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Subject, Object, Verb

Subject, Object, Verb

Written by: ArtReview
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Subject, Object, Verb is the sonic counterpart to ArtReview magazine, one of the world’s leading publications on contemporary art. The show explores the connections between artist, art and life – or, in the show’s own lexicon: subject, object and verb. Musician, artist and writer Ross Simonini engages with artists and thinkers of all varieties, including but not limited to painters, fashion designers, filmmakers, novelists, sculptors, poets, composers, sound artists, curators, and philosophers. The show features a collage of formats, from interviews to field recordings to mixtapes to sound commissions, while always encouraging an attention to the many ways in which art can arrive at the ears.

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Episodes
  • S2 Ep17: Paul McCarthy’s Life in Music

    S2 Ep17: Paul McCarthy’s Life in Music
    Dec 16 2022
    Paul McCarthy is a legendary performance artist, painter and filmmaker. He is less known for his work as a musician, though he has been active as an improvising sound artist since his days in music school. Today, he continues to play with his band, Extended Organ (formed with Mike Kelley) and to edit the sound in his films with the sensibility of noise and collage. In this episode, McCarthy describes his life in music, his early influences, and his mysterious interactions with a man who may have been the chess prodigy, Bobby Fischer.

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    Paul McCarthy, Whipping a Wall and a Window with Paint, 1974, performance, video, b/w photographs. © Paul McCarthy. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth; photo: Al Payne

    Host
    Ross Simonini

    Credits
    Produced by ArtReview and Ross Simonini
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    34 mins
  • S2 Ep16: Matt Marble on Arthur Russell’s Pop Music of the Future

    S2 Ep16: Matt Marble on Arthur Russell’s Pop Music of the Future
    Nov 9 2022
    This episode is a conversation with the writer, Matt Marble on the composer Arthur Russell, who was active in the ‘70s and ‘80s music scene in New York. Marble’s book Buddhist Bubblegum is a study of Russell’s life and music, which spanned many styles and invoked esoteric practices such as Tantra and Shingon Buddhism. On the podcast, Marble discusses Russell’s philosophical perspectives on such divergent topics as non-dualism and disco music, and how Russell worked with his Buddhist teacher to create what he believed would be the pop music of the future.

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    Photo: Tom Lee; courtesy Audika Records

    Host
    Ross Simonini

    Credits
    Produced by ArtReview and Ross Simonini
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    35 mins
  • S2 Ep15: Podcast: Joanne Robertson on Improvisation

    S2 Ep15: Podcast: Joanne Robertson on Improvisation
    Sep 30 2022
    This episode features the musician and painter, Joanne Robertson whose work is born from improvisation. She regularly collaborates with other artists, such as Dean Blunt and Sidsel Meineche Hansen, who plays a vacuum on Joanne’s most recent release. We discuss her ideas on music, art and life, all while she nurses her newborn baby.

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    Photo courtesy Bruna Amaral

    Host
    Ross Simonini

    Credits
    Produced by ArtReview and Ross Simonini
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    23 mins
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