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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.

RADIO // Material Culture Edition #10: Ran Ortner and Norman Mooney Radio show Brett Littman interviews Ran Ortner and Norman Mooney. The two artists discuss their relationship and the similarities and dissimilarities between their work. Originally aired 4/14/08 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Material Culture Edition #9: Ted Noten Radio show 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. Littman and Noten discuss his... Originally aired 4/2/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Art Basel Miami Beach Miami 2006: Material Culture, Artist Residencies Radio show Brett Littman in conversation with curator Matthew Drutt at Art Basel Miami Beach 2006. Originally aired 12/10/06 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Material Culture Art Basel Miami Beach 2006: Publishers Round Up Radio show 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 immensity of these fairs is healthy... Originally aired 12/8/06 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Art Basel Miami Beach Miami 2006: Material Culture, Editors' Round Up Radio show 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), Judd Tulley (Art & Auction... Originally aired 12/8/06 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Material Culture Art Basel Miami Beach 2006: Leopard Cube Radio show 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 understand them, and thus he provides... Originally aired 12/6/06 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Art Basel Miami Beach Miami 2006: Material Culture, Leopard Cube Radio show P.S.1 Deputy Director Brett Littman with Rodrigo Mallea Lira, Ylva Ogland, and Liutauras Psibilskis. Originally aired 12/6/06 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Material Culture Edition #8: William Powhida Radio show 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 drawings, Enemy Lists and letters... Originally aired 7/17/06 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Material Culture Armory Show 2006: What's After the $3M Photograph? Radio show 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), James Crump (publisher,... Originally aired 3/20/06 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Material Culture Edition #7: Antonelli, Sigurdardottir, and Batan Radio show 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 Sigurdardottir, and curator, author, dealer... Originally aired 2/27/06 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Material Culture Edition #6: Interview with Peter Nesbett and David Kiehl Radio show 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 Triple Candie with his wife,... Originally aired 1/23/06 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Material Culture Edition #4: Fake Estates Radio show The story behind the mythical Queens island of deliciousness, La Flor Bakery, and the high-level engineering of its Odd Lot #3 cookies. From Mierle Laderman Ukeles, on La Flor Bakery: “I invited Vikko, the owner and creator of La Flor, an island of Mexico deliciousness sprung right under the L train in Queens, to participate with me in creating QUEENS COOKIES / SWEET SPLITS. I... Originally aired 11/21/05 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Material Culture Edition #2: Michael Graeve Performance Radio show 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, electric belts and motors... Originally aired 8/8/05 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Material Culture Edition #3: Michael Graeve Interview Radio show 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 about issues of installation... Originally aired 8/8/05 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Material Culture Edition #1: Tobias Putrih Radio show Artist Tobias Putrih, who works primarily in cardboard installations, talks with host Brett Littman about materials, cinemas, growing up in Slovenia and the difference between sculpture and architecture. 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 they discuss materials,... Originally aired 7/11/05 Listen Read More »