Two Coats of Paint Conversations

Two Coats of Paint Conversations

Two Coats of Paint is a New York art blogazine dedicated to painting. This is an archive of the live online conversations with artists, curators, gallerists, and writers.

Episodes

March 1, 2023 59 mins

"America: Idiomerica and the Terminal Century, a conversation with with R.C. Baker and Sharon Butler"
Recorded live, Saturday, February 18, 2023, at Jennifer Baahng Gallery

A BAAHNG SPOTLIGHT Production. Produced by Jennifer Baahng Gallery /  Artists Bob Baker, Editor in Chief and art critic of the Village Voice  and Two Coats of Paint publisher Sharon Butler delved into the ways  their work grapples with the dig...

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Recorded live, Monday, February, 20, 2023 / A multi generational conversation between Catherine Howe and Zachary Sitrin, with host, Sharon Butler, and guests Elizabeth Riggle, Peter Dudek, Elisabeth Condon, and Janice Caswell. We discuss what it means to spend a lifetime engaged in the solitary studio practice of painting. Episode notes: Brooklyn Rail Conversation with Rob Storr; Rob Storr's show at Kingfish Gallery in Buffalo; the...

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February 6, 2023 60 mins


Recorded live on Clubhouse, Monday, February, 6, 2023 / Hosted by sculptor-professor Peter Dudek, moderated by Sharon Butler. A discussion about museums, especially the ones we haven't been to in ages. With Laurie Fendrich and Camilla Fallon

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January 23, 2023 62 mins

Recorded live on Clubhouse, Monday, January 23, 2023 /  Hosted by Adam Simon and Laurie Fendrich, moderated by Sharon Butler. Are contemporary artists and critics too nice about the work being made today? In an era of community-building, gratitude, and identity politics what has happened to honest opinions, harsh critique, and the scathing review? With guests Elisabeth Condon, Peter Dudek, Saul Ostrow, and Alexi Worth.

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January 2, 2023 55 mins

Recorded live on Clubhouse, Monday, January 2, 2023 / Moderated by painter and Two Coats of Paint Publisher Sharon Butler, hosted by sculptor-professor Peter Dudek. Listen to a live discussion about the art exhibitions we missed in 2022. Is it possible for artists to see too many exhibitions? Featuring artists-writers Laurie Fendrich, Franklin Einspruch, Patrick Neal, and painters Louise Belcourt and Catherine Howe.

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A BAAHNG SPOTLIGHT Production. Produced by Jennifer Baahng Gallery / Recorded live on Saturday, October 8, 2022, at 2 pm. Noted poet and art critic Raphael Rubinstein sat down with artist and Two Coats of Paint publisher Sharon Butler to discuss “Next Moves,” Butler's solo exhibition at Jennifer Baahng Gallery in New York. In this BAAHNG SPOTLIGHT event, Rubinstein and Butler explore the nature of conjunctions, addenda, commutation...

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Recorded July 25, 2022, on Clubhouse / Sharon Butler talks to East Village artist Sally Apfelbaum about Art Republic Space,  a fiscally sponsored organization that Apfelbaum has created to explore  ideas and develop housing models that address the needs of older  artists, from live/work space to archiving and storage. “Our goal is to  enable older professional artists to keep working and enriching the  arts...

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Recorded on June 1, 2022 / Artist Carolyn Zick has published the outstanding art blog Dangerous Chunky since 2001 from New York, then Seattle, and now New London,  Connecticut. Find out what she’s up to — from writing poetry, drawing,  and making books to dealing with a serious cancer diagnosis. Hosted by  Sharon Butler. Episode Links:  Carolyn Zick’s website / Dangerous Chunky  / Carolyn’s “Poets vs. Paint...

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May 23, 2022 58 mins

Recorded on the Clubhouse app on May 23, 2022 / Inspired by "Matisse: The Red Studio," an absorbing exhibition at MoMA that includes the plans for the outbuilding Matisse designed for his workspace, host Sharon Butler invited artists Steve Hicks and Teri Hackett to talk about building their studios and what the process has been like. Chris Moss joined to share details about building in Savannah,Georgia. Episode links:  Teri Ha...

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May 15, 2022 40 mins
On Saturday, May 14, 2022, Sharon Butler had a conversation with Pauline Decarmo about "Exit," her solo show on view at LABspace in Hillsdale, NY, through May 29. Decarmo's graphic new paintings are informed by the stress-free days of childhood, when she lived in South Jamaica Queens with her parents and seven siblings, and loved to play the street game Skelly with the neighborhood kids. The event was hosted by Julie Torres and Ell...
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April 4, 2022 65 mins

Originally recorded on Twitter Spaces, April 4, 2022 / Two Coats of Paint Conversations returns from hiatus with a discussion  about transition periods. Every artist and art professional goes through  stressful transitions — working in the studio, dealing with gallery  relationships, navigating career changes, moving studios, and more.  Paddy Johnson, founder of Art F City and VVrkshop, will join Sharon  Bu...

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February 7, 2022 68 mins
Recorded in Brooklyn on February 7, 2022 / Painter and art writer Alexi Worth joined Sharon Butler to discuss “Nearness” his solo show on view at DC Moore through February 12.
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Diana Shpungin joins host Sharon Butler to discuss “Always Begin At The End” her solo installation on view at Smack Mellon through February 20. She uses inventive drawing and common iconography to address loss, memory, empathy and failure between the private and public, personal and political spheres.
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January 24, 2022 65 mins
“Mark Tribe Landscape Pictures” hosted by Sharon Butler / Recorded on Monday, January 24, 2022 / Mark Tribe joins Sharon to discuss the large-scale, data-generated landscape imagery on view in “Landscape Pictures,” his first solo show at Minus Space.
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