We braved covid to bring you another Chelsea dispatch! Nobody stopped us, turns out podcasts are essential work. Consider this the third in a on-going series about the arts and gentrifcation. Last year we processed the opening of Hudson Yards, two years ago we visited the museum of markets before touring Warhol at The Whitney. We return to The Whitney for what is in many ways the polar opposite show. Because of covid it’s been up for a year, but it’s extremely sad to think about how many big buses of students missed out on seeing this show. Socialist realism reminded people what to fight for, it was powerful enough that when the ruling class tried to absorb it, they couldn’t, so they tore it down. It was powerful enough for the spooks to send Jackson Pollock to take from them (theory! just a theory!) If you like the podcast and want more, please consider supporting us: https://www.patreon.com/artandlabor. Follow us on twitter and instagram. You can contact Art & Labor at artandlaborpodcast@gmail.com. Please reach out to join the discord for Lucia’s school “Constructing the Real” Please write us a review on Apple podcasts or whatever other platforms!!
CIA and Pollock: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.html
Show’s up til the 31st: https://whitney.org/exhibitions/vida-americana see also the different sections, like the experimental workshop: https://whitney.org/exhibitions/vida-americana?section=8&subsection=1#exhibition-artworks
Barry Diller Island: https://ny.curbed.com/2019/11/13/20963168/barry-diller-floating-park-pier-55-hudson-river-little-island
