Tag Archives: painting

Why Do We Create? S2E15

September 2, 2019Episodeamerican south, appalachian, art, artist, creative, eastern kentucky, kentucky, painting, southern, watercolor, weird appalachia, why do we createweirdappalachia

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Artists, musicians, writers, chefs… humans have this drive to CREATE! Where does it come from? Why do we make the things we make? In all new episode, Erin, Jess, and Wisey are hashing it all out.

In the Episode:

Why do we create? Need for beauty? Narcissim?
Wisey’s Magical Butter
The darker side of why WE create

The OG Selfie S2E6

April 8, 2019Episodealbrecht durer, andy warhol, appalachia, appalachian, art, bosch, edvard munch, erin alise conley, fine art, frida kahlo, painting, rembrandt, sculpting, self-portraits, the garden of earthly delights, tim smith, weird appalachiaweirdappalachia

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Self-portraits: the OG selfies. Nearly every famous artist has created one. Some even spent their entire career making one after another, while others chose to hide themselves in their work. Erin and special guest Artist Tim Smith are digging into the meanings behind them and sharing some of our favorites.

In the Episode:

Tim Smith’s exciting work in 2D and 3D media
Famous self-portraits: the wonderful and weird!
Artists who hid themselves in their work
Why do we feel compelled to create a self-portrait
Does the modern Selfie count?

Picasso the Rebel S1E8

February 9, 2019Episodeappalachia, art, artist, artists, blue period, cubism, fine art, kentucky, modern art, pablo picasso, painter, painting, rose period, surrealism, weird appalachiaweirdappalachia

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Pablo Picasso: Painter, Genius, REBEL

In the Episode:

The controversial career of Picasso
His colorful love life
Our favorite works
Why his work was so impactful

A Little Lowbrow S1E3

February 9, 2019Episodeappalachia, appalachian art, appalachian culture, art, artists, culture, kentucky, lowbrow, lowbrow art, Mark Ryden, painting, political art, pop culture, pop surrealism, Robert Williamsweirdappalachia

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Is Lowbrow art the equivalent of fart jokes in the art world? Or is it a bold new vision that needs to be recognized? We are discussing the genre as a whole, as well as the new wave of Appalachian artists who are making the style all their own!

In the Episode:

What is lowbrow art?
Well known lowbrow artists
Lowbrow music
Local artists who fall under the lowbrow style, but make it their own
We discuss our art show “Radical Appalachia”