Women at the Helm

Dive into the aura of pure color through the paintings of 20th-century painter, Sonia Delaunay. "Electric Prisms," oil on canvas, 1914; Collection of Centre Pompidou, Paris, France References I used for this podcast episode include, "Sonia Delaunay," Arthur A. Cohen and the Museum of Modern Art ( www.moma.org )

Explore the daring and innovative artist, considered the first modern woman to reconfigure the nude and challenge traditional representations of the female body in art. Resources used in this podcast episode include: "Paula Modersohn-Becker: The First Modern Woman Artist," by author Diane Radycki and Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum https://www.museen-boettcherstrasse.de/museen/paula-modersohn-becker...

Explore utopian ideas of pure abstraction in the paintings by Russian avant-garde painter Kazimer Malevich. Work discussed, "Untitled," oil on canvas work, 1916 is part of the collection at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. Learn more at https://www.guggenheim.org .

Dive into the painting, "Suburbs of Berlin 1912" and experience the vision and interpretation of a cityscape in Berlin, Germany by Expressionist painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. I want to acknowledge two authors who provided valuable resources for the preparation of this episode: Eric Zafron and Paul Paret ("Surrealism and Modernism from the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art") and a...

Enter into the evocative images of 20th-century photographer Ruth Bernhard. I highlight two works in this podcast episode, “Two Leaves” and “Two Forms.” Image Credit: International Center of Photography. http:// https://www.icp.org

An up-close look at queer artist Zenele Muholi's self-portrait "MaID III, Philadelphia" part of her series of performative images that turns the camera on herself, using her body and face to capture the life of a black lesbian in South Africa. Image Credit: Yancey Richardson http://www.yanceyrichardson.com/artists/zanele-muholi Acknowledgment to authors Alex Pilcher from the Tate Museum and author...

I round up my 4 part mini-series on Aging and the Portrait with the collaborative work of drag performer Mario Montez and photographer/artist Conrad Ventur. Experience the magical presence of this once legendary underground actor and queer performer in the portrait "MM#1" from 2010-12. Image Credit: @ConradVentur website ( www.conradventur.com )

Explore Aging and the Portrait through the lens of photographer Laura Hofstadter in her series of black and white, self-portraits, "Staging," Visit her website laurahofstadter.com to learn more about the series and her prolific body of work. Image Credit: @laurahofstadter

Part 2 of a 4 part mini-series on Portrait and Aging--This week we look at aging and the self-portrait through the works by the introspective 17th-century painter Rembrandt. I want to acknowledge authors Leon Edel and Ludwig Munz who provided relevant resources in my preparation for this podcast episode. Learn more about Self Portrait, 1659 at National Gallery of Art www.nga.gov and Self Portrait,...

Renaissance artist Giorgione through his painting "La Vecchia," (translates to old woman) inspired me to explore our aging and the portrait. This episode is part 1 of a 4 part mini-series on our shared humanity of "growing old." Resources for this episode include The Wadsworth Atheneum ( www.thewadsworth.org )

Experience pure color poured onto the canvas in a process American artist Helen Frankenthaler called "soak stain." Explosive landscape of color and abstract forms. I want to acknowledge Whitney Museum of American Art and the book "Originals: American Women Artists," by Eleanor Munro, resources for this podcast episode. "Orange Mood" is part of the exhibition, "Spilling Over: Painting Color in the...

Sol LeWitt was one of the leaders in the Conceptual Art movement; experience one of his early works, a portrait of a woman; a rare glimpse of his direct authorship on the canvas from an artist who had his "ideas" of concepts and structures executed by others. Resources for this podcast episode include New Britain Museum of American Art ( www.nbmaa.org ) and New York Times (nytimes.com) Image credi...

Explore the historical and autobiographical through artist Howardena Pindell's visual vocabulary of texture, bright colors in her evocative work "Autobiography: Water / Ancestors / Middle Passage / Family Ghosts," mixed media work from 1989 I want to acknowledge Wadsworth Atheneum for resources and images used in this podcast episode. www.thewadsworth.org . Learn more about Howardena Pindell at ho...

