The Desktop and Contemporary Painting: A Conversation with Ludwig Schwarz

Our guest on this episode is Ludwig Schwarz, whose series of Desktop Paintings has recently been acquired by the Dallas Museum of Art.

In the podcast:

How did you develop the “desktop” concept in relation to that series of paintings? (1:30) — How do you generally develop the concept for an exhibition? (5:00) — Deciding to leave, and then return to, painting (14:00) — From SMU in Dallas to the School of Visual Arts in New York (18:30) — New York in the 1980s (20:15) –Using painting in relation to other media (32:30) — Discussion of current projects (37:30) — What happens when a set of work goes into a museum? (40:00)