Artist Interview: Kate Frazer Rego

Words of the day: inspiration. threshold. aging. narrative. nuance.

New Bedford, MA based artist Kate Frazer Rego is this episode's guest. Kate shares how it was important to receive support in her younger years as an artist. As a result, she knew early on that 3-dimensional work was where she was headed. Though Kate does also make text based paintings to extend her subject matter (see below).
Plenty of good art name-drops in this one, and one great quote from Langston Hughes. Listen below for more!  (some strong language, just a heads-up!)

 Mourning

 My Old Lady, My Old Man

A-Okay! 

Dick Garden

Alien

Kate Frazer Rego

The artist's website: Kate Frazer Rego

Instagram: @katefrazerrego

Audio interview with the artist:

Mentioned in the interview:

 

Joseph Cornell

Margaret Sanger

Nancy Spero

Sheela na gig carvings

Doris Salcedo

Stephen Mueller

Frida Kahlo

Diego Rivera

Lee Krasner

Jackson Pollock

Langston Hughes

Christian Boltanski

Kat Cope

Kelly Savage

Louise Bourgeois

Ishtar

Marie Antoinette

Westbeth Gallery

Cher

Stevie Nicks

Gogol Bordello

Tracey Emin

Podcasts mentioned:

Last Podcast on the Left 

Spooked 

I Like Your Work 

ahtcast (You are here) 

Quote shared by Kate during the interview:

“Folks, I'm telling you,
birthing is hard
and dying is mean-
so get yourself
a little loving
in between.”

-Langston Hughes

Thank you for listening! 

 

(Original intro song by David T Miller and Phillip J. Mellen)

Artist Interview: Heather Yip

Hashtags of the day: #thevoid #garfield #investigational #myth #poetry


Heather Yip, based in British Columbia, Canada, joins ahtcast to talk all things contemporary communication and how it fits nicely, and not so nicely into our lives. Heather's art practice translates her ideas into assemblage, painting, poetry. We talk medium and themes behind the work quite a bit, and it all turns into a conversation about tablets, cell phones and the possibilities and limitations of such devices for making art, and for interactions with other people. Listen below for more!

"Weighty Transmission”, Floor and Wall Assemblage Dimensions Variable, 2019, Paint, pencil, Spray Paint, Found objects.

 "Bounce Back”, 54” x 48” and various floor dimensions, 2019, Mixed Media on Stretched Canvas and Found Objects.

 "Veils and Voids-Inside and Outside of the Interface”, 10” x 8”, 2019, paint, wire, cord, fringe on and around stretched canvas.

 "Your Time is Up!", 20” x 16”, 2019, Mixed Media on Stretched Canvas.

 "Whisper Game”, 54” x 48” and various floor dimensions, 2019, Mixed Media on Stretched Canvas and Found Objects.





 The artist's website: Heather Yip 





Audio interview with the artist: 

Heather Yip at play 

Mentioned in the conversation:

Garfield

Snoopy

Artist/Mother Podcast

Erika b Hess, I Like Your Work Podcast

David Hockney

Austin Lee

Jan Baltzell
Kate Mothes at Young Space

Mandy Lyn Ford 

Get Smart

Ree Morton

Eva Hess

Marcel Duchamp

Robert Rauschenberg

Thank you for listening! 

(Original intro song by David T Miller and Phillip J. Mellen)

Artist Interview: Thomas Flanagan

Words of the day: jazz. experience. feel. sound. vibration.

Painter Thomas Flanagan joins ahtcast from Brunswick, Maine for this episode. We talk studio space, how Maine influences his work, as well as music both in and out of the studio. Early experiences in art school, and how Tom came to use the tools currently part of his studio life! Listen below for more...

A Shot In The Dark, 2019

Acrylic on Canvas

51” x 40"

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Unquiet, 2019

Acrylic on Canvas

51” x 40"

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Beg, Borrow & Steal, 2019

Acrylic on Canvas

80” x 66"

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The artist's website:  Thomas Flanagan

Audio interview with the artist:

Thomas Flanagan in his studio

Mentioned in the interview: 

Nick Drake

Peter Halley

Willem de Kooning

Joan Mitchell 

Thanks for listening! 

(Original intro song by David T Miller and Phillip J. Mellen)

Artist Interview: Kevin Callaghan

Words of the day: bank. relevant. trust. time. forever.

Kevin Callaghan, artist based in Glasgow, joins ahtcast for this interview. Kevin shares a bit about color and how it might just need to be dynamic in order to be released from his studio. He also talks scale as a result of my bringing up the word "artifact" when reacting to an aspect of his work. 

Kevin later humors me in offering to answer my "What is Utopian philosophy?" question. Somehow Rihanna's music follows us into that stream of conversation. Listen below for more! (some strong language).

 Ceramic

 Ceramic

 LA 2

C & C birch ply, auto spray

43cm x 40 cm x 2cm / 17 x 15 x 1 inches

 LA 5 

C & C birch ply, auto spray

65cm x 65cm x 2cm / 25 x 25 x 1 inches

The artist's website: Kevin Callaghan

Audio interview with the artist: 
 

Artists etc. brought up in the interview:

Bridget Riley

Donald Judd

Peter Voulkos

Peter Carroll

Thomas More

Rosanjin

Picasso

*Please pardon those I have missed. 

Thanks for listening! 

(Original intro song by David T Miller and Phillip J. Mellen)