Material Culture
Material Culture
Hosted by Brett Littman
Drawing Center Director Brett Littman hosts a series of interviews and performances that explore the concept of materiality in contemporary art. For the past seven years Littman has been lecturing on this topic nationally and internationally. He has written extensively on glass, ceramics and paper and how these materials interface with the social, political, economic and aesthetic issues in our contemporary culture.
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Originally aired on Monday, April 14th, 2008
Brett Littman interviews Ran Ortner and Norman Mooney. The two artists discuss their relationship and the similarities and dissimilarities between their work.Read More
Originally aired on Monday, April 2nd, 2007
For the latest installment of Material Culture, Brett Littman interviews the Dutch conceptual jewelry designer Ted Noten, whose work falls somewhere between object making, sociology, economic analysis, and performance....Read More
Originally aired on Sunday, December 10th, 2006
Brett Littman in conversation with curator Matthew Drutt at Art Basel Miami Beach 2006.Read More
Originally aired on Friday, December 8th, 2006
Brett Littman moderates a conversation among Bill Powers, Cecilia Dean, Judd Tulley, and Lindsay Pollack regarding the state of the art fair, particularly that of Art Basel, and whether or not the sheer number and...Read More
Originally aired on Friday, December 8th, 2006
P.S.1 Deputy Director Brett Littman hosts a group discussion during the Art Basel Miami Beach 2006 Art Radio broadcasts with guests Bill Powers (former editor in chief Black Book), Cecilia Dean (editor of Visionaire),...Read More
Originally aired on Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
P.S.1 Deputy Director Brett Littman talks to Liutauras Psibilskis, Rodrigo Mallea Lira, and Ylva Ogland, the latter two of whom speak only in a leopard language of meows, purrs, and growls. Only Psibilskis can...Read More
Originally aired on Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
P.S.1 Deputy Director Brett Littman with Rodrigo Mallea Lira, Ylva Ogland, and Liutauras Psibilskis.Read More
Originally aired on Monday, July 17th, 2006
P.S.1 Deputy Director Brett Littman interviews artist and critic William Powhida. Over the past several years, Powhida has been making a stir in the artworld with his confrontational no-holds barred tromp l'oeil Hex...Read More
Originally aired on Monday, March 20th, 2006
P.S. 1 Deputy Director Brett Littman discusses the evolving environment of the photography market with some people who have been in the game: David Raymond (photo collector), Vicki Goldberg (critic, photo historian),...Read More
Originally aired on Monday, February 27th, 2006
P.S. 1 Deputy Director Brett Littman in a beachfront conversation with MoMA Architecture and Design Curator Paola Antonelli (Safe: Design Takes on Risk), Icelandic sculptor and installation artist Katrin...Read More
Originally aired on Monday, January 23rd, 2006
P.S.1's Brett Littman continues his WPS1 show on the waterfront at Art Basel Miami Beach 05 with two guests. Peter Nesbett is Art on Paper magazine's owner/editor and co-founder of the Harlem exhibition space...Read More
Originally aired on Monday, November 21st, 2005

The story behind the mythical Queens island of deliciousness, La Flor Bakery, and the high-level engineering of its Odd Lot #3 cookies.

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Originally aired on Monday, August 8th, 2005
On June 21, 2005 Michael Graeve hauled 20 old phonographs with speaker up the stairs to the WPS1 Clocktower studios for one of his signature sound performance works. The happy cacophony of needles scratching rubber,...Read More
Originally aired on Monday, August 8th, 2005
Michael Graeve, an artist based in Melbourne, Australia and currently in residence in New York, has been working with painting and sound installations since 1995. During this interview host Brett Littman and Graeve talk...Read More
Originally aired on Monday, July 11th, 2005
Tobias Putrih's Macula series of cardboard sculptures have been one of the most talked about pieces in the Greater New York 2005 exhibition at P.S.1. Listen in to a conversation between host Brett Littman and Putrih as...Read More
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