It's the first episode of Season 2! Over the break, we had a chance to reflect. That reflection showed a couple of withered husks who no longer qualify for emerging artist grants. We have been forced…
Its the last episode of the season! This episode is a bit different. There is no research, no educational overtones, just 28 minutes of us ranting about things in the art world that have made us…
We would like to formally apologise to hyperrealism. For many years we were like "JuSt TaKe A pHoTo MaTe!", but then we googled it for two minutes and realised that there is more to it than just being…
On this episode we defend Abstract Expressionism, voted the #1 art movement most likely to baffle your snobby-ass grandparents. Links: Abstract Expressionism The Irascibles Mark Rothko Jackson Pollock…
This episode of Barely Emerging we give the word "Sublime" a quick Google and talk about what we found. Mainly, a lot of seascapes and long-dead artists with too many names. But also, we uncovered a…
On this highly informative episode of Barely Emerging, we learn that 'Kitsch' is derived from the German word for trash, and if you say it enough times on a podcast episode it loses all meaning. We…
This episode, Riley O'Keeffe joins us for a paranoid rant about the conspiracies that have plagued the art world. Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code" may be eyeroll-inducing, but what about rumours that…
This episode we discuss artworks that have caused controversy both in and out of the art world. We talk about Ai Weiwei's 1995 triptych Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, that pissed off people who saw it as…
On this episode of Barely Emerging, we discuss the scrappiest art world spats we could find on the first page of Google: Anish Kapoor vs. Stuart Semple and Lucien Freud vs. Francis Bacon. Links:…
Buckle up baddies, this week it's Syd's favourite subject: the Abject! Abjection is the feeling of horror or repulsion one gets when they encounter that which is usually repressed. Feelings of disgust…
