Barely Emerging Podcast
1) frances and syd have a mid-career crisis
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 to ...Show More
2) Season Finale Hate-fest!
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 eyerol...Show More
3) Two Minute Googles: Hyperrealism
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...Show More
4) Two Minute Googles: Abstract Expressionism
On this episode we defend Abstract Expressionism, voted the #1 art movement most likely to baffle your snobby-ass grandparents.Links:Abstract ExpressionismThe IrasciblesMark RothkoJackson PollockOur W...Show More
5) Two Minute Googles: Sublime!
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 r...Show More
6) Two Minute Googles: Kitsch on the Cob
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 als...Show More
7) Art Conspiracies
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 Marina...Show More
8) Two Minute Googles: Controversial Art
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 ...Show More
9) Two Minute Googles: Art Feuds
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:Vantabl...Show More
10) The Studio Journals: The Abject
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 ...Show More