On The Edge: In conversation with Lynda Benglis
Bakersfield Museum of Art's Podcast
Release Date: 11/13/2021
On the Edge: In conversation with Lita Albuquerque
Bakersfield Museum of Art's Podcast
Lita Albuquerque is an internationally recognized multidisciplinary artist and writer. Emerging from California’s Light and Space movement, Albuquerque has developed a visual language that investigates identity and the cosmos through painting, sculpture, as well as monumental environmental installations. Her array of accolades includes three NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Art in Public Places awards, an NEA Individual Fellowship grant, the 2019 Laguna Art Museum Wendt Artist of the Year Award, and MOCA’s (Museum of Contemporary Art) Distinguished Women in the Arts award. In 2020,...
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In Conversation with Gregory Wiley Edwards
Bakersfield Museum of Art's Podcast
Raised in Houston, TX, Gregory Wiley Edwards was a student at California Institute of the Arts and the Art Institute of San Francisco. He was mentored by second-wave Gutai artist, Matsumi Kanemitsu, and New York abstract expressionist Emerson Weolffer at CalArts, leading him to distinguish his art through performance, activism, and his investigations into African art and philosophy. The gestures made onto his all-over paintings are abstract and fluid like as if the brushstrokes were caught in motion on the verge of creating its final form. In his “Stroke Ism” work, Edwards point to the...
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In Conversation With Lita Albuquerque, Charles Arnoldi, Laddie John Dill, Ned Evans, and Andy Moses
Bakersfield Museum of Art's Podcast
This episode of the BMoA podcast is a recording of the second of two panel discussions held on November 18, 2021 at BMoA’s On the Edge Artist Symposium. The panel, Los Angeles 1970 – 1990: Exploring the Myth of California Through Materials and Subject., was moderated by Rani Singh, former director at Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills and former co-curator at Getty Research Institute. Here, On the Edge exhibiting artists Lita Albuquerque, Charles Arnoldi, Laddie John Dill, Ned Evans, and Andy Moses...
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In Conversation With “On the Edge” Artists Don Bachardy, Gregory Wiley Edwards, Astrid Preston, Allen Ruppersberg
Bakersfield Museum of Art's Podcast
Welcome the Bakersfield Museum of Art podcast. This audio series offers entertaining and informative discussion about arts and events at the Bakersfield Museum of Art. The Bakersfield Museum of Art’s mission is to inspire and engage diverse audiences by providing a broad spectrum of creative visual arts experiences through exhibitions, educational programs, and community outreach. In a similar fashion, we hope this podcast expounds upon themes in contemporary art and art history. On the evening of November 18, 2021 BMoA hosted a group of artists whose work is included in our current...
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On The Edge: In conversation with Lynda Benglis
Bakersfield Museum of Art's Podcast
Lynda Benglis is most celebrated for her engagement with the physicality of material within her artistic practice. Studying in New York City, Benglis propelled Abstract Expressionism’s gestural temperament away from the confines of the canvas. In the 1960s, she created fluid sculptures by pouring pigmented wax and latex within the gallery space, allowing the work to dictate its final form, while subverting the bravado of the male art stars from that period. The following decades saw production of provocative video and photographic work that explored the artist’s concern of gender...
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On the Edge: In Conversation With Joan Agajanian Quinn
Bakersfield Museum of Art's Podcast
Joan Agajanian Quinn and her late husband Jack represent a key moment in the history of contemporary art, as Los Angeles came to symbolize an innovative and prolific brand of creative freedom. Few individuals have left such an indelible mark on the artistic landscape of Southern California more than Joan and Jack Quinn. Joan found herself both muse and promoter of several Southern California artists, while Jack used his skills as a prominent and influential attorney to help an array of emerging artists and their dealers navigate the worlds of law and business. Known for her charisma,...
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The Bakersfield Sound: In Conversation with Music Historian, Scott B. Bomar
Bakersfield Museum of Art's Podcast
This month's guest Scott B. Bomar grew up in Nashville before relocating to Los Angeles and becoming a staff songwriter at Sony/ATV Music. He moved to the other side of the desk to work for Universal Music Group before going to BMG, where he's now the Senior Director of the company's music-related book publishing efforts. Scott has worked on projects with the Library of Congress' National Recording Archive, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, Gibson Guitars, the Grammy Museum, Ken Burns' Florentine Films, Leiber & Stoller Music, SiriusXM, Omnivore...
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The Bakersfield Sound: In Conversation with Robert Price
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Current exhibition, The Bakersfield Sound: Roll Out the Red Carpet explores the major figures and stylings of the country music sub-genre with a celebratory display of local history that features costumes, guitars, and posters from the era. In this week's episode we talk with author, newspaper columnist, and television journalist Robert Price who collaborated with BMoA to bring the exhibition to life. Price is the author of "The Bakersfield Sound: How a Generation of Displaced Okies Revolutionized American Music," which was the winner of the Association for Recorded Sound...
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CSU-Bakersfield Graduating Senior Exhibition and The Todd Madigan Gallery: In Conversation with Jedidiah Caesar
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The Bakersfield Museum of Art and CSU-Bakersfield have forged an ongoing partnership grounded in their shared mission of cultivating contemporary art in Bakersfield and has recently resulted in BMoA hosting the 2021 Graduating Senior Exhibition. Tune in as we sit down with artist, gallerist, and educator Jedidiah Caesar. Since 2014 Caesar has been a lecturer in the Department of Art and Art History and the Director of the Todd Madigan Gallery at CSU-Bakersfield. Further Links: Todd Madigan Gallery: Exhibit @ BMoA: Exhibit Press release:
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Color + Figure: In Conversation with Linda Christensen
Bakersfield Museum of Art's Podcast
Color and Figure, on display now at The Bakersfield Museum of Art, marks Linda Christensen’s first solo museum exhibition and showcases nine paintings made between 2015-2020. Belonging to the Bay Area Figurative movement's rich tradition, Christensen's work is dynamic and an amalgamation of spontaneity, historical reference, and emotional milieu. Tune in as we sit down with the artist to discuss the Bay Area Figurative movement and her commitment to using color and gesture to capture the emotional weight of the figure. Further Links: To view exhibit: Davis Park’s Two...
info_outlineLynda Benglis is most celebrated for her engagement with the physicality of material within her artistic practice. Studying in New York City, Benglis propelled Abstract Expressionism’s gestural temperament away from the confines of the canvas. In the 1960s, she created fluid sculptures by pouring pigmented wax and latex within the gallery space, allowing the work to dictate its final form, while subverting the bravado of the male art stars from that period. The following decades saw production of provocative video and photographic work that explored the artist’s concern of gender stereotypes, critique of the art market and the artist as celebrity. Benglis continues to create today, compelling an ongoing conversation between abstraction and femininity and is featured in BMoA’s current exhibition On the Edge: Los Angeles Art 1970s - 1990s from the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection.
For Further Information:
On the Edge Exhibition: www.bmoa.org/exhibition/on-the-edge
Lynda Benglis: www.pacegallery.com/artists/lynda-benglis/