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This show was recorded, edited, and mixed all on Sunday hence the late posting!!. This week: "Grub" a compost minded exhibit by Claire Pentecost organized, mulled, and presented by 13 SAIC grad students. Brian Andrews checks in from Portland where apparently all of the SF Hipster are fleeing to. Duncan and Richard muck through the Hollywood notion of an art show, but in real life, and do a couple quickie reviews of work at Lisa Boyle, Three Walls, Western Exhibitions, and a couple other places. In a shocking turn of events, the Raymond Pettibon interview  is postponed until after the art fairs.Apologies for the editorial slop this week, I was in a hurry.Real show note to follow soon!PLEASE contact us if you wish to help us out at the art fair. Claire PentecostSuburban GalleryDJ SpookyMaureen BuskowskiMess HallMassMOCANato ThompsonPolvoCritical Art EnsembleChapman BrothersJupiter HotelMotel GalleryGenuine Imitation GalleryMeredith DittmarArt Space USAJudy LedgerwoodHamza WalkerFraction WorkspaceLauren Frances

Bad at Sports begins the Art Fair Update by chatting it up with the organizers of the Version Festival '06 in Bridgeport (Edmar, Elise, Matt, Rotten Milk, and Burke). Later, we discuss with Michael Workman the highlights of the upcoming Nova Art Fair. Richard and Duncan end the show with a review of "Covers," the Oli Watt show at Booster and Seven.  Sorry for the delay in posting I had some techical problems related to my bone-headed-ness. Version 06 Lumpen Magazine Booster and Seven Michael workman Katrina Kuntz Raymond Pettibon Claire Pentecost Thomas Blackman Associates ITT Tech Heaven Gallery South Union Arts Bridgeport/Iron Studios Sonotheque Skylark 3030 Elastic Arts Foundation NFO XPOLou Mallozzi Lee Ranaldo Miranda July Dirk Knibbe Buddy GallerySeth Price Deborah StratmanRobert GoberDavid Coyle/Gallery 40000Corbett vs. DempseyJason Robert Bell

Bad at Sports interviews Northwestern professor Lane Relyea. Between sips of whiskey, Lane discusses the state of criticism in Chicago and the nation at large. Not only does he explain why it's better to be a curator in Chicago than L.A (and better to bean artist in L.A. rather than Chicago), but then the interview crescendos into Lane and Richard's smackdown confrontation about art theory.Later, Duncan reviews Deb Sokolow at Polvo, and Jamison Oggs at Art Ledge. Amanda wraps it up with a review of the Jose Lerma show at Andrea Rosen Gallery in NY, and Lane chimes in with rants and commentary. Lane RelyeaDeb SokolowJose LermaNova Art FairParkett MagazineFrieze MagazineArtforumCakewalkJeff WardCore ProgramNew Art ExaminerShannon StrattonCorbett vs. DempseyArt Department at UCLAJohn BaldessariJoey FauersoMichael VelliquetteSam DurantLiz ArmstrongCal ArtsJorge PardoMonique PrietoGallery 400MOCAAnn GoldsteinPaul SchimmelRussell FergusonArmand Hammer Museum of ArtMichael AsherAnne RorimerJames RondeauHamza WalkerJ

David Jones, master printer, artist, founder of the amazing Anchor Graphics and all around kickass guy talks about Anchor Graphics new merger with Columbia College Chicago. Shannon Stratton from Three Walls talks about their residency program, Duncan reviews more Mo Williams, and calls Richard a Jerk several times.  Don't forget to mark your calendars for  the NOVA art fair April 27-30th  we will be  providing on the spot live action  news from the trenches!!! David JonesChris FlynnTony FitzpatrickMo WillemsTeresa Mucha JamesChicago Printmakers CollaborativeWhite Wings PressRobert Blackburn Printmaking WorkshopSouthern GraphicsLandfall PressTandam PressDavid LynchShannon Stratton and the ThreeWalls Residency

