Be sure to check out the show notes from last week's episode to see the paintings we're talking about this week! We look so hard our eyes fall out. Plus Kate went to a show, and Maysoun got solicited for art opportunities. According to Kate this is part 8 of our 10 week series on abstraction.

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This week we tell you what music shows we went to because we are cool music people. Then we get back into our ten(ish) week series on abstraction. We also talk about rejection and redesigning Arizmendi.

The intro/outro music in this episode is by Hermanos Gutiérrez

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This week we are graced with the presence of painter Mel Prest. Maysoun is hunkering down in the tropics! We talk about abstraction, haircuts, learning at the foot of the master, and what the hell goes on in a painter's studio.

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This week we have the pleasure of chatting with artist, Mansur Nurullah! We discus abstraction, books, scraps, the technological sublime, and counseling. We make a lot of deviations, tangents and detours. Plus giggle fits!

The music in this episode is by Hannah Lew

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This week we jump the shark for the second time. First off, this episode is part four of our ten part series on abstraction. We talk about motherfuckin Agnes Martin, whether sharks are older than Satan, and Craig Calderwood's amazing new mural at SFMoMA. Maysoun speaks of drones. We apologize to the listeners.

The music in this episode is by La Luz (they are on tour! See them!)

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This week we have the pleasure of talking to artist, Danielle Lawrence about abstraction, the body, and institutional decay. Then Maysoun and Kate explore their feelings about last week's painting by Howardena Pindell. It's a long episode, folks!

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This week Kate and Maysoun saw all the shows at Minnesota Street Project. We also talk about Marlow Moss and more abstraction! Plus we decide what shapes we are.

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Howardina Pindell at the MCA Chicago

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This is week two of our deep into abstraction! Be sure to share your abstract experiences with us!

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Also, Kate went and saw some shows!

The music in this episode is by spacemoth

Nice, neat lawn by Abi Tucker and Stanley Millerby Abi Tucker and Stanley Miller

Space, Movement, and Body: Marlow Moss

Talking Painting: Dialogues with Twelve Contemporary Abstract Painters by David Ryan

How to look at an abstract painting

Sculpture in the Expanded Field

Mondrian His Life, His Art, and the Quest of the Absolute Nicholas Fox Weber

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