A Roman warship, a tiger, a futuristic scarecrow and (worst of all) references to Dalí - will this week's artwork prove too much for Dad? This week we dig deeply into Indian artist Prabhakar Pachpute's work Unfolding of the Remains-II which was on display at the 2022 Venice Biennale. The real test for the work, however, is whether Dad would display it on his walls. See images here ! Check out our Instagram @artdadpod for more images and updates!...
Apr 13, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Oleg Kulik is known for provoking art world debates - from stopping traffic during performances, to biting a man when he was pretending to be a dog, the Ukraine-born artist loves to push boundaries. He's certainly in the dog house in the eyes of the Russian state, which deemed his recent sculpture The Big Mother a mockery of The Motherland Calls , a statue commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. But what will Dad make of Kulik's provocative, 'zoophrenic' works? See images here !...
Apr 06, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Houston, Dad has a problem! This week we’re going to the moon with Jeff Koons, as we discuss his Moon Phases project. From metal balloon animals to collaborations with NASA, Koons has never shied away from the spotlight, but is this foray into space exploration a reflection on humanity, or on the artist himself? See images here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: WCBAFRBTLK0C1KMI...
Mar 30, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Could your rental lease be a piece of art? This week we discuss Mao Tongqiang's Leaseholds (2016), an installation of 500 Chinese land title deeds from the Qing Dynasty to the 1970s. Bureaucratic, and yet emotive, these documents represent the many manifestations of China's land policies across time. But will Dad accept administrative documents as art? Listen now! See images here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: WCBAFRBTLK0C1KM...
Mar 23, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 22
This week we discuss an eerie, ear-y artwork: Australian performance artist Stelarc’s Third Ear. From experimental mice to cyborgs, we discuss how Stelarc’s work explores the technological and evolutionary limits of the human body. See images here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: WCBAFRBTLK0C1KMI
Mar 16, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 21
In honour of International Women's Day, this week we are talking about Carolee Schneemann's Meat Joy! A flurry of fish, meat, paint and bodies, Meat Joy is a key work by this iconic feminist artist. Bursting with the spirit of the sixties, Meat Joy is meant to be a celebration of flesh as material but was and remains a controversial work. Despite featuring meat, it doesn't look like this work will bring Dad much joy... See the work here !
Mar 09, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 20
The steaks (that’s right) are high this week as we talk about one of Dad’s favourite topics: meat. Starting with Rembrandt’s Slaughtered Ox, we dig into four beefy artworks to see if we can overcome Dad’s distaste for modern art. We cover Soutine (the typical starving artist), (Francis) Bacon, and the prettiest carcasses you’ve ever seen. See images here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: WCBAFRBTLK0C1KMI...
Mar 02, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Would you drink from a fur-lined teacup? Or does it sound like the stuff of nightmares? This week we take a look at Meret Oppenheim’s surrealist piece, Breakfast in Fur : a teacup, saucer and spoon cloaked in the fur of a Chinese gazelle. To uncover the history behind this object, we discuss the usual suspects (Freud, Picasso), being chased by lions and how to keep your lungs healthy. See images here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License ...
Feb 23, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Waxy cannonballs, art that makes itself, and the world’s 'blackest' black material: This week we are discussing the work of Anish Kapoor! We cover the difficulties of firing a cannon, how architectural space can affect a work of art, and spiteful contractual clauses. See images here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: WCBAFRBTLK0C1KMI
Feb 16, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Is the pen mightier than the sword? Is the typewriter mightier than the AK-47? This week we’re discussing Ravi Amar Zupa’s sculpture, Underwood MTSMG-US . Shots are fired as we discuss freedom of speech, Nerf gun battles, sculptural forms, and Kalashnikov’s regrets. See images here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: WCBAFRBTLK0C1KMI...
Feb 09, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Did you have a Neopet? If you’ve only just remembered it now, it’s likely you haven’t fed it since 2005, and it may be too late to visit it. This week we are examining Bunny Rogers’ Techo Statue (2021), which pays homage to our cute, digital friends of the early 2000s. We discuss why this statue might be both nostalgia-inducing and creepy, we discuss basilisks, Tamagotchis and gothic sculpture. See images here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-frenc...
Feb 02, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 15
January 26 in Australia is Invasion Day – the date on which in 1788 the First Fleet landed. This date is officially ‘Australia Day’, but there is a growing campaign to change the date of Australia’s national day. This week, we are discussing Hey Bros by Ian Waldron, a work which engages directly with issues of Indigenous sovereignty, appropriation, and British colonialism. Exploring these issues, we discuss John Constable, Just Stop Oil, and how art can be used to add emotional impact to activis...
Jan 26, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Are you feeling sleepy? This week we're feeling dreamy as we delve into the pre-Raphaelites. This week's work is Hans Op de Beeck’s sculpture, My bed a raft, the room the sea, and then I laughed some gloom in me. Evoking John Everett Millais’ Ophelia , this work is rich in art historical and literary symbolism. Of course, some of the references that Dad finds – to The Matrix and Elvis – may not have been intended… See images here ! CW: Mentions of suicide. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)...
