallings, Charlotte artist: To Be Seen & Celebrated exhibition

Episode 149: You can’t deny that eyes are the window to the soul. Today I go on-site to see Bree Stallings’s solo exhibition, To be Seen & Celebrated. Bree & I chat about the project behind the exhibition, where she was commissioned to paint 100 individual eyeballs in memory of a loved one.

Bree gives a percentage of it to the residents Brookhill Village, an affordable housing community in Charlotte, for eye exams & glasses.

To be Seen & Celebrated, c. Bree Stallings

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Let’s Have a Ball! Chat with Andrea Rosen of the Fleming Museum

Episode 147: Today I talk to Andrea Rosen, the head curator at the Fleming Museum in Burlington, Vt. She tells me all about the Artist, Wood Gaylor, which is the topic of her new book, Wood Gaylor and American Modernism, 1913-1936 which just came out. We talk about the corresponding exhibition, Let’s Have a Ball! which goes until May 8, 2020.

Check out this video of Andrea talking about Wood Taylor


Samuel Wood Gaylor (American, 1883-1957), Picnic, Shaker Lake, Alfred, Maine, 1923. Oil on canvas in hand-carved frame by Robert Laurent. Courtesy of Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts, LLC, New York

featured image credit: Let’s Have a Ball! Wood Gaylor and the New York Art Scene, 1913–1936  — February 7 – May 8, 2020.  Image: Samuel Wood Gaylor (American, 1883-1957), Arts Ball, 1918, 1918. Oil on canvas. Private Collection. 

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Shoot the Breeze: Chat with Katerina Marcelja

Episode 147: Today I talk to Brooklyn based artist Katerina Marcelja, about her Shoot the Breeze exhibit at Happy Lucky No.1 Gallery. Every culture has it’s idioms and sayings, “kill two birds with one stone,” “an eye for an eye.” She examines the history behind what we say and questions why we say it. It goes until March 1, 2020.

Cloud, Katerina Marcelja
One Fava, Katerina Marcelja
Skipper, Katerina Marcelja
Slip of the Tongue, Katerina Marcelja
Water under the Bridge, Katerina Marcelja

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Prints from Europe: Chat with Wim Roefs of the if Art Gallery

Episode 145: Today I talk to Wim Roefs of the ifArt Gallery in Colombia, SC about the Prints from Europe exhibition. This exhibition contains limited edition prints from the last six decades. Join us as we talk about this fabulous exhibition & we also learn what makes a print valuable.

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Michelle Gaugy: Art Consultant in Santa Fe, NM

Episode 140: Today I talk to Michelle Gaugy, Art Consultant & the former owner of the Gaugy Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I found her on Quora.com, where she answered some questions I was interested in, regarding art markets. I looked her up on Facebook & connected with her there.

The Gaugy Gallery
Artist, Jean-Claude Gaugy 

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Sarah Sze exhibition: Chat with Julia Debski of the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Episode 138: Today I chat with Julia Debski. She’s the gallery assistant at the Tanya Bonakdar gallery in New York City. We talk about Charlotte, Starbucks, New York, and the Sarah Sze exhibition which goes until October 19, 2019.

“In the age of the image, a painting is a sculpture.”
Sarah Sze (2019)
Sarah Sze
Sarah Sze

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Brian Rutenberg, NY abstract artist

Episode 137: Today I talk with artist Brian Rutenberg about his art & his books. I had Brian on the show probably a year ago. He’s represented by a local gallery here, the Jerald Melberg gallery. He’s really interesting & his paintings have such unique perspectives, both literally & visually.

Bluet
Oil on linen
2013–14
60 x 82 in
Wax Myrtle
Oil on linen
2015
55 x 68 in

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Liam O’Gallagher: Chat with Kevin Wallace, of the Beatrice Wood Center

Episode 134 : Kevin Wallace, from the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts returns to the show. He introduces me to the art of Liam O’Gallagher, who was a contemporary of Beato’s & a REALLY interesting guy. Kevin wrote a book on Liam which is linked below.

Featured Image: Bird, 1995 Acrylic on canvas 12″ x 12″

Self-Trait
1997
Acrylic on canvas 
11″ x 14″
Untitled
n.d.
Acrylic on canvas 
12″ x 12″
Creation
2005
Acrylic on canvas 
18″ x 18″

All images c. Liam O’ Gallagher.

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Caroline Krabbe, Danish painter in Spain

Episode 132: Today I talk to Caroline Krabbe, all the way in Spain!! [She’s actually Danish]. She is fabulous! I found her on Instagram & knew I had to chat with her. We have a very inspiring conversation about growing up in an artist family, running a gallery, and producing the best art possible.

i Frigiliana, Galería Krabbe
Primavera, Caroline Krabbe, Galeria Krabbe
Sydpå II. 80x80cm. Acylic on canvas Caroline Krabbe – 

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