Talk Show with Harper Simon
Episode 39
Painter Ed Moses on Childhood Terrors, Shirley Temple, Andy Warhol and More
Painter Ed Moses discusses art, and his inspiration in the unexpected in an uncensored discussion that reveals the childhood terror at the center of his work. From his young flirtations with Shirley Temple, through WWII, to the wild and brilliant company of artists that he ran with (from Willem De Kooning and Franz Kline, to Robert Graham and John Chamberlain), and how the method he has for his continuing work-explore the brilliance of Ed Moses in this uncensored episode of Harper Simon’s TALK SHOW.
Episode Breakdown
00:01 Welcoming Ed Moses to Harper Simon’s TALK SHOW.
00:49 An obsession with drawings, and refusal to be satisfied.
02:18 Harnessing obsessive-compulsive disorder and cheating death since childhood.
05:21 Aggressive fantasies with Shirley Temple come true.
07:52 WWII and a failed pursuit of medicine and science.
08:50 Scraping painting techniques.
09:25 The first show at the FERUS Gallery, and Cameron get’s shut down.
14:46 Baby shit leads to a life as an artist.
15:40 Meeting the crazies-De Kooning, Franz Kline, and Thelonious Monk.
17:02 Time spent at Barney’s Beanery; “We were the best.”
18:10 Andy Warhol and the competition with New York.
20:01 Influence from Asian and Japanese art.
21:25 Robert Graham, sculpture and illness.
22:45 Wild times with John Chamberlain.
23:40 Ignoring the goofy hippie bullshit, and resin paintings.
25:04 Making crackle paintings-’secret sauce.’
28:25 The working day, art without music, and painting outside.
31:27 Thanks and goodbye.
Guest Bio
Ed Moses is an American artist based in the Los Angeles area and considered one of the most innovative and central figures of postwar West Coast art.
Additional Links
http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/ed-moses-drawings-1960s-and-70s
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