THIS WEEK: Books + Food = The 7th Annual Edible Book Show at Columbia College. Kathryn Born makes her podcast debut with an interview with Marlene Russum Scott about the festival, and book arts in the city. - Michelle Grabner picks up the critical torch in her "Art Papers" article. - Reviews a plenty: Some are kinda awesome, and some kinda are not. - Richard takes on the "Dad" character in Leave it to Beaver, and Duncan giggles his way to stardom. - All are wrapped up in a cheery band melody that Richard promises a dollar to the first person to e-mail us the exact reason of why it is so funny! NAMES DROPPED: Juventus 2006Charles LaBelleChris UphuesJosh MannisMariano ChavezJean-Pierre RoyMichael Thomas, Butcher Shop DogmaticMichael ReaNova Art FairAlison RuttanMichelle Grabner/Art PapersBill DrendelChicago Hand BookbindersChicago Public Library Special CollectionColumbia College Book & Paper CenterEdible BooksJulie ChenJoan Flasch Artists' Books CollectionMarlene Russum ScottMelissa Jay Craig

Reviews galore! We go to 92 shows in Pilsen with Liz Armstrong, we appear live without a net at the Steppenwold Theater for the Third Coast Festival and Chicago Public Radio, Brian Andrews reviews Scott Reader and other stuff, Amanda and Duncan review more stuff, and Amanda talks about going to NYC and what she saww at the Armoury.Three WallsLiz ArmstrongPRXCatalog of ShipsNPRCPRWhitney MuseumBlindspotLove and RadioGapers BlockDavid ElfingsBack to the Lab/Radio LabJulie ShapiroSkylarkJager!PilsenDubhe Carreno GalleryDenis Lee MitchellMichael Goro4 ArtsMatthew Thomas GrimaldiMoka GalleryChicago Art DepartmentGo Go VideoJhonmar RadamesScott ReederTyson ReederJack HanleyMeg DuguidLaugh InGoldie HawnAndrea CohenRyan SwansonMichael AndrewsNathan RedwoodLoul SamaterClinton KingThe Armory ShowDiva Art FairPulse Art FairScope Art FairNova Art FairMichael WorkmanTony FitzpatrickJoan LivingstonAnne WilsonBarry McGeeDietch ProjectsRhona HoffmanKavi Gupta

We interview Alison Ruttan and talk about her show at Monique Meloche and lots and lots of talk about bonobos and why a bonobo is *not* a monkey. Brian Andrews turns off his mind relaxes and floats down stream at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Ecstasy: In and About Altered States show. Jeff Ward talks about The CORE program at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. NEXT WEEK: We talk about talking to a sell out crowd at the Steppenwolf Garage Theater, We review some stuff. We talk about partying like a rock star with Liz Armstrong while checking out 52 shows in Pilsen. LINKSsorry this took so long! Alison RuttanMonique MelocheBonobosBaldingBrian AndrewsJeff WardNature vs. NurtureScarlett JohanssonFranz de WaalYerkes National Primate Research CenterSciencePant GruntHair DoHyde Park Art CenterTo Kill a Mocking BirdRwandaJumanjiLos AngelesMOCAThe Geffen Contemporary at MOCAEcstasyGeorge Braque

- Jeff Ward, Shannon Stratton interviewed, Michael Miller, and the "Made in China" show at the Museum of Contemporary Photography reviewed. - ALSO LIVE WITHOUT A NET, Bad at Sports that the Steppenwolf garage theater this Wednesday the 8th as a part of the NPR, Third Coast Festival, Listen Room series. Come throw rocks at us you jerks! THIS WEEK: Jeff Ward and Shannon Stratton have curated the wonderful series of shows, the Happiness I Seek. Showing consecutively in 5 spaces throughout the Chicago community, The Happiness I Seek will feature artists Andrea Cohen (at ThreeWalls), Loul Samater (at Fraction Workspace), Ryan Swanson (at The Chicago Cultural Center), Mike Andrews (at 40000) and Clinton King (at The Suburban). Through a format of dispersing the sculptural installations throughout the city, the exhibition takes on the rhizomatic and cooperative nature of current art and exhibition practice: the materials of the artworks and the artworks of the exhibit and the spaces in a community imply the ideas

