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Light Work
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Light Work is a creative media platform working at the intersection of art, education, and culture.
Ekow Eshun: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
On this episode I’m joined by Ekow Eshun. Ekow Eshun is a writer, editor and curator, known for his work in arts, culture, and identity. In the episode we discuss his latest exhibition, The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure, on view through February 9 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The show brings together over 60 contemporary works that unfold around three core themes: Double Consciousness, Past and Presence and Aliveness. As the former Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, he played a significant role in shaping the institution's programming.
Image Credit: Zeinab Batchelor
Contributing Audio Credit: Alan Mckinney
Image Credit: Zeinab Batchelor
Contributing Audio Credit: Alan Mckinney
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Season 5 - Trailer
Просмотров 514 дней назад
We're back with another season of Everything is Connected in 2025! Before we get started with a new season I just want to take a moment and say thank you to all of the listeners from all over the world. We had more listener-ship in 2024 across the globe than ever before. So thank you all. It's really such a joy and such a pleasure to be in company with you on this journey. Being in conversation...
Otobong Nkanga: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
Просмотров 18Месяц назад
On this episode, I'm joined by Otobong Nkanga as we discuss her latest commission, Cadence, on view at the MoMA now through summer 2025. I first discovered her work when I wrote about her earlier this year for the summer issue of Sculpture Magazine. Otobong Nkanga, a multidisciplinary visual artist born in Nigeria and based in Antwerp, Belgium, explores themes of memory, identity, and the compl...
Jammie Holmes: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
Просмотров 152 месяца назад
On this episode I'm joined by Jammie Holmes as we discuss his work and practice; the journey that led him into art and the focus of his practice today. His exhibition, Morning Thoughts, at Marianne Boesky Gallery is on view when we sit down to talk about his origin story and some of the ideas he’s investigating in his latest body of work. Incorporating portraiture, symbolism, and written text i...
Kandy G Lopez: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
Просмотров 72 месяца назад
On this episode I'm joined by Kandy G Lopez as we discuss her practice on the eve of the closing of her two person show with Aminah Robinson at ACA gallery in Chelsea. In the exhibition viewers were presented with her mixed media, fiber, and stained glass works. Lopez is an Afro-Caribbean visual artist, eager to be challenged materialistically and metaphorically when representing marginalized i...
Genevieve Gaignard: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
Просмотров 183 месяца назад
On this episode I'm joined by Genevieve Gaignard as we discuss her latest exhibition, and third solo with Vielmetter Los Angeles, Thinking Out Loud. In the show, Gaignard excavates concepts of identity and reflects on the intersections of life’s journey. In what might be Gaignard’s most intimate body of work to date, Thinking Out Loud overlaps her practice with her most recent lived experience,...
Paul Anthony Smith: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
Просмотров 163 месяца назад
On this episode, I’m joined by Paul Anthony Smith. His latest show, Antillean, is on view at Jack Shainman Gallery when we sit down to talk. Paul has just returned from London, where he attended Frieze London, and spent time seeing his Jamaican family, who lives there. In the episode, Paul reflects on the history of the Caribbean and explores themes of migration. We discussed how photography pl...
Chiwoniso Kaitano: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu
Просмотров 314 месяца назад
On this episode, I'm joined by Chiwoniso Kaitano Executive Director of MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program. She is the 10th person to lead the organization since 1907. Before joining MacDowell, Chi spent the last four years at the helm of Girl Be Heard, expanding its organizational budget, increasing individual giving by 200 percent, and growing both the staff and board. Prio...
Cierra Britton
Просмотров 314 дней назад
Cierra Britton is a curator and art dealer living and working in New York City. As the director of the Cierra Britton Gallery, her mission is to make space for artists who are creating exploratory work across all mediums. Founded in 2021, the Cierra Britton Gallery is the first NYC-based gallery dedicated to representing BIPOC womxn artists whose work contributes to the contemporary cultural di...
Marcus Leslie Singleton
Просмотров 114 дней назад
On this episode we're joined by Marcus Leslie Singleton. The Brooklyn based painter (www.artsy.net/gene/painting) depicts intimate moments of Black life. He has exhibited his work at galleries and art fairs in New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Singleton reflects on the process of identity building and questions around Black consciousness.
Lauren Pearce
Просмотров 114 дней назад
On this episode we're joined by Lauren Pearce. Lauren Pearce is a black artist who pulls inspiration from her community, creating powerful mixed media art, bringing textures in her portraits, and iconic shapes and colors to her captivating murals. Her passion for expressing her identity led her to art School. At the age of 24, she began her professional career as an artist. Using an array of ma...
Storm Ascher
Просмотров 414 дней назад
On this episode we're joined by Storm Ascher, founder and owner of superposition gallery which opened in 2018 The gallery represents emerging and mid-career artists from around the globe with an emphasis on creating community. Taking on the life of the nomadic artist and resident, curatorial projects come to fruition through iterations of borrowed space in Los Angeles, New York, and Miami. Next...
Jake Troyli
Просмотров 214 дней назад
On this episode we're joined by Jake Troyli Jake Troyli investigates the construction of otherness and the commodification of the Black/Brown body, confronting and exploring labor capitalism and sweat equity as a demonstration of value. He makes energetic paintings, often featuring a self-portrait or avatar of himself embedded in engaging scenes, with a markedly classicist approach. Utilizing t...
Jenee Daria-Strand
Просмотров 714 дней назад
On this episode we're joined by Jenee Daria Strand, the Curatorial Assistant for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Jenée-Daria aims to expand her knowledge of art history, and integrate her interests in performance practices, to examine Black subjectivity within the museum setting. She holds a BFA from Florida State University, and is pursuing an MA at New...
Genesis Tramaine
Просмотров 914 дней назад
On this episode we're joined by Genesis Tramaine, is an expressionist devotional painter who creates abstract portraits of men and women who transcend gender, race, and social structures. Genesis Tramaine’s striking, near-abstract portraits of Black subjects take inspiration from biblical hymns and the scrawling figuration (www.artsy.net/gene/figurative-art) of 1980s New York graffiti art (www....
Retro Africa 'Do This In Memory Of Us' at Lehmann Maupin - Part 2
Просмотров 53 года назад
Retro Africa 'Do This In Memory Of Us' at Lehmann Maupin - Part 2
Retro Africa 'Do This In Memory Of Us' at Lehmann Maupin - Part 1
Просмотров 313 года назад
Retro Africa 'Do This In Memory Of Us' at Lehmann Maupin - Part 1
Superposition Gallery Third Annual Benefit & Artist Talk - Sag Harbor, East Hampton, New York
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Superposition Gallery Third Annual Benefit & Artist Talk - Sag Harbor, East Hampton, New York