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kristo.art

welcome to kristo's art appreciation camp! free your inner art critic and learn how to become the art expert you already are...!

Episodes

February 7, 2020 34 mins

A painting isn't a work of art until YOU get to spend some time with it.

But what if you don't like it?

Is it still Art? 

Transcripts, links and sound credits (mostly from the fabulous and generous contributors to freesound.org) all on the website https://kristo.art/podcast/14-michael-krebber-simple-is-difficult

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November 21, 2019 25 mins

transcripts, links and and a few extra surprises are all available at https://kristo.art/podcast/10-antoni-tapies-part-2-love-letters

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November 3, 2019 36 mins

You'll find transcripts, links and credits for this episode... as well as few extra surprises on the website at https://kristo.art/podcast/9-antoni-tapies-part-1

 

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September 22, 2019 27 mins

In this episode, we hear from quite a few Cologne celebrities — even if they're no longer, um, hanging around...

Also, a major synchronicity pops up — making for a pretty cool surprise...

And if you're not sure what a synchronicity is — I've got a pretty good definition you can easily grok, without having to read Carl Jung's 100 page treatise on it...

you'll find a full transcript of the episode along with links, credits and ...

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September 4, 2019 27 mins

in this episode, we finally take a look at the wall placard to learn the name of the artist (Rosemarie Trockel) and the title she gave the work (Wasser : Water)...

kristo also lets you know why it's better to avoid looking for the name of the artist and the title of the piece until AFTER you've had a chance to think about the work...

you can find the transcripts for this episode along with show notes, credits and a few fun s...

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August 17, 2019 34 mins

the stronger our first impressions—positive or negative—the more we should value the image that triggered them...
and the closer we should look at both the image, and those impressions...

Hi there...! 
You can find full show notes, the complete transcript and a few fun surprises right here...

awesome sound credits:

Thorn & Shout: “Farewell
"Farewell" by Thorn & Shout is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0...

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this painting has a depth of meaning that isn't easy to access...
but once you do, it will change the way you look at EVERYTHING...!

Interviews with the artist, Yan Pei-Ming:
Elena Cué for HuffPost 2015

David Barboza for artzine china 2008

Selina Ting for initiArt Magazine 2009

Charles Schultz for the Brooklyn Rail 2012

Lisa Stahl for Art in America

brief bio from artnet 2015


more images of Yan Pei-Ming's paintings:
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this portrait of Mao is pretty enigmatic, and it had me wondering why anyone would feel the need to paint it...let alone want to buy it...

I spend some time describing the painting and wondering aloud about what it might mean...
listen in and get my take on what I call AngryArt...

I also interview an otherwise innocent bystander to hear what he thinks...
I'm glad I did... but that doesn't come until the next episode, which...

June 28, 2019 8 mins

I’ll be be visiting museums and galleries
and meeting individual paintings and sculptures…
some of them will be old friends…
but most of them will be works I’ve never met before or know anything about…
and they’re all gonna be talking to me…

and when you listen in on my conversations, you’ll find the art saying something interesting and personal to you, too…
you’ll not only be seeing these works through my eyes and my intu...

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June 27, 2019 30 secs

this is the 30 sec. trailer for kristo.art

https://kristo.art

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