SIX MONTHS! Wow! It's our sixth month anniversary and there is much excitement for all! This week we talk to John Corbett and Jim Dempsey of Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery. Also we reflect on six months of weekly podcasts and mull whether or not to go on. A very special episode of Bad at Sports. Like an afterschool special with expletives. Real show note to follow at some point soon. John CorbettJim DempseyThird Coast FestivalExperimental Sound StudioOpen End Barn Dance, Featuring Golden Horse Ranch Square Dance BandJeff WardShannon StrattonSun RaNelson AlgrenMiyoko ItoChicago ImagistsMichiko ItataniMorris BarazaniJohn WildeJoe FreebertBob CozzolinoDusty GroovesWPA Muralists: RestorationRoger Brown Study CollectionPennsylvania Academy of Fine ArtsRobert AmftClement GreenbergHarold RosenbergRobert Henry AdamsValerie CarberryThomas McCormickTime Out Chicago: interview with Robert AmftScott SpehPaul KleinNOVAMichael Workman

This WeekThis week we interview Chicago gallerist Wendy Cooper. Then the BAS team reviews new shows at the Renaissance Society (Yutaka Sone's Forecast: Snow) and the Hyde Park Art Center (4-Reel). Amanda checks out more shows on her own, and--possibly the most exciting segment of the show yet--Duncan and Richard go to see Unshackled, recorded live at the Pacific Garden Mission. Names Dropped Wendy CooperYutaka SoneRenaissance SocietyUnshackled Radio ShowJohn McKinnonArt Institute of ChicagoTony White/ Bodybuilder and SportsmanThree WallsWhitney BiennialFracesco BonamiCollege Art AssociationUW-Madison Art Dept.Armory ShowArt Basel Miami BeachHyde Park Art Center4-Reel ExhibitionMarie Krane BergmanCream Co.David CoyleSasha EarleLeah FinchHoward FondaBill GerhardJaysen JamesMichael KiresukJohn PhotosEdgar Allen PoeYayoi KusamaLawrence RinderBill BrownAlison RuttanSteve ReberHamza WalkerBrian Taylor NEXT WEEK: We will interview the fine folks of Corbett vs. Dempsey and artist Alison Ruttan. Although I doubt we'll

I'm sick, this will be a less glitzy and amusing e-mail than usual. Hence this notice coming out so late. THIS WEEK: We set the record straight about our rumored conflict with Gallery 400, although we definitely didn't like the show they have up right now. We check out the utterly fabulous collection of shows at the Cultural Center. AND to make it total art overload, we go to the MCA and take in an array of shows there too. Also our London branch (Ben Tanner and Christian Kuras) checks in and we get a brief NOVA plug from Michael Workman. Names dropped: Barbara DeGenevieveMarco Castillo and Dagoberto RodriguezAlexandre ArrecheaStephen BalkenholJan Theun Van ReesLari PittmanDavid ShrigleyRobert MapplethorpeKaren FinleyLorelei StewartAnthony ElmsTony TassettLawrence SewardRodney GrahamStephanie BrooksBob and Roberta SmithDavid RobbinsMichael ElmgreenDana SchutzRon MueckJuan MunozCharles RayPeter HalleyFishboneJudy LedgerwoodJulia FishMichelle GrabnerSol LewittAd ReinhardtTom FriedmanMaurizio CattelanMatthew

THIS WEEK: Duncan and Richard interview James Rondeau, superstar curator and Cecelia Edefalk, superstar artist. We just bought the right to the word "superstar" so we are compelled to use it as much as possible. Stealing liberally from the AIC's press release bank we now paste the following for your enlightenment. "The Art Institute of Chicago presents the first solo U.S. exhibition of Swedish artist Cecilia Edefalk as part of its Focus exhibitions of contemporary art. Double White Venus, a series of 12 paintings all titled Double White Venus, will be on view in Gallery 139 of the museum from February 2 to April 23, 2006. Born in 1954, Edefalk draws viewers in by exploring, through repetition as well as innovative installations, the mechanics of making and looking at painted images. Edefalk works slowly and deliberately, in direct contrast to our high-speed, image-based world; she began Double White Venus in 1999 and completed its 12 paintings over the course of nearly 7 years." James Rondeau is the Franc

