The Modern Art Notes Podcast

Episode No. 714 features curator and art historian Jonathan D. Katz and curators Allison Kemmerer and Gordon Wilkins. With Johnny Willis, Katz is the co-curator of "The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939" [https://wrightwood659.org/exhibitions/the-first-homosexuals-the-birth-of-a-new-identity-1869-1939/] at Wrightwood 659, Chicago. The exhibition details the emergence of a significant change in how societies around the world regarded homosexuality in the wake of the coining of the term 'homosexual' in 1869, and the ways in which images have represented a range of identities ever since. It is on view through July 26. The fascinating exhibition catalogue was published by Monacelli. Amazon [https://amzn.to/407BEt6] and Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-first-homosexuals-the-birth-of-a-global-identity-1869-1939-jonathan-d-katz/22012032?ean=9781580936934&next=t] offer it for $70-75. Kemmerer and Wilkins are the curators of "June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart" [https://addison.andover.edu/exhibition/june-leaf-shooting-from-the-heart/] at the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Mass. The exhibition surveys a 75-year career during which Leaf explored the human experience in works that are layered, whimsical, playful, and sometimes dark. It is on view through July 31. The Addison, the Grey Art Museum, New York University, and the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College co-published the exhibition catalogue with Rizzoli. It is available from Amazon [https://amzn.to/4nFctIt] and Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/p/books/june-leaf-shooting-from-the-heart-gordon-wilkins/21753350?ean=9780847843534&next=t] for $42-60.

Episode No. 713 is a Fourth of July weekend clips episode featuring artist Carmen Winant. This episode was taped in 2023 on the occasion of the Minneapolis Institute of Art's presentation of Winant’s “The last safe abortion” [https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/the-last-safe-abortion] through December 31. It features Winant’s assemblages of historical photographs gathered from across the Midwest that detail the work of providing health care to women. That work includes answering phones, presenting training sessions, scheduling appointments, and more. “The last safe abortion” was curated by Casey Riley. Winant’s work [https://www.carmenwinant.com/] typically explores representations of women through strategies such as collage and installation. Her exhibition credits include the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University, the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Sculpture Center, Queens, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, and many venues in Europe. For images, see Episode No. 621. [https://manpodcast.com/portfolio/no-621-carmen-winant-van-leo/] Instagram: Carmen Winant [https://www.instagram.com/carmen.winant/], Tyler Green. [https://www.instagram.com/tylergreenbooks/]

Episode No. 712 features artist Julian Hoeber and curator María Elena Ortiz. Hoeber is included in "Generations: 150 Years of Sculpture" [https://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/art/exhibitions/exhibition/id/2152?generations-150-years-of-sculpture] at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas. The exhibition offers a new selection of works from the Nasher collection that offers conversations between works from the past and present. Hoeber's practice centers perception and searches for ways to exceed and reconcile limits set by binary ideas such as interior and exterior, or psychic and somatic. Paradoxically, he often uses binary systems, such as stereoscopic vision, in his work. His exhibition credits include Desert X 2019, a Hammer Projects show in 2010, and gallery shows in San Francisco, New York, Milan, Los Angeles, London, and more. His work is in the collection of museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Hammer Museum, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City.  Ortiz is the curator of "Feeling Color: Aubrey Williams and Frank Bowling" [https://www.themodern.org/exhibition/feeling-color-aubrey-williams-and-frank-bowling] at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. "Feeling Color" pairs the work of two Guyanese artists and considers their roles in the history of late-twentieth-century abstract painting. "Feeling Color" is on view through July 27. Instagram: Julian Hoeber [https://www.instagram.com/julianhoeber/], María Elena Ortiz [https://www.instagram.com/contemporarychica/], Tyler Green. [https://www.instagram.com/tylergreenbooks/]

Episode No. 711 is a summer clips episode featuring artist Patrick Martinez. Martinez is among the artists showing in the Boston Public Art Triennial [https://www.thetriennial.org/], which was developed by Pedro Alonzo, Tess Lukey, and a(n unspecified) curatorial advisory group. Martinez's 2025 Cost of Living [https://www.thetriennial.org/patrick-martinez] may be seen at Boston's Downtown Crossing. Martinez is a Los Angeles-based painter whose work investigates socio-economic position, immigration, police violence, and civic and cultural loss. He’s had solo shows at museums and kunsthalles such as the ICA San Francisco, the Tucson (Ariz.) Museum of Art, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Vincent Price Art Museums. He’s been in recent group shows at the Riverside (Calif.) Art Museum, The Broad, Los Angeles, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Ark., and El Museo del Barrio, New York. Martinez also operates Mixed Media Editions. [https://mixedmediaeditions.com/] This program was taped in 2024 on the occasion of “Patrick Martinez: Histories” at the Dallas Contemporary. For images, see Episode No. 649. [https://manpodcast.com/portfolio/no-649-patrick-martinez-nell-irvin-painter/] Instagram: Patrick Martinez [https://www.instagram.com/patrick_martinez_studio/?hl=en], Tyler Green. [https://www.instagram.com/tylergreenbooks/?hl=en]

Episode No. 710 features curator Timothy Anglin Burgard and artist Tony Lewis. Burgard is the curator of "Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art" [https://www.famsf.org/exhibitions/wayne-thiebaud] at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. The exhibition details how Thiebaud drew ideas from and reimagined European and US artworks both old and new. It is on view through August 17. A superb catalogue was published by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in association with University of California Press. Amazon [https://amzn.to/4mXvrcU] and Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/p/books/wayne-thiebaud-art-comes-from-art/vTdpKmmUG7SKPZDj?ean=9780520418325&next=t] offer it for $54-60. Lewis is featured in "What drawing can be: four responses" [https://www.menil.org/exhibitions/386-what-drawing-can-be-four-responses] at the Menil Collection's Menil Drawing Institute, Houston. The exhibition, which also offers work by Jillian Conrad, Teresita Fernández, and Constantin Luser, presents ways in which the four artists stretch the boundaries of drawing and offer new ideas of what it can be. It's on view through August 10. The gallery guide is available here. [https://d27m4mjhi8p0i4.cloudfront.net/api/file/rDaScuRfGQnmVHK45IQm?&fit=max] Lewis’ work examines the relationship between semiotics and language as a means to confront subjects such as race, power, communication, and labor. His solo exhibition credits include the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, and the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University. His work is in the collection of museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Instagram: Tony Lewis [https://www.instagram.com/_tony_lewis_/], Tyler Green. [https://www.instagram.com/tylergreenbooks/]