A living archive of conversations with artists, curators, critics and notable art world figures. Pairing unedited audio interviews with full transcripts.
In the third and final part of our interview with Rachel Schragis, she discusses Occupy Museums, the connection between education and activism, and her attempts to occupy her own practice.
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Full TranscriptIn Part II, Rachel Schragis examines the ramifications of class vis-à-vis art and the conflicts that arise when one offers an individual perspective to serve the group. Audio + transcript below.
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Full TranscriptThursday, December 5, 2011. 9am. Part I of our conversation with Rachel Schragis, in which she discusses her work with Occupy Wall St., the developments of her practice leading up to her activism and the struggles of negotiating an artistic career with wider political concerns.
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Full TranscriptThe last installment of our conversation with Benjamin Liu, where he discusses the ’80s and ’90s, and his desire that “…with the age of the Internet, with this rich archive, I do hope people, in digging that archive, would recognize those [forgotten] talents.”
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Full Transcript“There are certain things he does care about. I know it’s not artistic to talk about that, but it’s true.” In Part II, Benjamin Liu discusses the Warhol years, his time as the pop artist’s last assistant before his death in 1987. Audio + transcript below.
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Full TranscriptThursday, September 1, 2011. 5:30pm. Artwrit‘s Michelle Jubin sat down with Benjamin Liu, an oral history archive unto himself, in his New York apartment. “I think everything that happened to me is an accident,” Liu says. In Part I, they discuss his arrival in the city and the fortuitous early connections he made with Hugo, Halston and Warhol, personal and working relationships that would shape his own course as a creative force in his own right.
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Full TranscriptWednesday, August 10, 2011. 3pm. The art world enfant terrible spoke to us following buzz-generating and widely covered Wall Street happening-performance, where 60+ disrobed to expose one of America’s most nebulous thoroughfares. Throwell sat down with us at an unsuspecting sushi restaurant in Midtown and staged a delightful private performance where he discussed the evolution of his artistic practice, finally baring all about Occularpation: Wall Street. Audio + transcript below.
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Full TranscriptFriday, July 8, 2011. 1pm. Nick van Woert sat down with Artwrit, in the midst of preparing shows in New York and Paris, to discuss his process, literary influences and “earnestness” in art. Audio + transcript below.
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Full TranscriptThursday, June 9, 2011. 2pm: Artwrit met with Ryan McNamara at Elizabeth Dee Gallery in New York to relate the ins and outs of performance art, the delicate matter of documenting live work and his fool-proof technique for overcoming stage fright. Audio + transcript below.
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Full TranscriptFriday, April 22, 2011. 2pm: Artwrit sat down with Angel Otero to discuss his recent show of paintings at Lehmann Maupin, his influences, process, thoughts on the art world, and the brave new direction he is paving with his work. Audio + transcript below.
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