An interview that goes off the rails, reviews, our San Francisco branch checks in! Wow! Check out our new NEWS FLASH section below. THIS WEEK: Liz Armstrong, author of the Chicago Anti-social column in the Reader. From her Wikipedia entry: Liz Armstrong lives in Chicago, Illinois. She has performed solo and with the bands To Live and Shave in L.A. and To Live and Shave in L.A. 2 under the stage name "Misty Martinez." Since 2004, she has written first-person party journalism for the Chicago Reader in her "Chicago Antisocial" column. But that doesn't begin to cover our knife wielding interview. Liz is the first guest to show up "heavy" to an interview. She was none-the-less delightful and wacky to talk to. Amanda and Liz have a battle royalle and end up pals! This interview is a non-stop action fest loaded withconfessional jaw dropping moments. You'll laugh, you'll cry, it will become a part of you. You'll listen again and again. It's downright worthy of Chicago Anti-Social. If that wasn't enough, Amanda, Dun

Another great show, tell your pals that we kick ass. Duncan cries inside because there are still people in town who haven't been reached by our pithy commentary. WHY OH WHY doesn't Tony Wight at Bodybuilder & Sportsman respond to our e-mail? Everybody else in 119 responds; where is the love??? We are just trying to give you some airtime--we won't be mean, honest. Wendy Cooper writes back, c'mon buddy. THIS WEEK: We visit Barbara Koenen at her lovely home and discuss resources available for artists in the City of Chicago. Barbara is in charge of the utterly bad-assed Chicago Artists Resource website, which shines the light of knowledge into the dark pit of confusion for us local types. If you don't already participate, sign up now! Chicago Artists Resource website, GO NOW!!! ALSO: Duncan and Richard shut the hell up (leave the room even) so that Amanda and Shannon can review the new show at 40000 "Versus" Names dropped:Brian Andrews, Cody Cloud, Rose DiSalvo, Dennis Hodges, Josh Mannis, Video Mache

20 shows! Wow! I think back to my initial conversations with Duncan in a bar downtown and I doubt we ever expected to get an audience as large as we now have (which has doubled in the last month), the number of great, brilliant people working with us around the world, and the wonderful feedback we have been getting, thanks to you all! We continue to look at Bad at Sports as an open resource, so let us know what you think. If you want to contribute (particularly if you are somewhere other than Chicago), let us know! We are here as a public resource. Thanks! Also, curious minds are still waiting to hear a good explanation of why, without permission from the artist, UIC took the Death by Design piece down off of the Temporary Allegiance flag pole at Gallery 400. Someone please enlighten us. Check out the cool pictures of us Duncan posted: http://www.badatsports.com/pages/about.htm Lane Relyea purportedly thinks we are cool. THIS WEEK: We interview Mark Booth--artist, teacher, and curator of the forthcomin

Back again for more art talk, mirth and mayhem. Tell your pals, classmates, enemies, family about the show! The more the merrier. THIS WEEK:Michelle Grabner is back! Michelle has written criticism for more magazines than I can comfortably count, runs an art gallery and shows her work internationally. This week we present second part of our interview. Michelle points out that BAS is damn guilty of being a part of the sad watering down of art criticism. She also very kindly puts Richard in his place for his anti-intellectual criticism bashing.ALSO: Amanda and Richard review shows at Aron Packer, Polvo, Open End, and Monique Meloche! Name dropped:David Romanelli, Art Forum, BAT Magazine, Andrea Frasier, Jim Elkins, Jerry Saltz, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Rashid Johnson, Lane Relyea, Monique Meloche, Middle Management, The School of the Art Institute, Death by Design, Reed Barrow, Benjamin Bellas, Justin Cooper, Clinton King, Andrea Chin, Rene Cruz, Vicki Fowler, Randall Garrett , Kevin Jefferies, Aimee Jones, Otaben

