This is a podcast about art: the people who create it, exhibit it, buy it, sell it, talk about it and, above all, love it. Hosted by Fiona McIntosh who has extensive professional experience and deep knowledge across the Australian visual arts industry, having worked with many artists, major public institutions and private collectors. She brings this, together with an endless curiosity and passion to reveal the depth, breadth and richness of the contemporary art scene.
George Adams curator, gallery director and collector has had a career in the visual arts in Sydney supporting and encouraging emerging artists. Together with his partner artist Ron Adams, George set up and ran MOP Gallery from 2003-2016, an ‘artist-run-initiative’ which gave emerging artists, curators and writers the opportunity to explore experimental ideas and new work. Its follow on, Galerie Pompom shifted George’s focus but not his passion for supporting artists. Though Galerie Pompom closed in late 2021, George’s contribution to supporting experimental art in Sydney is lasting.
Galerie Pompom’s website is still live here (http://www.galeriepompom.com/), showcasing its exhibitions and project. The major MOP archive is published by FORMIST Editions and is available at here (https://formisteditions.co/products/mop-projects-br-2003-2016)
Image credits:
Portrait of George Adams & Ron Adams, Photo: Stephen Oxenbury for Art World Magazine for Issue 3, June - July 2008
Find more conversations about art on our Instagram @FineArtFiona.
Thank you to Producer: Simon Grant Verb Syndicate; Editor: Mitchell Jones; Graphic Designer: Max Pasalic.
29 May 2023
Eugenia Raskopoulos - Season 2, Episode 7
Uncompromising in her approach and unflinching in her resolve and determination, Eugenia is an artist who works in digital media art, often embodied within larger ambitious installations, which explore language, translation and the body from a personal and feminist perspective.
She talks candidly about her migrant background – Czech-born of Greek parents who arrived in Australia in 1959 – and the constant negotiation required to find way to feel a welcome part of an Australian scene. Eugenia’s work weaves images of her body, personal familial stories and texts, in various guises, to describe this uncertain and ever-shifting terrain. She takes us beyond where we usually go.
You’ll find all the images and more information on Eugenia’s website (http://eugeniaraskopoulos.com/) and her gallery representatives
In Sydney Kronenberg Mais Wright (https://kronenbergmaiswright.com/)
In Melbourne Arc One (https://arcone.com.au/)
Image credits:
Portrait of Eugenia Raskopoulos
Eugenia Raskopoulos, Shadow of Language (fuck me/fuck you) 2021/22 neon, stainless steel 355 x 30 x 30cm; (eat me/eat you) 2021/22 neon, stainless steel 284.5 x 30 x 30cm.
Eugenia Raskopoulos (dis)order 2019, single channel digital video 8min. neon & discarded goods. Detail installation The National Carriageworks. Image Zan Wimberley
Find more conversations about art on our Instagram @FineArtFiona.
Thank you to Producer: Simon Grant Verb Syndicate; Editor: Mitchell Jones; Graphic Designer: Max Pasalic.
22 May 2023
Anne Ryan - Season 2, Episode 6
Anne Ryan is the Curator of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney. She sees her role as both custodian of a significant public collection and that of interpreter, sharing the histories and stories of the artworks and the artists who made them. She speaks with a warmth and enthusiasm that is engaging and enjoyable.
Anne is also the curator in charge of the wildly popular Archibald, Wynn and Sulman annual prize exhibitions at the Gallery and the Dobell Drawing Biennial which is shifting our understanding of what is traditionally understood as drawing.
Her approach is refreshingly egalitarian, with an inherent respect for the depth and breadth of artistic practice and a genuine curiosity to keep looking and thinking about it.
You’ll enjoy listening to Anne so much you’ll want to follow her journey and commentary on Australian art through her Instagram @timpetill
Image credits:
Anne Ryan
Exterior of the South Building, Art Gallery of NSW, 2018
Find more conversations about art on our Instagram @FineArtFiona.
Thank you to Producer: Simon Grant Verb Syndicate; Editor: Mitchell Jones; Graphic Designer: Max Pasalic.
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