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. (some strong language)

 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)