The Wise Foo‪l‬ Fifty14

We discuss:



- blending together a gallery, agency, and creative studio



- looking to fix broken parts of the art world



- a holistic approach to the needs of artists



- grant funding



- how they choose artists to work with



- the importance of community



- advocacy and ethics in photography



- is there still need for a photographic 'style'?



- the importance of authenticity



 



4 artist that inspire them:

Pacifico Silano - https://www.pacificosilano.com

Fumi Ishino - http://fumiishino.com

Alejandro Cartagena - https://alejandrocartagena.com

Vasantha Yogananthan - https://vasanthayogananthan.com



 



https://assembly.art



 



 

Hosted by Matthew Dols

http://matthewdols.com

Supported in part by:

EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway

https://eeagrants.org



and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project:

Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com

Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

We discuss:

- the importance of relationships in her work



- having a multi cultural work, life, and family



- the need for more ethical practices in art



- post colonial aesthetics



- the importance of collaboration and empathy in her work



- trying to remove the ego from art



- advocacy for women artists



- gentrification



- her cookbook as artistic performance



- storing her artwork



- Indian food



 



People + Places mentioned:

Františka Ševčíková Gilman - http://huntkastner.com/exhibitions/past/frantiska-and-tim-gilman-i-have-a-window-i-see-and-i-forget-_-118-10102011/

Pavel Kraus - http://www.pavelkraus.com

Hanka Poislová - https://www.facebook.com/hanka.poislova

Indigo Blue Dyeing in India - https://www.unesco.de/en/culture-and-nature/indigo-blue-dyeing

Danzinger blueprint - https://www.modrotisk-danzinger.cz

Strážnický modrotisk - https://www.straznicky-modrotisk.cz

Kathleen Vance / Front Room Gallery - https://www.frontroomles.com

Rhombus Space - http://www.rhombusspace.com

Katerina Lanfranco - https://www.katerinalanfranco.com

Sámi - https://www.visitfinland.com/article/meet-the-sami-finlands-indigenous-people/#39df4264

Monica Moisin - https://www.culturalintellectualproperty.com

Jeremy Fritzhand - https://www.studiobagru.com

Mahila Prints - https://www.culturalintellectualproperty.com/mahila-prints



 



3 noteworthy creatives:

Anita Shapolsky Gallery - https://anitashapolskygallery.com

Samanta Batra Mehta - https://samantabatramehta.com

Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow - https://www.jodielynkeechow.com



 



https://petravalentova.wordpress.com



https://www.imprintedstory.com



 



 

Hosted by Matthew Dols

http://matthewdols.com

 

Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway

https://eeagrants.org

a href="https://eeagrants.

We discussed:



- What it means to be a professional artist

- Being rediscovered after decades

- Everything influences everything

- Speaking the language of things

- what is art?

- the art system

- being a late bloomer

- the need for time and distance

- fleeing communism in 1981

- his connection to nature

- including randomness and chance in art making

- biointervention art

- interspecies art

- cult of personality

- the algorithm

- envying your younger self

- viewers being impressed by tediousness

- buying immortality



 



People + Places mentioned:

Catacomb saints - https://dirtysexyhistory.com/2020/01/07/divine-inspiration-how-romes-unknown-dead-became-catacomb-saints/



James Hampton - The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly - https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/throne-third-heaven-nations-millennium-general-assembly-9897



Pavlína Morganová, Czech Action Art: Happenings, Actions, Events, Land Art, Body Art and Performance Art Behind the Iron Curtain - https://www.amazon.com/Czech-Action-Art-Happenings-Performance/dp/802462317X



National Film Archive, Czech Republic - https://nfa.cz



Gallery1718 - Veronika Holcová, Pavel Hrnčíř - https://www.gallery1718.ca



Roman Buxbaum



Petr Rezek



 



People who inspired him:

Jiří Kovanda

Karel Miler - https://www.memoryofnations.eu/en/miler-karel-1940

Joseph Beuys - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-beuys-747

Master Theodoric - https://www.malmecc.eu/master-theodoric-court-painter-of-prague/

