Bad at Sports Episode 963: Tyson Reeder

Duncan MacKenzie and Ryan Peter Miller finally welcome painter, educator, and perennial instigator Tyson Reeder to Bad at Sports.

Recorded during Door County Contemporary Art Fair, the discussion wanders through the history of Milwaukee's DIY art scene, the legendary Dark Fair, artist-run culture, teaching, painting, collaboration, and the productive tension between sincerity and absurdity.

Reeder reflects on organizing exhibitions as artistic experiments rather than scholarly declarations, describing curating as "a speculative mindset" where the question is always what if?

The conversation also explores painting's unique solitude, collaborative work with his brother Scott Reeder, the role of humor in contemporary art, regional artistic identity, materiality after the pandemic, why artists still need to stand in front of paintings, and how drawing together can become an antidote to digital isolation.

Links Tyson Reeder

https://canadanewyork.com/artists/tyson-reeder

Scott Reeder

https://canadanewyork.com/artists/scott-reeder

Canada Gallery

https://canadanewyork.com/

Door County Contemporary Art Fair

https://www.doorcountycontemporary.com/