Coagula: Secrets of the Art World

Mat Gleason
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This is a podcast discussing the intricacies of the news about the world of contemporary art. This is not a podcast about how things should be. This is a podcast about the realities of the art world and how that impacts artists and culture on a daily basis.

  1. 06/10/2022

    Episode 21: The Desert Monolith Suddenly Appears

    (Originally recorded December 6, 2020) Artist Rick Jones joins us to discuss something everyone is talking about. The world was agog when a metal sculpture mimicking the appearance of classic minimalism appeared on public lands in the Utah Desert. We digress into all sorts of art nerd conversation.

    54 min

  2. 06/09/2022

    Episode 20: John Baldessari RIP

    (Originally recorded January 6, 2020) recorded Conceptual art giant John Baldessari died at age 78 just after the new decade dawned. This tribute to him was recorded as news of the passing broke.

    16 min

  3. 06/06/2022

    EPISODE 18: Was Kehinde Wiley the artist of the decade (2010 - 2019)?

    (Originally recorded November 27, 2019) Long before he painted the official portrait of President Barack Obama, artist Kehinde Wiley was making historic inroads into the mainstream art world. With this signature piece in his oeuvre he got more recognition for a signature style that defines its very times. Does this make him the artist of the decade?

    11 min

  4. 06/05/2022

    Episode 17: The Unionization of MOCA

    (Originally recorded November 24, 2019) The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art saw its employees vote to unionize in November of 2019. It was a momentous shift in institutional consciousness in a time when museums are demanding a higher political consciousness of their audiences. How does that shoe feel on the other foot?

    16 min

  5. 06/04/2022

    EPISODE 16: Was Kerry James Marshall the artist of the decade (2010 - 2019)?

    (Originally recorded November 12, 2019) Kerry James Marshall, long a prominent African-American artist, rocketed to superstardom in the “TEENS” decade. Were his pictorial accomplishments, exhibitions and record auction prices enough to crystallize him into art history acknowledging him as the artist of the decade?

    11 min

  6. 06/02/2022

    Episode 15: Was Ai Wei Wei the artist of the decade (2010 - 2019)?

    (Originally recorded November 20, 2019) A legendary political and cultural dissident, artist Ai Wei Wei was too big for China to kill. Exiled outside of the People’s Republic, he spent the decade of the “The Teens” making art and standing as a beacon of hope against oppression. But is his art really that great and is his stance making a difference enough to make him the artist of the decade?

    16 min

  7. 06/01/2022

    Episode 14: Was street art legend J.R. the artist of the decade (2010 - 2019)?

    (Originally recorded November 15, 2019) In a decade that saw Street Art rise to become a dominant, mainstream phenomena, J.R. stood above the pack and made a poignant homage to regional everyday people manifest as heroic outdoor odes to the greatness in us all. Was this enough to make him the artist of the decade?

    13 min

  8. 05/31/2022

    Episode 13: Was Albert Oehlen the artist of the decade (2010 - 2019)?

    (Originally recorded November 13, 2019) Albert Oehelen is an anomaly in art - infinitely talented as a draftsman he chooses to make purposefully bad paintings to reveal the very nature of painting itself. But is that enough to make him the artist of the decade?

    13 min
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This is a podcast discussing the intricacies of the news about the world of contemporary art. This is not a podcast about how things should be. This is a podcast about the realities of the art world and how that impacts artists and culture on a daily basis.

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