“I’m a lifetime art lover, and I’m really happy that I found this refreshingly informative Podcast. I grew up outside of Manhattan and grew up visiting museums in the City. Though I’m not an artist, I’ve spent the next 30 years in New York and Boston studying/enjoying art. The directness of opinions, the honest reviews, the scope of knowledge and the just-plain-fun that exudes from this Podcast is amazing. It’s the new wave of learning - entertaining with true scholarship, no dumbing-down here, just two great teachers who clearly love their subject.
Learning additional facts/opinions about artists I’m familiar with (Schiele, Basquait, etc), finding new love of artists I’ve known but under appreciated (I took my daughters to Rockwell’s studio in Massachusetts, and they loved it, but I never fully appreciated his contribution until I heard an Art Atrack podcast on him), and hearing original analysis that ignites new interest in overseen art (My appreciation of The Scream has been reinvigorated).
After reading Cleveland’s book, A History of American Tonalism, I’d love to hear a podcast on Tonalism, which Cleveland calls a “distinctively American art form,” and includes Whistler and lays the groundwork for American Modernism.
I’d also love to hear something on Cambodian artists - Sothy Chhim (“Dancing”), Cheanick Nov (“Sitting”), and maybe include Tiwanese artists like Lee Shih-Chiao (“Sound of Water from Caoshang”)?
You discuss how great art can come out of torment, and you can’t get more torment than the history of Cambodia.
And, is it possible to discuss the history of and effects of Art Criticism from Alberti to Ruskin (who you touched in with Whistler) to Apollinaire to Greenberg and Read?
Wait! one more - Audubon. Where does he fit in?
Art Attack should be required reading for every artist and every art student.”
La Shari via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/15/20