Dennis Oppenheim - https://www.dennisaoppenheim.org

Lucian Freud - https://imma.ie/artists/lucian-freud/

Eva Hesse - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/eva-hesse-1280



 



Contemporary artist whom he likes:

Terry Hoff - http://www.terryhoff.com

Ben Schumacher - https://www.saatchigallery.com/artist/ben_schumacher



 



where to look to see his art:

http://lumir.ca

http://corridor213.ca

http://nevan.gallery

http://darrengallery.com



 

Hosted by Matthew Dols

We discuss:

- Having an art collection is like having a child

- the barrier to entry in the art world

- the detrimental fast pace of the art world

- quality vs quantity

- her wish that the art world would put artists in the center

- ecological concerns in the art world

- artist statements

- Art Criticism

- our dislike of the words nice and cute

- self-segregation in the arts

- how they choose to purchase art for their collection

- the importance of being ethical in your collecting of art

- collectors gossip to other collectors

- Legacy planning for art collectors

- how to work with art advisors



 



People + Places mentioned:

Museo di Capodimonte - http://www.museocapodimonte.beniculturali.it/information-en/

Jean-Luc Godard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Godard

Lucio Amelio - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucio_Amelio

Phillips Auction House - https://www.phillips.com/

Because of many suns - https://www.collezionetaurisano.art/collezione-taurisano--because-of-many-suns.html

Carolina Ciuti - https://www.instagram.com/caro16caro

Leigh Ledare - https://leighledare.com/

Claire Fontaine - https://www.clairefontaine.ws/



 



Noteworthy artists:

Apparatus 22 - https://www.suprainfinit.com/works/8

Zandile Tshabalala - https://www.ada-accra.com/exhibitions/11-zandile-tshabalala-enter-paradise/overview/

Victoria Vincenzina Nunley - http://www.vvnunley.com



 



https://www.collezionetaurisano.art



 

Hosted by Matthew Dols

http://www.matthewdols.com

Supported in part by:

EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway

https://eeagrants.org



and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project:

Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com

Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

We discussed:



- portfolio reviews

- constructive criticism

- photography workshops

- using humor in art

- being subversion with social media

- cultivating a younger generation of art collectors

- unique photographic work

- legacy planning

- the importance of knowing who you are as an artist



 



People + Places mentioned:

John Baldessari

Edward Ruscha

Wayne White - https://www.waynewhiteart.com/

Catherine Edelman Gallery - https://www.edelmangallery.com



 



3 artists she recommends:

Raymond Thompson, Jr. - http://www.raymondthompsonjr.com

Sandra Klein - https://www.sandrakleinportfolio.com

Jon Henry - https://www.jonhenryphotography.com



 



http://alinesmithson.com



http://lenscratch.com



 

Hosted by Matthew Dols

http://www.matthewdols.com

Supported in part by:

EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway

https://eeagrants.org



and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project:

Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com

Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

We discuss:

- Different definitions of success

- Being a brand

- The art world can have her when she is dead

- Money and power does not make you happy

- The need for goals

- Pricing your work

- Her philanthropy

- Laws of economics

- Having gratitude

- Learning from partnerships

- Living with anxiety

- Self limitations

- Collectors want to create relationship with living artists

- Being an art collector

- The need to find your audience



 



People + Places mentioned:

Marc Dennis - https://marcdennis.com

Erika Lee Sears - http://www.atinyrocket.com

Nora Martin - https://noramartinhall.com



3 artist that need more recognition:

Big Chief Demond Melancon of the Young Seminole Hunters - https://www.demondmelancon.com

Andrew Alford - https://www.andrewalforddesign.com

Emanuel De Sousa - https://www.emanueldesousa.com

Tiffanie Turner - http://www.papelsf.com



 



https://www.ashleylongshore.com/



 

Hosted by Matthew Dols

http://www.matthewdols.com

Supported in part by:

EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway

https://eeagrants.org



and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project:

Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com

Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no