THIS WEEK: The always controversial and busy Michael Workman--New City art critic, NOVA front man, Bridge Magazine editor in chief, Art Fair impresario, freelance writer and 92 other things-- talks about the art biz, why he pisses people off, why the youth cult is bullshit, and the state of the Chicago art scene. Amanda is hopping mad about the role of teaching in the art community. Duncan, Richard, and Amanda talk about "Maximum Wage" from Illbilly.com! Our second New York Bureau member, Nate Rogers-Madsen, reviews Egon Schiele at Neue Galerie and Ed Ruscha at the Whitney. Name-dropped this episode: Rapper Jelly Donut, Egon Schiele, Ed Ruscha, Thomas Cole, Thomas Blackman, Sterling Ruby, Heather Hubb, MC Paul Barman, Donald Young Gallery, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, 65 Grand, Dan Peterman (who can't see fit to write back to us), Kerry James Marshall, Tony Tasset, Tony Fitzpatrick, Paul Klein, Duncan's mom, Amanda's mom. NEXT WEEK: Part 2 of our discussion with Michelle Grab

This show has at least 3 shows worth of material. THIS WEEK: Michelle Maynard and Teena McClelland the ladies of Death by Design Co. talk about gore, guts, and their show at Gallery 400! Duncan, Richard and Amanda, rise above the fray and avoid saying snotty things about people related to a certain gallery space, once again, basking the entire time in the soft, warm glow of our moral superiority. Cassie Thornton checks in from NYC! We review Daniel Blanco's show at Flatfile. AND the year end wrap up. Duncan apologizes to the OODA group for being a jerk. We throw down the gauntlet to Liz Armstrong who is writing the Chicago Anti-Social column in the Reader. Duncan hates Anne Goldstein. More singing by all. People name dropped: Daniel Blanco, Michael Asher, Michael Workman, Philip von Zweck, Paul Klein, David Coyle, Mark Booth, Naughty Candy, Bruce Campbell, Jim Faulkner, Jasper Johns, The Booms, David Robbins (WHO IS NOT connected to Death by Design, honest, really, seriously, no foolin'), Readymade Magazin

Holy crap did we have a hard time posting this!Libsyn is giving me a rash, it shouldn't take 8 f-ing hours and 29 tries to upload a file.THIS WEEK: Britton Bertran (head honcho at 40000) and Brian Andrews (mean listener, etc.) talk to Duncan and Richard about Brian's new show. Britton throws down the gauntlet to the world at large, proclaiming that he is in Chicago to stay. Brian talks about being delighted to be back in Chicago to trudge through 6 inches of gray slush. Reviews! Duncan, Richard, and Amanda Browder review Michelle Faust at 65 Grand, The Promised Land show at Wendy Cooper including Dan Attoe, Tim Barber, Chris Dorland, Kim Krans, Jin Lee, Sabine Linse, Shona Macdonald, Nancy Mladenoff, AND the OODA Group, AND, if that weren't enough we review new work from Melissa Pokorny and Paul Nudd at Bodybuilder and Sportsman. And we name drop: the West Town Gallery Network, NOVA, Michael Workman, Paul Klein, Bill Gross, Nevin Tomlinson, Thomas Blackman, Thomas Kincaid, and our pal David Michael Coyle.

THIS WEEK: Reviews, reviews, reviews!!! Our London correspondents Ben Tanner and Christian Kuras make their fabulous debut and review the UK version of "Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist's Eye," which began its life on this earth at our very own MCA. Brian Andrews, our West Coast rep, is back to tell us what is wrong with the art scene in San Francisco. Duncan and Richard review "On the Scene: Jessica Rowe, Jason Salavon, Brian Ulrich," and then they check out The Museum of Contemporary Photography's new shows "Jeffrey A. Wolin: Inconvenient Stories" and "Stages of Memory: The War in Vietnam." And if THAT weren't enough, Duncan and Richard argue about whether or not Rodney Graham is full of BS after sitting through his lecture. The last song in this week's show goes out from Richard to Scott Speh.On the Scene: Jessica Rowe, Jason Salavon, Brian Ulrich The Museum of Contemporary Photography Rodney Graham Universal ExperienceSF links are to follow. NEXT WEEK: We lied last week. THIS COMING W