Reine Paradis produces quirkily utopian photographs of a world seemingly painted into being in bright bold strokes that belie the complexity, labor and danger involved in creating them. We talk about where these glossy images of a folded, flatt

We Eat Young Joon Kwak

Aug 15th, 2018 1h 5m

we talked Young Joon Kwak about trauma, sculpture, William Burroughs the X Men, being a punk being trans, growing up in a conservative household, the healing power of literature, and being a massive slut...with color. (featuring music clips of

We Eat Castanier Gallery

Aug 8th, 2018 2m 14s

For Patreon Subscribers: Five artists at once!! Zak hosts an artist panel discussion in Culver City at the Castanier Gallery where he had a group exhibition with Claire Collette, Adam Beris, Kenton Parker, and Patrick Martinez.The exhibition w

We Eat Jim Shaw

Jul 30th, 2018 1h 47m

We talk to Jim Shaw about melting face masks, weirdness, thrift store paintings, Oism, meaning and secrecy, being in a two-artist household, assistants, Destroy All Monsters, second jobs for artists and more.

We Eat Amanda Schmitt

Jul 12th, 2018 1h 14m

We talked with Amanda about the exact moment she decided she couldn't be an artist, whether or not she likes to enjoy life, erotic uses for spreadsheets, video art, Makunaima, how exactly you become an independent curator, and the difference be

We Eat Deborah Roberts

Jun 27th, 2018 1h 3m

We got to talk to rising star Deborah Roberts in maybe? her first long interview about process, the world through the eyes of little girls, Tanner and Normal Rockwell, getting called "African", being fierce, hungry collectors, Roland Barthes as

We Eat Zak Smith

May 31st, 2018 1h 48m

Zak Smith, our host, gets spoken with, to mark his show at Fredericks and Freiser gallery this month. Friend of the show Sean McCarthy joins John to interview Zak about brush hair, punk and fine art, porn and fine art, being a seasoned art scho

We Eat Beyond Baroque

May 18th, 2018 1m 12s

We are taping the show live tomorrow, May 19th, at Beyond Baroque in Venice Beach California! Audience members get a chance to stump us with pieces the hosts will have to analyze on the spot. Come by at 1pm, and bring ideas for art works from b

We Eat Ron Athey

May 3rd, 2018 1h 27m

we talk to Ron Athey about growing up with weird religion, having sex in the 1970s, having aids in the 1980s, being used as a pawn in the NEA Culture wars, the early West coast punk rock/ industrial performance circuit, The pre-lapsarian Los An

We Eat Andrew Schoultz

Apr 20th, 2018 1h 12m

We talked with Andrew Schoultz about his physical and political relationships with cities, staying out of trouble by skateboarding, getting in to trouble with graffiti, going political in jail, making street art that exposes architecture, reaso

We Eat Zak Smith's 1001 Nights

Apr 19th, 2018 2m 8s

Our sonic invitation to the art opening of the century. It's not just a promo teaser, it's an audio adventure. Zak has an opening today (April 19th) at Fredericks and Freiser gallery in NY. It'll be up for a month. Don't miss it!

We Eat Artillery

Apr 5th, 2018 2m 14s

Hey kids, We Eat Art has a new partner--Artillery magazine is going to be sponsoring some of our episodes. Here's a promo that goes in to more detail

We Eat Glen E. Friedman

Mar 29th, 2018 1h 42m

We talk to Glen E. Friedman about photographing skaters, punks and rappers, how to photograph character, the point of wide-angle lenses, working together with the subject to get the perfect picture, how he decided to stop photographing guns, co

We Eat Black Panther (sneak preview)

Mar 26th, 2018 2m 37s

We talked with artist and “Black Pulp” curator Mark Thomas Gibson and vintage Marvel expert Jeff Lester to find out everything you ever wanted to know about the comic books that contributed to Black Panther movie but were afraid to ask. we a

We Eat Ben Tolman

Mar 15th, 2018 1h 4m

we talked to Ben about the police chasing him across the country after he ran away from his Mormon parents and confiscating all of his art and we also talk about that art and also about bureaucracy and Washington DC and construction and The Kaf

We Eat Jocelyn Hobbie

Mar 2nd, 2018 50m 58s

We talk to Jocelyn Hobbie about how pointless it is to talk about art, about medieval illumination, and egg tempera, about whether girls would hang out with you or whether they’re actually made of paint, about fabric patterns, about process, ab

We Eat Gary Taxali

Feb 22nd, 2018 1h 9m

We talk to Gary Taxali about the optimistic era of corporate mascots, disturbing santas, irony, whether or not money can be funny, working for cigarette companies and the Canadian government and Aimee Mann and christian rock bands, using drawin

We Eat Anuradha Vikram

Feb 14th, 2018 1h 16m

We talk to writer-curator Anuradha Vikram about Claes Oldenberg, Carolee Schneeman, Sesame Street at the Temple of Dendur, sexism in midcentury art, Lee Krasner, Minimalism, Mike Kelley, Nam Jun Paik, the recent Whitney Biennial, running an art

We Eat Gronk

Feb 8th, 2018 1h 32m

Gronk talks to us about B-movies, being inspired by a coffee table, the well-dressed women who determined the course of his life, Max Beckmann, making theatre sets, the Asco art collective and their non-movies and tape-murals, decades living in

We Eat Aaron Johnson

Feb 1st, 2018 1h 28m

We have far too much fun talking to Aaron Johnson about James Ensor, Garbage Pail Kids, deplorables, preparing disgusting slides and housesitting on the palazzo in Honduras, Trump-era art, pizza, turduckens, abstraction, expressionism, satire a

We Eat Mike Giant

Jan 25th, 2018 1h 14m

Mike Giant talks to us about Americana, graffiti, and running from the police, and advises us all to do drugs, meditate, and shoot guns.

We Eat Peter Shire

Jan 17th, 2018 52m 1s

Peter Shire is an artist and designer whose public projects and furniture defined the look of the modern west coast. We visit Peter's funhouse studio to talk about being an artist and a businessman, cliche art interview questions, primary color

We Eat Melissa Brown (apologies for the abnormal sound quality)

Jan 10th, 2018 48m 48s

We talk to Melissa Brown about abstraction, beauty, chaos, Vegas, chance, printmaking vs painting, preserving moments in time, color choices and rear view mirrors.

We Eat James Jean

Jan 4th, 2018 2h 14m

In our longest episode to date we talk to James Jean about assimilation, the paintings nobody buys, how Zak and James both painted Sasha Grey, death awareness, social media, legitimacy and competitiveness, illustration vs fine art and the cross

We Eat Jonathan Ehrenberg

Dec 28th, 2017 52m 23s

John Ehrenberg creates otherworldly videos with a side of deadpan humor. We talk about how that sensibility formed, how the work gets made, and how it relates to John's old day job in animation.