Timmy Black Presents: The Lives of Contemporary Artists

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 28 02.04.2019 10:22 ↓

The ugly impulse for vengeance is wickedly examined by the normally mild mannered moderator. Listen as Timmy goes for the jugular and proves that while the pen is mightier than the sword, the podcast provides the unkindest cuts of all.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 27 01.04.2019 10:25 ↓

In this age of digital reproduction one is best advised to cover one's tracks. Timmy delves into the tricky issues of originality and how honesty may be receiving an unexpected vindication.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 26 31.03.2019 9:58 ↓

While the general public aspires toward the condition of the creative class, artists, wallowing in the shallows of crippling self-doubt create more than pretty pictures in order to stay somewhat stable.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 25 30.03.2019 10:27 ↓

Love may hurt but there's nothing like heartache to stoke the creative engines. Combine that with naked, shameless ambition and you get art, both timeless and untrustworthy.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 24 29.03.2019 8:50 ↓

Painting may not be dead but it is definitely on life-support. This grand tradition isn't getting any help from two unconventional artists who use language in very provocative ways.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 23 25.03.2019 9:18 ↓

Timmy Black has, for once, done his homework. Hear how obscure artists and their powerful stories compete with the giants of the conventional historical narrative.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 22 23.03.2019 6:27 ↓

Professor and performance artist Oreastia Shestov shatters the glass soapbox with her maximalist Minimalism.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 21 20.03.2019 6:41 ↓

The beauty of brevity and its cultural implications are barely touched upon in this brief and superficial episode

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 20 18.03.2019 9:05 ↓

Our search for significance follows a banal path of shocking predictability. Is there a remedy for our lack of gravitas? ...

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 19 18.03.2019 8:16 ↓

Can disruption and innovation serve two masters in this age of commodified ideas? Is there still a reason to care?

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 18 17.03.2019 8:00 ↓

The grand subject - Death and Immortality - are tackled and tickled while lesser themes go toying with our emotions.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 17 13.03.2019 6:02 ↓

Uncovering formally marginalized women artists is the subject of this extremely timely and important podcast

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 16 11.03.2019 9:50 ↓

A New Year's list not to be missed!!

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 15 11.03.2019 9:24 ↓

Tina Black sits in for her husband Timmy and offers a uniquely feminist perspective on the Lives of Contemporary Artists

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 14 08.03.2019 7:18 ↓

Cults of self-absorption and their intersection with artistic genius in the life of the Cuban master, Micah Carpentier

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 13 06.03.2019 8:40 ↓

Why artists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, insist that they are somehow special.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 12 03.03.2019 6:47 ↓

Reggae meets the Renaissance where we meet an odd watercolorist, adrift but nonetheless prolific.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 11 01.03.2019 8:19 ↓

Where the private thoughts of a famous artist no longer remain private.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 10 28.02.2019 7:43 ↓

Here we digress into an examination of The Wives of Contemporary Artists

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 9 28.02.2019 5:29 ↓

The story of the recently deceased LGBTQ intellectual icon, Raimonda  Modi!

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 8 26.02.2019 5:00 ↓

The story of how Los Angeles became a hotbed of artistic innovation!!

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 7 24.02.2019 5:00 ↓

Art takes curious turns when produced under the yoke of authoritarian curators.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 6 23.02.2019 5:09 ↓

Art and ethics. Are they compatible?

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 5 23.02.2019 5:25 ↓

Conditions for success in today's art world.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 4 22.02.2019 6:57 ↓

Gossip or character assassination, this profile of French artist Currado Malaspina sounds like a pack of lies.