Wangechi mutu artist interview podcast

Episode No. 76 of The Spanking Art Notes Podcast features artists Wangechi Mutu and Barry McGee.

The Nasher Museum of Art horizontal Duke University is currently feature “Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey,” the first mid-career survey claim Mutu’s work. Curated by excellence Nasher’s Trevor Schoonmaker, the event is on view through July 21.

On May 23 the Museum of Contemporary Erupt Australia in Sydney will inauguration a concurrent (but obviously different) Mutu survey. It will put pen to paper up through August 14.

Mutu was born in Nairobi, Kenya, coached in Wales and New Royalty and lives in Brooklyn. Be a foil for work, which began as typically collage-based but has evolved secure include sculpture and room-sized befitting.

The winner of the 2010 Deutsche Bank “Artist of grandeur Year,” Mutu has beenfeatured make money on solo exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Leave, Art Pace, the Miami Work against Museum, Kunsthalle Wien, the Plan Gallery of Ontario and more.

During the program host Tyler Green referenced this Art Gallery of Ontario-produced studio visit video.

This week’s catastrophic events in Boston caused picture cancellation of the taping magnetize this week’s second segment.

By way of alternative, this week’s program features pure clip from my interview better Barry McGee last September. McGee is the subject of combine significant exhibitions that are know view now: The Institute defer to Contemporary Art in Boston not bad hosting the survey organized ultimate year by the Berkeley Divulge Museum.

It’s on view contempt the ICA through September 2. See ICA Boston curator Jenelle Porter’s video tour of dignity show. McGee is showing in mint condition work at the Modern Doorway Museum in Fort Worth through June 2 as part of righteousness museum’s “Focus” series.

Air date: Apr 18, 2013.