Author, artist, and designer George McCalman speaks about making his award-winning book (Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen) at the intersection of twin curiosities - to learn more about black history, and to find out if he could be an artist.
This is a conversation about curiosity, the importance of following your own compass, and the need for every artist to be a work-in-progress.
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Links & Highlights
(07:44) Creative is a non-word.
(15:34) Derrida and deconstructionism.
(19:50) Chinua Achebe and the Igbo traditions around art.
(36:07) The Shock of the New by Robert Hughes (Book | Documentary series)
(42:36) Engaging with curiosity and following the path to become an artist
(1:01:45) George’s column in the SF Chronicle
(1:13:19) Making the decision to study art, and George’s comic book heroes.
(1:28:18) Break
(1:42:12) “Hell is other people” - quote by Jean-Paul Sartre, and “At the Existentialist Cafe” by Sarah Bakewell
(1:52:13) Growing older and easing into your own self
(2:09:06) Other ways than dates to tell time
(2:18:45) “Don’t try.” - the epitaph of poet, Charles Bukowski
(2:29:16) Nishant’s opposition to the idea of “finding yourself”
(2:40:53) The culture of fine art and other cultures
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Ep 58 - Illustrating Black History with George McCalman