Artist Interview: Lorri Ott Revisited

Ahtcast revisits the work of artist, Lorri Ott, in this episode. Lorri Ott and I originally spoke in February of 2012 and I thought it would be interesting to see what she has been up to in her studio as of late. We also talk about past work and how it has changed as well as how the work has, in a sense, come full circle. Listen in below.

2007

punch 2009

resin, pigments, tape

h 25" x w 30.5" x d 7.5"

i could live in hope 2010

resin, pigments, plastic bag, paint chip

h 12.5" x w 12"

sweet tooth 2012

mixed media on canvas

h 12" x w 9"

untitled 2013

mixed media on archival photographic paper

paper size h 11" x w 8.5"

image size h 10.75" x w 8"

The artist's website: Lorri Ott

Audio interview with the Artist:

Artists etc. mentioned in the interview:
T. J. Donovan
Joan Didion
Richard Tutle
Agnes Martin
John Williams
Louise Bourgeois
Loren Munk
Steve DiBenedetto
Jennifer Wynne Reeves
Susan Scott
James Siena
Lisa Sanditz

(podcast intro/outro music by Ani DiFranco and Utah Phillips)

Artist Interview: T J Donovan

T J Donovan, a South Dakota native finishing his studies in Chicago, discusses his work and philosophies on art making. Donovan likes to preserve a space for abstract making and direct address in his work. He believes that working through a creative block is important, and feels that action will automatically "yield to something different." Listen in as he also describes his experience on playing with the work in different contexts, and how that it may or may not change how the work is received, both for him and the viewer. Audio interview can be found below.

 10.25 x 6 x 1.5" oil paint and craft rubber foam on board

 Website image

 Object that appears in the video: "Jesus Fucking Christ, my hand looks like shit" found on Vimeo.

 9.25 x 8.75 x.75" oil paint and craft rubber foam on board

 8.5 x 6 x 2" oil paint and craft rubber foam on plastic

The Artist's website: T J Donovan

Video above titled "Muffled Lightning"

Audio Interview with the artist:

 T J Donovan

Artists etc. mentioned in the interview:

Harvey Dunn
Benlock

Scumbaggins

Piet Mondrian

Theo Van Doesburg 

Wassily Kandinsky

Dana Degiulio

Molly Zuckerman-Hartung

Robert Hotchkiss Thomson

Andres Torres

Irena Botea

 (podcast intro/outro music by Ani DiFranco and Utah Phillips. Also featuring music by Heroic Doses)

Artist Interview: Julia Schwartz

Santa Monica, California artist, Julia Schwartz, joins ahtcast for this interview. Schwartz describes how she paints regardless of creative block and feels that social media has become a great artist community. Schwartz goes on to detail how she is open to the world and how it unfolds, and takes her experiences into the studio. "The more I've been painting, the more wordless I become." Listen below!

 Dummkopf 2013 oil on board 10x8 inches

 little drop of sunlight, 2013 oil on linen, 14x11 inches

 studio view 2012 oil on linen 10x8 inches

 ice XXV (after the visit) 2011 oil on canvas 20x20 inches

narcissus on the rocks, 2012 oil on canvas 24x18 inches

The Artist's website: Julia Schwartz 

Audio interview with the artist:

Julia Schwartz in her studio

Artists etc. mentioned in the interview:

Brian Edmonds

Curating Contemporary

Figure/Ground Communication
Chas Garabedian

Egon Schiele

Richard Diebenkorn

Nathan Oliveira

Katherine Bradford

James Rosenquist

Margaret Atwood

Jerry Saltz

(podcast intro/outro music by Ani DiFranco and Utah Phillips)

Artist Interview: Ky Anderson

Interview with Brooklyn based artist, Ky Anderson. We chat about her views on how important it is to "work regularly" and to develop good habits when dealing with the internet, as it can become a big distraction. Anderson goes on to detail her upbringing and how she "grew up in a world of pretty amazing and really creative people." Anderson on art: "I love it, it's fun." Listen below.

Protected, 72"x48", acrylic on canvas, 2013

Cloud Weight #1, 30"x22", acrylic on paper, 2013

Blue Figure, 30"x22", acrylic on paper, 2013

Safe, 22"x30", acrylic on paper, 2013

Centered Single, 22"x30", acrylic on paper, 2012

The Artist's website: Ky Anderson

Audio interview:

Ky Anderson 

Artists etc. mentioned in the interview:

Cy Twombly

Eva Hess

Louise Bourgeois 

Francis Bacon

Terry Winters

Tal R

Silvia Bachli

Carol Rama

Georgia O'keeffe

(podcast intro/outro music by Ani DiFranco and Utah Phillips)