Through the lens of African-American artist Henry O. Tanner's "Wynkoop House," experience "civil rights" symbolized in a tree. Visit New Britain Museum of American Art at www.nbmaa.org to see the image and @beyondthepaintpodcast on Instagram.

American artist Isabel Bishop, through her observations from her window into NYC's Union Square, makes compositions of everyday women in their everyday activities with renewed dignity. I want to acknowledge the author Helen Yglesias for her text, "Isabel Bishop," and the New York Times; two references I used for this episode. You can view the work @beyondthepaintpodcast on Instagram and @ beyondth...

Anna Valdez constructs her autobiography through a visual format like in her 2015 painting, "Studying." This work helps me to think about the ways objects I connect and associate with in my domestic space reveal aspects of my identity. I want to acknowledge the following websites for providing me with resources for this podcast episode, www.annavaldez.com ; New Britain Museum of American Art, www....

Explore Glen Canyon as American Modernist painter Georgia O'Keeffe "felt it" through color, line, and form. You can view the 1965 oil on canvas painting "Canyon Country White and Brown Cliffs" at the New Britain Museum of American Art, "The Beyond: Georgia O'Keeffe and Contemporary Art" exhibition until June 2, 2019. www.nbmaa.org www.o 'keeffemuseum.org

Experience the beauty and energy of the natural world through the evocative paintings, "Landline" by abstract painter Sean Scully; vertical compositions of horizontal stripes, elements of a landscape stacked one atop of another in pure color! The works discussed, "Landline See" and "Landline, 1999" are part of an exhibition at The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT. Go to thewadsworth.org; image c...

I give some further thoughts and reflections on my mini-series, "Landscape of the Body," (episodes 39-41), figural representations by three women contemporary artists, Jenny Saville, Yanagi Miwa and Louise Bourgeois in three media. You can see the images @beyondthepaintpodcast on Instagram or at my website, www.beyondthepaint.net

Explore the austere portrait through a series of black and white photographs in contemporary artist Lorna Simpson's "Bits and Pieces" Explore with me a juxtaposition of image and text that reveals the black experience. "Bits and Pieces" is part of the collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum, please visit their site at thewadsworth.org and listen to a commentary by Contemporary Art curator Andrea Mill...

Experience the evocative sculpture "Femme Couteau" by Louise Bourgeois--an interplay between the feminine erotic and the violent. Part 3 of my mini-series on the Landscape of the Body. In my research I found a wonderful November, 2008 article in ArtForum magazine "Louise Bourgeois," by Sarah K Rich. You can follow her @skrichctpa on Twitter. To learn more about Louise Bourgeois check out the colle...

Part 2 of my 3-part mini-series on the Landscape of the Body--experience the figure through the photograph and Miwa Yanagi's compositions of young women envisioning their lives 50 years in the future. Please visit miwayanagi.net to learn more about Yanagi's work; special thanks for the 2007 exhibition "Global Feminisms," at the Brooklyn Museum that provided me with some of my research. Link to the...

Jenny Saville's "Strategy"--exploration of the landscape of the body through the lens of a contemporary painter. This is part 1 of a 3-part mini-series. Image Credit: thebroad.org (broad museum in los angeles) Please check out their website to learn more about this evocative painting and the body as Saville views it. You can view "Three Graces" by Peter Paul Rubens (highlighted in this episode) at...

American Modernist Arthur Dove paints grain towers in his hometown of Geneva, New York as he experienced it using simple forms, shapes and color. You can view the work, housed at Wadsworth Atheneum at thewadsworth.org. Special thanks to the Met Museum and author Robert Atkins; they provided wonderful resources in my research for this episode. Special thanks to Global 365 ( www.global365.com ) for...

Discover Andres Serrano investigation from his "Morgue" series--I will focus on the image "Fatal Meningitis II" Visit the artist's website at andresserrano.org and I want to acknowledge Bomb magazine 1993 article and interview with Serrano. It provided me a great resource for this podcast episode. You can also see the image at Beyond the Paint Podcast on Instagram.