Episode 6: An Extended Christmas Special on Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy and the Avant-Garde at the Barbican.
Episode 6: An Extended Christmas Special on Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy and the Avant-Garde at the Barbican. Discussed by Laura Lennard, Caz Murray & Vikki Kosmalska.For our last episode of the season we’ve indulged in a jam-packed discussion of a whole host of modern artists including Auguste Rodin, Marcel Duchamp, Virginia Woolf, Man Ray, Georgia O’Keeffe, Hannah Hoch and many many more! The Barbican’s vast exhibition focuses on Modern Art and Modern Love: bringing together works by a plethora of modern artists of various sexualities, races and genders. It focuses on collaboration rather than any singular, isolated genius, and as a result it presents a rich kaleidoscope of artists and works. We delve into the amorous modern avant-garde and ponder: Who gets the credit when a couple collaborates? Who is the artist and who is the muse? How intimate is too intimate when it comes to capturing your lover in a work of art? And what would the repercussions be if you filled your instagram feed with modernist eroticism?Artworks referenced in the show below:The Two Friends, Tamara de Lempicka: https://theartstack.com/artist/tamara-de-lempicka-lempicka/two-friends-9Negro Anthology (1934), edited by Nancy Cunard: https://www.pbagalleries.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/157/lot/43603/Negro-Anthology-Made-by-Nancy-Cunard-1931-1933Doll of Alma Mahler(1918), commissioned by Oskar Kokoschka from Hermine Moos: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/alma-doll.jpgLee Miller with a Cast of her Torso, Man Ray: https://theartiscapegallery.com/modern-couples-art-intimacy-and-the-avant-garde-at-the-barbican-review/19-roland-penrose-lee-miller-with-a-cast-of-her-torso-downshire-hill-london-england-1940-roland-penrose-estateImages taken on Fire Island (1930s-40s), Pajama: http://www.pineshistory.org/art/paul-cadmus-jared-margaret-french-art-history/ The Embrace / I am Beautiful (1882), Auguste Rodin: http://www.musee-rodin.fr/en/collections/sculptures/i-am-beautifulThe Bride Pandora (1927), Hannah Hoch: http://faculty.washington.edu/dillon/rhethtml/satire/braut.htmlNot a Shoe (1950), Marcel Duchamp: http://www.thehistorialist.com/2014/10/1950-marcel-duchamp-says-not-shoe.htmlLet us know what you think of the exhibiton or of the episode! We’re: hellotheartcast@gmail.com and @theartcast on Instagram.A gigantic THANK YOU to Nat Witts for our jazzy jingle, and to Jonny Lennard for being such a patient and dedicated Editor throughout.