Under The Influence
February 5, 2018
Heads up: This episode includes candid discussion of drug use and addiction.
As long as humans have existed, they've taken mind-altering substances. In this very special episode, the Babes trace the effects of drugs on consciousness and art making from the shamanistic origins of cave paintings to contemporary work exploring addiction.
Artists discussed: John Martin, Pablo Picasso, Alex Gray, Robert Crumb, Plastic Jesus, Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marina Abramovic
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Sources:
Boon, Marcus. The Road of Excess: A History of Writers on Drugs. Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press, 2002.
Garber, Megan. “Why Do Witches Ride Brooms?”. The Atlantic. Accessed November 7th, 2017.
Hughes, James. Altered States: Creativity Under the Influence. The Ivy Press Limited, 1999.
Jones, Matthew. (2007). The Creativity of Crumb: Research on the Effects of Psychedelic Drugs on the Comic Art of Robert Crumb. Journal of psychoactive drugs. 39. 283-91. 10.1080/02791072.2007.10400615.
Skelly, Julia. “Representations of Drugs in Art.” In Alcohol and Drugs in North America: A Historical Encyclopedia Volume 1: A-L. Edited by David M. Fahey and Jon S. Miller. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2013.
Zieger, Susan. Inventing the Addict: Drugs, Race, and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century British and American Literature. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2008.
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https://www.theverge.com/2015/2/20/8074327/plastic-jesus-oscars-cocaine-street-art-statue
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