Podcast — Episode 17

The Desktop and Contemporary Painting: A Conversation with Ludwig Schwarz

Ludwig Schwarz

Our guest on this episode is Ludwig Schwarz, whose series of Desktop Paintings has recently been acquired by the Dallas Museum of Art.

In the podcast:

How did you develop the “desktop” concept in relation to that series of paintings? (1:30) — How do you generally develop the concept for an exhibition? (5:00) — Deciding to leave, and then return to, painting (14:00) — From SMU in Dallas to the School of Visual Arts in New York (18:30) — New York in the 1980s (20:15) –Using painting in relation to other media (32:30) — Discussion of current projects (37:30) — What happens when a set of work goes into a museum? (40:00)

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The Athenaeum Review podcast is produced by Creative Disturbance.

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