Artist Interview: Becky Yazdan

Words of the day: layer. linen. weird. excavation. Alice. Neel.

This episode’s guest is Becky Yazdan, a painter who splits her time between Brooklyn, NY and Maplewood, NJ.
In our interview conversation we talk show prep for her solo exhibition titled Aftermath at The Front gallery NYC,
with an opening reception Thursday December 8th 2022 from 6 to 8 pm. And that is at 131 Chrystie Street New York, NY.

We also talk a bit about the early days in Becky’s journey in art and the traditional methods of preparing her linen used for painting which provides a perfect surface for producing truly amazing layering techniques. And stay for a rich glimpse into the content in the work as well.

Also in the episode is a multi-part question submitted by previous Ahtcast guest Sarah Boyts Yoder…(thanks Sarah!).

Listen below for more...

 

Circling the Drain, 60x60 inches, mixed media on canvas, 2020

 

 

 

 

Fissure, 48x48 inches, mixed media on canvas, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Comparing Notes, 60x60 inches, mixed media on canvas, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Facade, 12x12 inches, mixed media on linen on panel, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

Systematic Self Destruction, 60x60 inches, mixed media on canvas, 2022

 

 

 

 

 Becky Yazdan with her work

 

 

 

 

Audio interview with the artist:

Ahtcast · Becky Yazdan Interview

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The artist's website: Becky Yazdan

 instagram: @beckyyazdan

@yazdan_paper

 

 

 Aftermath

a solo show featuring Becky Yazdan opens December 8th 2022 with a reception from 6 to 8 pm

at The Front gallery

131 Chrystie Street

New York, NY 

Aftermath runs through January 15th, 2023

Mentioned in the interview:

Alice Neel

Forrest Bess

Sarah Boyts Yoder - thanks for your interview question!

And thanks for listening!

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Artist Interview: Guest Host Lauren Levine interviews Paul Behnke

Words of the day: figuration. abstraction. sketchbook. practice. driven.

Guest host Lauren G. Levine takes over the interview mic to talk with fellow painter Paul Behnke about his work and practice, as well as his move to Taos, NM with his wife.

Paul also shares his thoughts about ways of working on his paintings, his sketchbook practice, and how his current living conditions and location influence, or don’t influence, his current body of work. And more…listen below...

2 paintings by guest host Lauren Levine:

In The Grasses, Underfoot

Oil on canvas

2020

72 x 60 inches

What's the Sky's Name Again?

Oil on canvas

2020

72 x 60 inches

 

 Guest host, painter Lauren G. Levine

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2 paintings by featured interview guest Paul Behnke:

 

 Spirit Double

Acrylic and spray paint on canvas

2022

44 x 42 inches

 

 

3-6-22

Acrylic on canvas

2022

44 x 42 inches

 

 

Featured interview guest, painter Paul Behnke in his studio Taos, NM, photo by Robin Stout

 

 

Audio conversation between Levine and Behnke:

Ahtcast · Guest Host Lauren Levine interviews Paul Behnke

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More from Lauren Levine and Paul Behnke:

Levine's website: Lauren Levine

instagram: @laurenglevineart

 

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Paul's website: Paul Behnke 

 

instagram: @paulbehnkepaintings 

 

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Mentioned in the conversation:

 

Jack Kirby

John Hoyland

Rorschach test

Debra Ramsay

James Kalm

Wassily Kandinsky

Patrick Graham

Lawrence Durrell

Nicole Eisenman

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 

Emil Nolde

Henry Miller

Graham Dane

 

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Many thanks to guest host Lauren G. Levine. And also to Paul Behnke for being a great guest! I'm grateful for their conversation.

 

 

 Thanks for listening!

 

 

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Artist Interview: Katie Wynne | Part Two

Words of the day: perimeter. definition. koan. bottomless. whir.

Welcome to part two of the interview with Katie Wynne. Katie is based in Philadelphia and is currently installing work for her two person show, with Haynes Riley, titled "Familiars" that opens at Sediment Arts in Richmond, Virginia on Friday April 7th 2017. 

In this episode we discuss, at length, elements of the installation as part of Familiars. We also extend the conversation to include some of the inspiration affecting studio life, especially where the work is and where it could be going. Thanks for joining us. 

Below you will find audio for this interview, as well as some documentation of the work that is part of the show.

Audio interview: 

 Above: Wynne's studio shot of her work (partial), prior to it heading off to Sediment Arts for installation.

Below: The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass) by Marcel Duchamp

 In looking at Katie Wynne's new work I was drawn to the comparison with Duchamp's piece. We discuss this a bit during the interview.

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Above: Katie Wynne's Perimeters

The artist's website: Katie Wynne 

 Mentioned in the interview:

Haynes Riley

Sediment Arts

Marcel Duchamp

Agnes Martin

Jean Baudrillard, "The System of Objects"

John Cale, the album "Vintage Violence"

Joseph Kosuth, "One and Three Chairs"

Angela Dufresne

Alexander Calder

Richard Tuttle

Tim Hawkinson

Rachel Harrison

David Berman, "Actual Air"

Robert Gober

Polly Apfelbaum

Beverly Buchanan

James Castle

Thornton Dial

Info on the show:

Familiars

A two person show with Katie Wynne and Haynes Riley

Opening April 7th, 2017
6-9pm

Sediment Arts

208 E. Grace Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

For part one of the Katie Wynne interview, please visit this link: Part One

Thank you for listening! 

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