The Modern Art Notes Podcast

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/]

Episode No. 709 features author Adrienne L. Childs and curator Iris Moon. Childs [https://www.adriennelchilds.com/] is the author of "Ornamental Blackness: The Black Figure in European Decorative Arts." [https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300246094/ornamental-blackness/] The book, which was published by Yale University Press, examines the role decorative arts played in the representation of Black people within European visual and material culture. Amazon [https://amzn.to/3T5PxE7] and Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/p/books/ornamental-blackness-the-black-figure-in-european-decorative-arts-adrienne-l-childs/21692762?ean=9780300246094&next=t] offer it for $44-78. From the show: * The exhibition guide [https://images.henry-moore.org/uploads/2023/01/The-Colour-of-Anxiety-exhibition-guide.pdf] to the 2022-23 Henry Moore Institute exhibition "Race, Sexuality and Disorder in Victorian Sculpture," which Childs co-curated. Moon is the curator of "Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie" [https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/monstrous-beauty-a-feminist-revision-of-chinoiserie] at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The exhibition is a feminist construction of the story of European porcelain. Chinese porcelain arrived in early modern Europe and led to the emergence of chinoiserie, a decorative style that foregrounded European fantasies about the East and the exotic, as well as about women, sexuality, and race. It is on view through August 17. The exhibition catalogue was published by the Met. Amazon [https://bookshop.org/p/books/monstrous-beauty-a-feminist-revision-of-chinoiserie-iris-moon/21691693?ean=9781588397928&next=t] and Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/p/books/monstrous-beauty-a-feminist-revision-of-chinoiserie-iris-moon/21691693?ean=9781588397928&next=t] offer it for about $35. Instagram: Adrienne Childs [https://www.instagram.com/fuzzychilds/], Tyler Green. [https://www.instagram.com/tylergreenbooks/]

Episode No. 708 features artist Paul Pfeiffer. The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is showing the retrospective "Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom." [https://visit.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/paul-pfeiffer-prologue-to-the-story-of-the-birth-of-freedom/] For over 25 years, Pfeiffer has investigated spectacle and mass culture, especially sport, and has found within it the power to create and extend political narratives. Included within the exhibition is only the second US presentation of Pfeiffer's landmark 2007 The Saints, an immersive sound and video installation that considers the 1966 men's World Cup final between England and West Germany that is one of the most significant works of the 21st century. "Pfeiffer" was curated by Clara Kim and Paula Kroll. The MCA presentation, which is on view through August 31, was organized by Bana Kattan with Iris Colburn. The exhibition catalogue was published by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and MACK. Amazon [https://amzn.to/4dAexNe] offers it for $65. Instagram: Paul Pfeiffer [https://www.instagram.com/pmp2021/], Tyler Green. [https://www.instagram.com/tylergreenbooks/]