About this podcast
Delve into the overlooked and underappreciated artistic genre of text-based art. For centuries people have been using words in creative visual ways, but usually their work is either slotted into other genres or pushed aside completely, despite some of the biggest names in art fitting into this category.
During each show we’ll sit down for a talk with an artist who uses words as a major focus in their practice for an in-depth look at where is their work is taking them next, what are the ways that using text helps them get their message across, and what was it that drew them to this style in the first place.
Episodes
- Tony Lewis · 1 h 3 minFrom his breakthrough series "Anthology," which turned Calvin & Hobbes into poetry, to his epic installation pieces that transform William Buckley's arguments from his 1965…
- Michael James Schneider · 59 minMichael James Schneider's quotes that promote positive mental health rendered in mylar balloons have become an online sensation. They seem somewhat destined to succeed, but his…
- Jesse Duquette · 1 h 3 minJesse Duquette has been skewering DJT, and the various boot lickers in his orbit, since day one of the first Trump administration. He started the Daily Don in 2017, by posting…
- Halldór Ragnarsson · 41 minIceland's Halldór Ragnarsson uses a combination of repetitive phrases in his native Icelandic, abstract compositions, and a muted palette punctuated with bright yellow to create…
- Robbie Austin · 58 minThe creative journey of Lake Charles, LA artist Robbie Austin is filled with starts and stops, detours, and coincidences. You could say in a way it's all been one very long…
- Dave Buonaguidi (The Real Hackney Dave) · 1 h 5 minAfter a 35-year career in advertising that saw him co-found not just one but two of the top firms in the British ad world, Dave Buonaguidi (whom you might know from Instagram as…
- Tim Youd (Encore) · 31 minIn honor of Tim Youd's latest installation of the 100 Novels series, here is an encore presentation of his visit on the very first episode of Finding the Words. Tim will be…
- Nathaniel Russell · 51 minFrom woodblock prints and paintings, to concert posters for top-line acts and recording his own music, Indianapolis-based multi-disciplinary artist Nathaniel Russell has proven…
- Greg Miller · 52 minReconnecting with someone who's been an important part of your life is always wonderful, but when that person is also a top-notch painter with fantastic stories to tell, you just…
- Duane Toops · 47 minThis episode with Florida-based collage artist Duane Toops is bittersweet. While excited to chat with Duane about his immersive analog/digital hybrid collages, the circumstances…
- Joseph O'Neal · 29 minIn the non-objective paintings of Joseph O'Neal, one constant holds true: dualities. Eye-popping colors combine with stark black and white. Ambiguous shapes play off of…
- Richard Ankrom · 43 minThough best know for his 2001 piece Guerrilla Public Service, which consisted of taking it upon himself to correct an oversight on downtown Los Angeles freeway signage, Richard…
- Dear Anushka · 38 minIn the street art hub of Lisbon, one artist isn't aiming her spray paint can at buildings. Dear Anushka chooses instead to tag her particular brand of witty sayings, romantic…
- Corita Kent (with Nellie Scott) · 42 minCorita Kent, or Sister Mary Corita as she was known in her days as a nun, was an educator, activist, and widely-acclaimed artist, creating some of the most influential pop art…
- Chad Etting · 30 minToday's guest is New Hampshire-based painter, Chad Etting. We discuss Chad's influences, how the pandemic helped shape his practice, his surprising beginnings in New York City…
- Eric Stefanski · 39 minOn the closing day (10/19/2024) of his Los Angeles solo debut show "I'm Trying to Live Forever" at Lowell Ryan Projects, Eric Stefanski joins me from his studio in Chicago to…
- Eloisa Hernandez Viramontes · 29 minFor today's episode Kenneth chats with Mexico City-based author Eloisa Hernandez Viramontes about her new book The Word as Artistic Language: Textual Practices in Mexico, which…
- Judy Lichtman · 37 minHere's my discussion with Joshua Tree-based artist Judy Lichtman. We dig into how the events of 2020 ushered her into her text-based style, how her art practice and her painting…
- Tim Youd · 31 minFor our first episode Kenneth talks to L.A.-based multi-disciplinary artist Tim Youd about his 100 novels series and its latest installments in Georgia Retyped at Atlanta…
- Finding the Words trailer · 3 minWelcome! Listen to find out about the only podcast devoted to text-base art and the artists who create it.
