Ep 88: Resilience Through Research (Pt5) w/ Jennifer Coates
::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
Current studio daemons: olm, volcano snail, and a rare algae of Blick Mead called Hildenbrandia
Thank you, Jennifer!
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