Show Notes
::CW: during the Kathe Kollwitz section, we discuss a print dealing with sexual assault::
Jennifer and I are back with our bushel baskets of researched artists of the past to soothe our shattered nerves. Tune in to hear about 6 artists that made exceptional work under strained circumstances: Käthe Kollwitz, John of Arderne - medieval surgeon and margin doodler, Gustav Metzger, William Gropper, David Hammons and Joan Miró.
Käthe Kollwitz notes: "Käthe Kollwitz" exhibtion at MOMA May-June 2024 Emile Zola's novel "Germinal" 1885 "Scene from 'Germinal" 1893 "A Weavers' Revolt" series 1893-1897 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "The Weavers" 1892 "The Mothers" 1918 "Never Again" 1924 "R-ped" 1907 Francisco de Goya's "Disasters of War" series Otto Dix "Der Krieg" 1924
John of Arderne notes: Medical Treatises England: c.1376, re-copied and 1475-1500Sp Coll MS Hunter 251 (U.4.9) (see more here and here) Misericord seatrest carvings in English medieval churches
Gustave Metzger notes: The Viennese Actionists Artist, David Bomberg "Auto-destructive Art" 1961 London performance "Flailing Trees" 2009 "Remember Nature" 2015 "Table" c.1957-8 The Fluxus movement Documentary "Lifeline: Clyfford Still"
William Gropper notes: "America: It's Folklore" 1946 Francisco de Goya's "Los Caprichos" series 1798 French political artist, Honoré Daumier "Blacklist" and "Environment" from Gropper's Capriccios series 1953–57
David Hammons notes: "The Melt Goes on Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons" Documentary 2022 Artist, Charles White Artist, Betye Saar "Bliz-aard Ball Sale" Performance New York, NY 1983 "Body Prints" 1968–1979 "Hair and Wire, Venice Beach" 1977 "Untitled" circa 1980s "Higher Goals" 1983; 1986 "Untitled (Night Train)" 1989 Artist, Rachel Whiteread
Joan Miró notes: Ballet Russes Artist, Henri Matisse "Mori el Merma" (Death to Merma) Theatrical collaboration with the Barcelona puppet troupe, La Claca, headed by Joan Baixas 1978 (watch here) "Ubu Roi" by Alfred Jarry 1896 Artist, Meg Lipke
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