What's Newark Got To Do With It?

Roger C. Tucker III
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A podcast, hosted by Roger C. Tucker III, that explores the cultural impact and life-long influences of Newark, NJ on artists, historians, authors, curators and other cultural thought leaders from/of the Brick City.

  1. 03/19/2024

    Episode 13 • Gardy St. Fleur: Pushing the Culture

    Gardy Saint Fleur Podcast My first question, at the beginning of any phone call to my good friend and colleague, Gardy St. Fleur, is “What are you up to?”. And he usually answers “I’m here doing my part.” His “part”, in his own words, is “pushing the culture”. That pretty much sums up the passion and commitment Gardy has for discovering, rediscovering and elevating BIPOC artists.  I’ve always believed that art has the power to address and answer issues around social justice, equity and access. And you’ll hear, at the beginning of our conversation, how Gardy puts this belief front and center of his multi disciplined art practice. Gardy is a Haitian-American art advisor based in New York City. He was born in Haiti and moved to Brooklyn with his family when he was a child. His father collected work by Haitian artists and Gardy began buying art at the age of 14. Gardy is known for curating unique pieces of art from around the world for prestigious clients, as well as his own personal collection. He has advised athletes including basketball players Kyrie Irving, Courtney Lee, and Caris LeVert, as well as ballet star Misty Copeland.  We first met at a New Year’s party that I gave almost 13 years ago. I’ve been fortunate to witness and benefit from Gardy’s professional journey in the art world ever since.  So listen in on our conversation at the WhatsNewarkGotToDoWithIt.com Podcast, by clicking on the black bar at the beginning of this text, and get to know how Gardy continues, through his art advisory, art management and art collection practice, to navigate the art world on his own terms. One of the earliest artists that Gardy St. Fleur championed and whose work he collected, was that of Ionel Talpazan (born Ionel Pârvu). Talpazan was a Romanian self-taught outsider artist. He arrived in New York City where he became known in the late 1980s for his paintings of UFOs. He died in New York at the age of 60 on September 21, 2015. Phillips Auction House tapped Gardy St. Fleur to organize a sale-within-a-sale of the “The New Now” auction in 2021 titled “The Crossover” (gallery exhibition installation, middle photograph). Gardy (red hat) leading tour at the exhibition (photo below) It was comprised of 13 new works by emerging Black artists. “The Crossover” brought in just over $311,000, all of which was put toward initiatives in Haiti and New York run by Project Backboard, a Memphis-based nonprofit that rehabilitates public basketball courts and commissions artists (photograph above) to make work for these sites. St. Fleur is shown here (right) with artist William Villalongo (left) discussing one of his works of art with Caris LeVert, a former Nets guard, at the Susan Inglett Gallery in New York City. Early in his career St. Fleur immersed himself in all areas of the art world, such as taking on the studio manager responsibilities for Villalongo. Photo: Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times “The Front Lines'“ by artist Deborah Roberts. Gardy St. Fleur collaborated with Galerie Mitterrand in May 2023 to mount an exhibit of her work in Paris.

  2. 01/02/2023

    Episode 12: LOLA FLASH Pictures The Pulse of Queer Space & Time

    Dome (detail), Lola Flash, 2019. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artist © Lola Flash

  3. 11/09/2021

    Episode 11: SOULEO: Showing Out in Harlem, Newark and Beyond

    Peter “Souleo” Wright curates entertaining and informative events, exhibitions, and cultural programs. His focus on education and amplifying underrepresented stories are paramount to his curatorial mission and practice.

    Episode 11: SOULEO: Showing Out in Harlem, Newark and Beyond

  4. 07/10/2021

    Episode 10: Kevin Maynor Is Creating Pulitzer Prize Winning Opera in Newark, NJ

    Declared as, "one of the very greatest bass voices of the century", Kevin Maynor has sung throughout the world in both opera houses and concert halls. Image: Kevin as The Masque in Trilogy Opera’s FIVE.

    Episode 10: Kevin Maynor Is Creating Pulitzer Prize Winning Opera in Newark, NJ

  5. 06/17/2021

    Episode 09: Artist & Activist Emma Wilcox: Changing the Order of Things in Newark, NJ

    Emma Wilcox shares her unique view of art spaces and the overarching power of eminent domain. Image: Emma Wilcox, Art & Audience, TEDxNJIT, 2016

    Episode 09: Artist & Activist Emma Wilcox: Changing the Order of Things in Newark, NJ

  6. 05/30/2021

    Episode 08: Navindren Hodges, Second Generation Black Gallerist With Newark Origins, Takes The Global Lead

    Navindren Hodges, Bill Hodges Gallery Director , boasts the gallery’s collection ranges from 19th-century Black artists Henry Ossawa Tanner to modernist, abstraction icon Norman Lewis to contemporaries Willie Cole and Carrie Mae Weems. Image: Demetrius Oliver, Totem, 2004

    Episode 08: Navindren Hodges, Second Generation Black Gallerist With Newark Origins, Takes The Global Lead

  7. 05/18/2021

    Episode 07: Artist and Curator Anonda Bell: Raising Civilization’s Radical Voice In Newark

    Anonda Bell is an Australian born, USA based, artist and curator. As the Director and Chief Curator of the Paul Robeson Galleries in Newark, NJ, she continues to make sure the “Radical Voices” in art are seen. Image: Anonda Bell, “Neither Shall You Touch It”, 2013-2014.

    Episode 07: Artist and Curator Anonda Bell: Raising Civilization’s Radical Voice In Newark

  8. 05/04/2021

    Episode 06: Artist Victor Davson; Decolonizing Art Spaces in Newark, NJ

    Artist Victor Davson’s professional and charismatic leadership has, and continues to have after 35 years, a profound impact on the artistic landscape of Newark and the Tri-State region.

    Episode 06: Artist Victor Davson; Decolonizing Art Spaces in Newark, NJ
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A podcast, hosted by Roger C. Tucker III, that explores the cultural impact and life-long influences of Newark, NJ on artists, historians, authors, curators and other cultural thought leaders from/of the Brick City.

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  • Creator
    Roger C. Tucker III
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © What's Newark Got To Do With It? - Tucker Contemporary Art, LLC
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