In this episode the boys talk about two men who are very questionable but highly enigmatic: GJohnce and Damien Hirst. Nick gives David Lynch a brilliant film idea, "Beaverton", his first film about a "man in trouble". Matt loves to say "Damien Hirst is da vorst."
Nick and Matt tackle the emotional and spatial effects of pop music. Matt discusses Tal R and becomes hungry for people to see thought as an aspect of beauty. Matt appreciates the plentiful Ranch dressing pour, as one should.
Coming off of the hot shoes of an exciting photoshoot (hehe), distended organs are clarified as an aesthetic choice; Matt and Nick finally agree on something. Gallerists love to make art deals through whispers and Matt couldn't handle it at Art Basel (Basil). Nick tries to create a loose thesis around male homosexual artists, and confuses Asger Jorn and Jasper Johns. Jens Haaning is a clown. The Renaissance was filled with pedophiles. Nick confuses cirrhosis with psoriasis.
With long-term toe disfigurement on the tippy top of Matt and Nick's heads, this episode explores a couple of "difficult" ideas swimming around in Nick's personal Halloween-ether and more of Matt's thoughts on current conservative interests in painting. Steak juice is best served on Picassos.
Nick and Matt both get in tune with the Gay and discuss "Twinks for Trump" and Andre Mark (@andremarkpts) as subjects for projects. Klaus Biesenbach is at the center of some recent MOCA political drama and Matt finds it very curious, possibly inspiring as a story about a slippery shark dealing and wheeling in the art work. Kanye at the Atlanta stadium IS the Phantom of Ye-pera. Jerry Saltz is such a man-dude he doesn't need to respect art, it respects him.
Matt and Nick speak Italian, and discuss the arduous task of listening to music in the contemporary age via YouTube. Both boys get hot and bothered about Hunter Biden's foray into art and the possibility of conservative news media being the new harbinger of art criticism. Nick ponders the sad state of sound design in the collapsing dystopian world around him. Silent Hill 2 is a sound design BOP! Matt continues the spooky talk and discusses THE Goya, THE Bacon, THE REALEST BITCH Artemisia Gentileschi, and how spookiness rules the art world. "My Ass Hurts" is an intimate, high test- moment for Nick. Matt loves L.A., particularly when his friends abuse him.