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Two Coats of Paint Conversations

Two Coats of Paint Conversations

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Two Coats of Paint is a New York art blogazine dedicated to painting. This is an archive of the live online conversations with artists, curators, gallerists, and writers.
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Long Distance Painter: Shifting Contexts and a Studio Life

Two Coats of Paint ConversationsFeb 20, 2023

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America: Idiomerica and the Terminal Century, a conversation with with R.C. Baker and Sharon Butler
Mar 02, 202359:35
Long Distance Painter: Shifting Contexts and a Studio Life

Long Distance Painter: Shifting Contexts and a Studio Life

Recorded live, Monday, February, 20, 2023 / A multi generational conversation between Catherine Howe and Zachary Sitrin, with host, Sharon Butler, and guests Elizabeth Riggle, Peter Dudek, Elisabeth Condon, and Janice Caswell. We discuss what it means to spend a lifetime engaged in the solitary studio practice of painting. Episode notes: Brooklyn Rail Conversation with Rob Storr; Rob Storr's show at Kingfish Gallery in Buffalo; the story of the erased DeKooning; Roberta Smith's review of the Derrick Adams exhibition at the Flag Art Foundation. Read Two Coats of Paint here.

Feb 20, 202357:11
Museums We Haven't Visited (in awhile)
Feb 06, 202301:00:34
On Being Not-Nice in the Art World

On Being Not-Nice in the Art World

Recorded live on Clubhouse, Monday, January 23, 2023 /  Hosted by Adam Simon and Laurie Fendrich, moderated by Sharon Butler. Are contemporary artists and critics too nice about the work being made today? In an era of community-building, gratitude, and identity politics what has happened to honest opinions, harsh critique, and the scathing review? With guests Elisabeth Condon, Peter Dudek, Saul Ostrow, and Alexi Worth.

Jan 23, 202301:02:52
Top 10 Exhibitions (we missed) in 2022

Top 10 Exhibitions (we missed) in 2022

Recorded live on Clubhouse, Monday, January 2, 2023 / Moderated by painter and Two Coats of Paint Publisher Sharon Butler, hosted by sculptor-professor Peter Dudek. Listen to a live discussion about the art exhibitions we missed in 2022. Is it possible for artists to see too many exhibitions? Featuring artists-writers Laurie Fendrich, Franklin Einspruch, Patrick Neal, and painters Louise Belcourt and Catherine Howe.

Jan 02, 202355:55
Conjunctions, Addenda, Commutations with Raphael Rubinstein and Sharon Butler
Oct 19, 202244:44
Creating Live/Work Communities for Older Artists

Creating Live/Work Communities for Older Artists

Recorded July 25, 2022, on Clubhouse / Sharon Butler talks to East Village artist Sally Apfelbaum about Art Republic Space,  a fiscally sponsored organization that Apfelbaum has created to explore  ideas and develop housing models that address the needs of older  artists, from live/work space to archiving and storage. “Our goal is to  enable older professional artists to keep working and enriching the  arts, and culture; to build community, and provide support.”
Episode Links: Episode image courtesy of Sally Apfelbaum / Sally Apfelbuam’s website / Artspace website / Artspace PS109 website / Art Republic Space website /  James Turrell Roden Crater project website / Donors to Roden Crater / Sacramento Warehouse Artist Lofts information

Jul 25, 202201:00:56
Catching up with Carolyn Zick and Dangerous Chunky

Catching up with Carolyn Zick and Dangerous Chunky

Recorded on June 1, 2022 / Artist Carolyn Zick has published the outstanding art blog Dangerous Chunky since 2001 from New York, then Seattle, and now New London,  Connecticut. Find out what she’s up to — from writing poetry, drawing,  and making books to dealing with a serious cancer diagnosis. Hosted by  Sharon Butler. Episode Links:  Carolyn Zick’s website / Dangerous Chunky  / Carolyn’s “Poets vs. Painters” List / instagram.com/carolynzick/ Chapbook Project/ Seattle people and organizations: Sharon Arnold, Eva Lake, Robert Yoder, Art Dish / Art Bloggers @, the DIY organization formed by Sharon Butler and Joanne Mattera to bring attention to the early art blogging community / Joanne Mattera’s blog / New York Academy of Art / Kimberly Brooks, The New Oil Painting  / Jonathan Silver at Victoria Munroe Fine Art  /  The Crit Lab / “Intimacies,” the exhibition we discussed that features work by Crit Lab members, including Carolyn Zick.

Jun 01, 202201:01:45
Artists Who Build Studios
May 23, 202258:18
Pauline Decarmo at LABspace

Pauline Decarmo at LABspace

On Saturday, May 14, 2022, Sharon Butler had a conversation with Pauline Decarmo about "Exit," her solo show on view at LABspace in Hillsdale, NY, through May 29. Decarmo's graphic new paintings are informed by the stress-free days of childhood, when she lived in South Jamaica Queens with her parents and seven siblings, and loved to play the street game Skelly with the neighborhood kids. The event was hosted by Julie Torres and Ellen Letcher.
May 15, 202240:44
Art Transitions with Paddy Johnson
Apr 04, 202201:05:48
Alexi Worth: Right in Front of Our Faces

Alexi Worth: Right in Front of Our Faces

Recorded in Brooklyn on February 7, 2022 / Painter and art writer Alexi Worth joined Sharon Butler to discuss “Nearness” his solo show on view at DC Moore through February 12.
Feb 07, 202201:08:24
Diana Shpungin’s Heartstrong Conceptualism

Diana Shpungin’s Heartstrong Conceptualism

Diana Shpungin joins host Sharon Butler to discuss “Always Begin At The End” her solo installation on view at Smack Mellon through February 20. She uses inventive drawing and common iconography to address loss, memory, empathy and failure between the private and public, personal and political spheres.
Feb 01, 202201:03:37
Mark Tribe's Landscape Pictures

Mark Tribe's Landscape Pictures

“Mark Tribe Landscape Pictures” hosted by Sharon Butler / Recorded on Monday, January 24, 2022 / Mark Tribe joins Sharon to discuss the large-scale, data-generated landscape imagery on view in “Landscape Pictures,” his first solo show at Minus Space.
Jan 24, 202201:05:53