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Artists in conversation and debate with host Michael Rush, Director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. In addition to his career as a museum director, he is an award winning curator, and widely published author and critic. He was Director of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University from 2005-2009, and Director of the Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art from 2000-2004.

RADIO // Rush Interactive Amy Goldin: Art in a Hairshirt Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show Critics Robert Kushner and Dominique Nahas join Michael Rush in discussing Amy Goldin's contributions to post-war art criticism. The insightful critic's essays, taken from the pages of Artnews and other prestigious publications, are also discussed. Though her star shone only briefly (she wrote from 1964 until her death in 1978), Amy Goldin made several original contributions to post-war art criticism, including admitting the decorative arts into larger painting-dominated criticism. Artist and... Originally aired 5/7/12 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Rush Interactive Eve Sussman & Jeff Wood, White on White Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show Filmmaker Eve Sussman (Rape of the Sabine Women, 89 Seconds at Alcazar) and actor Jeff Wood discuss there new film, White on White: Algorithmic Noir, a computer assisted, abstract experience about an everyman in a post-apocalyptic no-man's land. Filmmaker Eve Sussman (Rape of the Sabine Women, 89 Seconds at Alcazar) discusses her new film, White on White: Algorithmic Noir, a computer assisted, abstract experience about an everyman in no-man's land. Accompanied by lead... Originally aired 10/31/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Rush Interactive Niklas Goldbach Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show Video artist Niklas Goldbach turns controversial spaces (Nazi public swimming baths; a bombed-out discotheque in Corsica) into personal landscapes where his own digitally multiplied body occupies the space and redefines it. Video artist Niklas Goldbach turns controversial spaces (Nazi public swimming baths; a bombed-out discotheque in Corsica) into personal landscapes where his own digitally multiplied body occupies the space and redefines it. He's like one of Robert... Originally aired 6/27/11 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Rush Interactive Andrew Kuo Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show The multi-tasking painter and sculptor whose "music reviews" (graphs and charts of his assorted observations experiences at concerts) have wowed New York Times readers discusses his connections to Modernism, alternative rock and the art world. Host Michael rush speaks with multi-tasking artist Andrew Kuo whose "music reviews" (painted graphs and charts of his thumbs up/thunbs down experiences and observations at concerts) have wowed New York Times readers. Kuo, a serious painter... Originally aired 5/23/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Rush Interactive Form From Thought Symposium: Art, Science, & Technology Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show On March 30-31, 2011 the Michigan State University Dept. of Art and Art History's Electronic Art & Intermedia program hosted the Form From Thought Symposium to discuss the intersections among art, science and technology. Moderated by Michael Rush. On March 30-31, 2011 the Michigan State University Department of Art and Art History's Electronic Art & Intermedia program hosted the Form From Thought Symposium to discuss the intersections among art, science and technology--which included the... Originally aired 5/9/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Rush Interactive Grayson Cox Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show Grayson Cox, emerging from Columbia's MFA program just a year ago, takes on NY with a fully formed exhibition at Chelsea's Gasser & Grunnert Gallery, through 23 April , 2011. Refreshingly sane and realistic. Grayson Cox, emerging from Columbia's MFA program just a year ago in 2010, takes on NY with a fully formed exhibition at Chelsea's Gasser & Grunnert Gallery (through 23 April 2011). The artist talks candidly with Rush about his early success in... Originally aired 4/18/11 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Rush Interactive Carolee Schneemann, Kinetics Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show Pioneering multimedia artist Carolee Schneemann is as tireless as ever in exploring new forms. In the first week of 2011 she checked in with host Michael Rush to speak about about her new kinetic works, her experimental films, and much more. Pioneering multimedia artist Carolee Schneemann is as tireless as ever in exploring new forms. In the first week of 2011 she checked in to the Clocktower with host Michael Rush to speak about about her new kinetic works. She also offered some... Originally aired 1/14/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Rush Interactive Julia Draganovic & Manon Slome, No Longer Empty Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show Curators Manon Slome and Julia Draganovic discuss No Longer Empty, a moveable artist feast that has already transformed numerous abandoned spaces into thriving temporary artist sites. It is no longer a secret that times of economic stress can afford opportunities for artists and curators who like to work with artists, especially when it comes to space. Curatorial entrepreneurs Manon Slome and Julia Draganovic, both veterans of... Originally aired 1/7/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Rush Interactive Robin Parness Lipson, NJ MoCA Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show Bruce Springsteen, Meryl Streep, pollution....all from the state of New Jersey! And now contemporary art has arrived. The Garden State sprouts a new museum of contemporary art and host Michael Rush (also a native of guess where?) speaks with NJMoCA... Originally aired 12/17/10 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Rush Interactive Post-Soviet Art Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show It is easy to forget that it is barely two decades since the Eastern Europe Communist bloc was dismantled. Host Michael Rush speaks with Hungaran-born Magda Sawon, Polish-born-Tamas Banovich, founders of Chelsea's Postmasters Gallery, and Russian-... Originally aired 12/10/10 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Rush Interactive Janos Stone Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show Janos Stone, a Brooklyn-based sculptor known for large-scale interactive multimedia works, was commissioned by the Hungarian government to create what emerged as a monumental piece to be installed at the Hungarian Cultural Center in New York’s SoHo... Originally aired 12/3/10 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Rush Interactive James Casebere Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show For more than twenty years James Casebere has been at the forefront of an international movement in photography that questions the truthfulness of any image and the potential unreliability of what we think we see. Casebere discusses his meticulous... Originally aired 11/19/10 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Living History Laurent Grasso, Lecture Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show Constructing histories and obstructing understanding fascinates artist Laurent Grasso who discusses all this and more in a lecture at the School of Visual Arts from September 2010 (with comments by curator Béatrice Gross). Constructing histories and obstructing understanding fascinates artist Laurent Grasso who discusses all this in a lecture at the School of Visual Arts from September 2010 (with comments by curator Béatrice Gross). To explain himself he solicits the... Originally aired 10/11/10 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Rush Interactive Laurent Grasso, SoundFossil Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show Paris-based Laurent Grasso was in New York for the opening of his exhibition SoundFossil at Sean Kelly Gallery (through October 23, 2010) and visited the Clocktower for a sit down with host Michael Rush. Paris-based Laurent Grasso was in New York for the opening of his exhibition SoundFossil at Sean Kelly Gallery (through October 23, 2010) and visited the Clocktower for a sit down with host Michael Rush. Grasso likes to really mix it up in videos,... Originally aired 9/24/10 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Rush Interactive Alexis Rockman Hosted by Michael Rush Radio show Artist Alexis Rockman was raised in Manhattan. Which, he says, may be the reason so much of his painting is about nature--both real and imagined. He spent his childhood hanging out at the Museum of Natural History and the Bronx Zoo, dreaming of the... Originally aired 8/27/10 Listen Read More »