The Modern Art Notes Podcast

The Modern Art Notes Podcast: Joyce Pensato

This week’s Modern Art Notes Podcast features Joyce Pensato. The Santa Monica Museum of Art is currently showing “I Killed Kenny,” a survey of Pensato’s work. Curated by Jeffrey Uslip, the exhibition will be on view through August 17.

This is Pensato’s first solo museum show. She’s been the focus of a three-person show at the Saint Louis Art Museum (with Mike Kelley and Raymond Pettibon), at the Wexner Center for the Arts and more. Her work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA, the Hammer Museum and the Dallas Museum of Art, among others.

This is a detail of Pensato’s 2009 charcoal drawing Liza at Berlin. 

On the second segment, Alexander Dumbadze discusses the life of Bas Jan Ader and his new book, “Bas Jan Ader: Death is Elsewhere.” It was published by the University of Chicago Press. It is the most significant book on Ader’s life and work published to date. Dumbadze teaches art history at The George Washington University in Washington.

How to listen to this week’s program: Download the show to your PC/mobile device. Subscribe to The MAN Podcast via iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher or RSS. See images of art discussed on the program.

This week’s Modern Art Notes Podcast features Joyce Pensato. The Santa Monica Museum of Art is currently showing “I Killed Kenny,” a survey of Pensato’s work. Curated by Jeffrey Uslip, the exhibition will be on view through August 17.

This is Pensato’s first solo museum show. She’s been the focus of a three-person show at the Saint Louis Art Museum (with Mike Kelley and Raymond Pettibon), at the Wexner Center for the Arts and more. Her work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA, the Hammer Museum and the Dallas Museum of Art, among others.

This is a detail of Pensato’s 2012 You’re Just the One I’ve Been Waiting For.

On the second segment, Alexander Dumbadze discusses the life of Bas Jan Ader and his new book, “Bas Jan Ader: Death is Elsewhere.” It was published by the University of Chicago Press. It is the most significant book on Ader’s life and work published to date. Dumbadze teaches art history at The George Washington University in Washington.

How to listen to this week’s program: Download the show to your PC/mobile device. Subscribe to The MAN Podcast via iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher or RSS. See images of art discussed on the program.

The Modern Art Notes Podcast: Joyce Pensato

This week’s Modern Art Notes Podcast features Joyce Pensato. The Santa Monica Museum of Art is currently showing “I Killed Kenny,” a survey of Pensato’s work. Curated by Jeffrey Uslip, the exhibition will be on view through August 17.

This is Pensato’s first solo museum show. She’s been the focus of a three-person show at the Saint Louis Art Museum (with Mike Kelley and Raymond Pettibon), at the Wexner Center for the Arts and more. Her work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA, the Hammer Museum and the Dallas Museum of Art, among others.

On the second segment, Alexander Dumbadze discusses the life of Bas Jan Ader and his new book, “Bas Jan Ader: Death is Elsewhere.” It was published by the University of Chicago Press. It is the most significant book on Ader’s life and work published to date. Dumbadze teaches art history at The George Washington University in Washington.

How to listen to this week’s program: Download the show to your PC/mobile device. Subscribe to The MAN Podcast via iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher or RSS. See images of art discussed on the program.

The Brooklyn Museum recently announced that it will expand the exhibition “Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe,” which is on view now at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. As Brooklyn put it: “Seventy-five of the ninety featured works [will be] added for the Brooklyn presentation.” The Brooklyn presentation opens on September 28.

Thomas was the lead guest on Episode No. 30 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast. We discussed her art, her interest in art history and how her relationship with her mother has fed her work.

Download the MAN Podcast featuring Thomas to your PC/mobile device. Subscribe on iTunes or via RSS. See images of artworks Thomas and I discussed on the show.

Image: Mickalene Thomas, Din, Une Très Belle Négresse #2 (detail), 2012.