Ep: 45 Alex Kanevsky & Hollis Heichemer
Ep: 45 - Alex Kanevsky & Hollis Heichemer
In this episode of Art Grind, hosts Dina Brodsky, Marshall Jones, and Tun Myaing road trip to interview artists Alex Kanevsky and Hollis Heichemer in New Hampshire. With the faint sound of crickets setting the stage, Alex and Hollis speak about their different paths to becoming artists and how thought, experience, memory, and painting converge—usually as the same thing. Though Alex paints more representationally and views painting more as investigation, whereas Hollis paints more abstractly and views painting more as insight, they share their “curate[d] life” in agreement that “painting never ends.” Tune in not just for Art Grind’s first episode interviewing two artists simultaneously, but also for an episode which proves as frank as it is profound.
Show Notes:
1:15 A word from our sponsor: New York Academy of Art - Peter Drake (Provost) & John Volk (Director of Continuing Studies)
13:14: Show begins
16:20 : Hollis’ background
19:00: Alex’s background
35:20: How Alex & Hollis function as an artist couple
38:05: What motivates Hollis to paint
45:30: What motivates Alex to paint
52:30: Alex on artist statements
1:02:30: A typical day in the studio
1:09:00: How Hollis’ paintings become her own
1:10:50: How the outside world influences Alex & Hollis
1:16:05-1:16:15: Break
1:16:20: Alex on deconstruction in his work
1:24:50: Hollis on what makes a good painting
1:26:50: Hollis on J.M.W. Turner & Mark Rothko
1:31:10: Alex on models as studio company
1:35:45: Alex’s satisfaction with his work
1:36:34: Hollis’ satisfaction with her work
1:39:55: Hollis’ advice to young artists
1:43:10: Alex on William Carlos Williams
1:45:55: Alex & Hollis on the Charles DeMuth Museum
1:49:00: Dina on The Waking by Theodore Roethke
1:55:12: End credits
Learn more about Alex Kanevsky by visiting his Website or by following him on Instagram
Learn more about Hollis Heichemer by visiting her Website or by following her on Instagram
Alex Kanevsky’s Recent/Upcoming Exhibitions:
Scrambling for Grace,
The Dolby Chadwick Gallery
October 1st-31st, 2020
Hollis Heichemer’s Recent/Upcoming Exhibitions:
Happenstance,
Hollis Taggart
April 4th-May 4th, 2019
Lonely Man by Hazmat Modine, courtesy Wade Schuman
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Alex Kanevsky Recent / Upcoming shows
“Scrambling for Grace” at The Dolby Chadwick Gallery.
1 October - 31 October, 2020
Hollis Heichemer Recent/Upcoming Exhibitions:
“Happenstance” at Hollis Taggart Gallery.
4 April - 4 May, 2019
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