Jan 19, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 13
This week we exercise our gift of the gab as we discuss a spooky Irish egg, superstitions and the worst gift to buy a child. Our artwork this week is Seán Hannan’s LUCK (2022) – a cursed egg currently installed at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Tune in to find out if we can overcome Dad’s fears of contemporary art and curses in one fell swoop. See images here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: WCBAFRBTLK0C1KMI...
Jan 12, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 12
This week, Dad is outraged that fog can be considered an artwork! We discuss “Foggy Wake in a Desert: An Ecosphere”, more commonly known as the Fog Sculpture, created by Fujiko Nakaya. We chat about unintentional art experiences, avoiding leopards at the Botanical Gardens, and misty metaphors in Apocalypse Now . See images here ! - Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: WCBAFRBTLK0C1KMI...
Jan 05, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Frothy pastels, lush grottos and decadent décor: that’s right, this week we are talking about the Rococo! Flora Yukhnovich’s ebullient works overflow with the spirit of the 18th century, bringing the visual language of the Rococo into the modern day. We discuss frolicking aristocrats, Mean Girls and millennial pink before Dad offers some suggestions about how to ring in the new year. See images here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License c...
Dec 29, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 10
The night of the Krampus is coming… in other words, Merry Christmas! This week Lizzie and Dr Harris celebrate Christmas and exchange artistic gifts! From Austria to Los Angeles, Slim Aarons to Charles Fréger, we get in the holiday spirit and ponder whether to call a Christmas truce. See images here ! ----- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/dance-of-the-sugar-plum-fairies License code: QWZFLXJHRNSTYDPC...
Dec 22, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 9
This week we look at a true artistic freak in the (Excel) sheets, Oleksiy Sai! Dad peers down from his ivory tower into the world of professional services as we discuss how the very worst part of the Microsoft Office suite can be used for something creative (other than creative accounting)! Alongside Sai's work, we discuss creepy vegetable face portraits from the Renaissance, and luminous stained glass windows. See images of the artworks here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://up...
Dec 15, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 8
What do tennis whites have to do with Zimbabwean politics? Why is Dr Harris scared of sculptures? And what does he have in common with Leonardo di Caprio? This episode, hidden connections abound as we discuss Zimbabwean artist Tawanda Takura’s Hymn for the Unjust . See images of the work here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: WCBAFRBTLK0C1KMI...
Dec 08, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 7
This episode we talk about getting drunk in Sicily, Shakespeare and fantastical lies, all in the pursuit of understanding Damien Hirst’s Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable . Dad reveals his past as a gentleman archaeologist as we examine the bizarre objects in Hirst’s 2017 exhibition, and consider whether Lizzie actually likes this particular work of contemporary art. See photos here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: W...
Dec 01, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 6
This episode we discuss an empty exhibition space! For an episode about nothing, there is a lot to talk about, as we address Maria Eichhorn’s Relocating a Structure at the German Pavilion of the Venice Biennale. Dad critiques what he says looks like a construction site, and offers thoughts on everything from fascists to the art of writing thank-you notes. See images of Relocating a Structure here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code...
Nov 24, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 5
This episode we look at Stephan Vanfleteren’s Corpus #1632 , a photograph of something that never existed! Dad finds links to the English Civil War and 80s sci-fi, and wonders where he could procure a severed hand. See photos of the artwork here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: WCBAFRBTLK0C1KMI
Nov 17, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Can sardine tins be erotic? What about a daffodil? This episode, Dad warms up to Fiona Hall’s Paradisus Terrestris of 1989 as we discuss Linnaean Latin, colonialism, and the surprise of finding a pair of breasts where saucy little fish should be. See photos here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: WCBAFRBTLK0C1KMI
Nov 10, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This episode we whip out our rosaries to discuss blasphemy and Andres Serrano’s Piss Christ of 1987. We cover eating meat pies during Lent, secretly cooking pork sausages, and how you can make piss look good. See photos at: https://linktr.ee/art_dad_doesnt_like Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: WCBAFRBTLK0C1KMI
Nov 03, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Wake up! Time to make your bed! This episode Lizzie tries to convince Dad that Tracey Emin’s 1998 work My Bed is more than a chore waiting to be done. Discussing everything from Tolstoy to Thatcher to Turner, this episode is all about making the personal public, and how to make some quick cash off your children. See photos of My Bed here ! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: WCBAFRBTLK0C1KMI...
Oct 27, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Coming soon! A podcast of provocation, paintings and paternal disdain: Join us soon as Lizzie tries to convince Dad (a.k.a. Dr Harris) to broaden his artistic horizons to something beyond 19th century landscapes! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/tres-french License code: WCBAFRBTLK0C1KMI
Oct 18, 2022•46 sec
