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Phillip J. Mellen (Enhanced Podcast)

Today’s episode is an interview with, artist and podcaster, Phillip J. Mellen. We discussed his excellent art podcast and his artistic practice.

Phillip produces the ahtcast, where he interviews contemporary artists he has met and discusses their work with them. Not only are the artists and their work high quality, but the conversations are interesting and easy to listen to. There are many arts podcast available, but Phillip’s podcast is one of the few podcasts that really discusses art from the point of view from the artist.

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You can also check out the interviews with the artists who are going to be in our upcoming show Amanda Thackray, Jeffrey Augustine Songco, Olivia Kaufman, and our Kickstarter page.

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The Battle of Nassau County

Battle of Nassau County This was the first painting I did for Art Gotham’s Square Foot Show.
This painting was based on a topical event that effected me, like Good Night, Glite.

This painting is mixed media and I used acrylic and cut paper. With the exception of the water; Long Island, the characters at the bottom, and the main land mass are all paper. The characters at the bottom are made out of layers of cut paper with pencil used to create the facial features. I’m really proud of this painting.

“The Battle of Nassau County” was inspired by the events of a law enforcement raid gone bad. For those who don’t know Nassau County is a large portion of Long Island. Recently Nassau County Law Enforcement decided to have a raid to crack down on gang members. The raid changed and eventually decided to target illegal immigrants. It got worse when the police raided the homes of legal immigrants who were victims of a previous raid two years ago.

The figures at the bottom represent the swat team/undercover agents who carried out the raid. Weirdly enough some of those undercover officers were wearing cowboy hats, which anyone who has ever been to Long Island will tell you are no way to keep a low profile.

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Goodnight Glite

Good Night Glite. David LaMorte. acrylic and paper on canvas. 12"x12".

Good Night Glite. David LaMorte. acrylic and paper on canvas. 12”x12”.

This is another painting that I did for Art Gotham’s Square Foot Show. It is a mixture of acrylic and photo-copy transfer.

This was inspired by the recent events happening in Myanmar/Burma. Citizens had begun to protest the military regime in power and those protests were met wit violence by the government. This painting was mostly inspired by the closing of Burma’s Internet Service Providers. This effectively turned off the internet in Burma and cut off much of the communications between protesters and the outside world.

The title, “Good Night, Glite” comes from the name of the main server that was turned off by the name of Glite. By cutting out Burma from the canvas I wanted to show how the Burmese have been cut off and taken off the grid.

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Phillip J. Mellen (Enhanced Podcast)

The Battle of Nassau County

Goodnight Glite

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