This week we have the pleasure of chatting with artist, Mansur Nurullah! We discuss abstraction, books, scraps, the technological sublime, bullying, and counseling. We make a lot of deviations and tangents and detours. Plus giggle fits!
The music in this episode is by Hannah Lew
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| BASEBALL NUT |
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| High res image here! |
This week we jump the shark for the second time. First off, this episode is part four of our ten part series on abstraction. We talk about motherfuckin Agnes Martin, whether sharks are older than Satan, and Craig Calderwood's amazing new mural at SFMoMA. Maysoun speaks of drones. We apologize to the listeners.
The music in this episode is by La Luz (they are on tour! See them!)
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| Say hello! |
This week we have the pleasure of talking to artist, Danielle Lawrence about abstraction, the body, and institutional decay. Then Maysoun and Kate explore their feelings about last week's painting by Howardena Pindell. It's a long episode, folks!
The music in this episode is by Hannah Lew
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| Get in the mess! |
Agnes Martin at SFMOMA (the next works we're looking at)
“The heroine Paint”: After Frankenthaler
High Times, Hard Times: New York Painting 1967-1975
Abstraction: Politics and Possibilities
Enter the Dragon: On the Vernacular of Beauty
At the Met Museum, an Abstract Show That Falls Short of Epic
Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction
This week Kate and Maysoun saw all the shows at Minnesota Street Project. We also talk about Marlow Moss and more abstraction! Plus we decide what shapes we are.
The music in this episode is by spacemoth
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| Howardena Pindell, Night Flight, 2015–16. Mixed media on canvas; 75 x 63 in. See a high res image here. |
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| Mark Perlman, Overview, 2025, oil and wax on panel, 60 x 48 inches at Nancy Toomey Fine Art |
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Marlow Moss, White and Yellow, 1935, Oil paint, string and canvas on canvas |
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| Marlow Moss, Untitled (Free forms), 1950 Gouache on paper |
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| Julian Schnabel, Divan 1978 oil, plates, and bondo on wood, 90 x 120 x 13 inches |
Howardina Pindell at the MCA Chicago
This is week two of our deep into abstraction! Be sure to share your abstract experiences with us!
419 351 6606 or email us: congratulationspinetree@proton.me
Also, Kate went and saw some shows!
The music in this episode is by spacemoth
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Marlow Moss, Composition in Red, Black and White, 1953, oil on canvas, 76 x 51 cm. |
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| Marlow Moss! |
Nice, neat lawn by Abi Tucker and Stanley Millerby Abi Tucker and Stanley Miller
Space, Movement, and Body: Marlow Moss
Talking Painting: Dialogues with Twelve Contemporary Abstract Painters by David Ryan
How to look at an abstract painting
Sculpture in the Expanded Field
Mondrian His Life, His Art, and the Quest of the Absolute Nicholas Fox Weber
This week we begin a ten week course on abstraction. Please follow along, there will be prizes at the end. We also talk about the International Art Museum of America getting voted best museum in SF. Shocking.
The music in this episode is by spacemoth
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| Helen Frankenthaler, Mountains and Sea 1952 Oil and charcoal on unsized, unprimed canvas, 86 ⅜ × 117 ¼ inches |
Helen Frankenthaler, Mountains and Sea (large image)
Episode 18 - The Treasure Room (about the IAMA)
This week we have an emotional conversation about the SFAC funding saga. We also talk about the Queers Against Zionism event at the Lab. We also talk about poetry and why people hate it.
The music in this episode is by spacemoth
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| MAD! |
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San Francisco Finalizes $17 Billion Budget, Restores Millions in Proposed Cuts
Bay to Gaza Mutual Aid Collective
This week Kate has a conversation with Leo Dugan from the Creativity Explored United bargaining team!
the music in this episode is by Deseos Primitivos
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| Union Strong! |
Creativity Explored United instagram
creativityexploredunited@gmail.com - if you want to get in touch!
We talk about the election results, a couple events we went to, a protest that kate went to, and safe injection facilities. Decriminalize drugs!!!! Huge spoilers for I Love Boosters, the new Boots Riley movie!
The music in this episode is from the I Love Boosters (Original Motion Picture Score)
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| Remember phone books? |
Supervised consumption explained: types of sites and services
Supervised injection facilities in Canada: past, present, and future
The Law (and Politics) of Safe Injection Facilities in the United States
Supervised Injection Facilities and International Law
New Strategies Are Needed to Stop Overdose Fatalities: The Case for Supervised Injection Facilities
The public health impacts of supervised injection sites in Canada: Moving beyond social acceptability and impacts on crimeThis week we have the great honor of talking to artist, Ebti! We talk about translation, theater, death, cats, light bulbs, and whether or not the sun is gay!
Sign this open letter to support the workers at the SFAC!
Music in this episode is by Meshell Ndegeocello
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| Languages! |
This week we finally made our voter guide! YES ON D, SAN FRANCISCO!
The music in this episode is by SPELLLING
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| do it! |
This week we start on the voter guide but then we delay it because Maysoun needs to do more research. So we talk about some shows and some emails and some voicemails. Plus we're back on Horse Muffin Bird again, because Maysoun accuses Kate of being a sniveling worm. It's a weird episode.
The music in this episode is by Australian lesbian, Courtney Barnett
This week Kate and Maysoun went to a rally at city hall! We petition the birds to stop the surveillance state. Maysoun went to a show! We did it all!
The song in this episode is by Cain Culto, Xiuhtezcatl & Snow Tha Product
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| take to the skies! |
This week Kate and Maysoun hang out with billionaires. Kate makes a public apology. Maysoun tries to explain the SF charter, whatever the hell that is. Plus we tell you to go to a clown show.
The music in this episode is by spacemoth
Sugar Mud - A Surreal Comedy - BUY TICKETS
Arts for a Better Bay Area (ABBA)
Urbanist think tank SPUR unveils plans to revamp S.F. charter
This week artist Sarah Heinemann guest hosts while Maysoun is abroad! We discuss therapy, the SF art scene, group chats, Maysoun's secrets, and so much more.
The music in this episode is by spacemoth
This week we take some listener feedback! Max Blue wrote in! We talk about community organizing. We also talk about a hurtful game called Horse-Muffin-Bird.
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| Muffin Muffin Muffin |
This week we talk to artist and dear friend, Sarah Heinemann. We discuss colors, art ideas, public transit, how much Jerry Saltz sucks, cave paintings, and working with Sol Lewitt.
The music in this episode is by spacemoth
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| Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault Acrylic and crayon on canvas 48 x 42 inches |
This week Kate talks about doing a Sol Lewitt wall drawing at SFMOMA. We also give information about a show. Cute.
The music in this episode is by spacemoth
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| Walls!!! |
We answer a listener question about where to get cheap art! We are all over the map because we're freaked out by war.
the music in this episode is by spacemoth
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| Wall art! |
