Anna Weyant

The Great Women Artists

Katy Hessel

Arts

4.8 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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THIS WEEK on the GWA Podcast, I interview one of the most exciting artists working in the world right now, Anna Weyant. From girls on the cusp of adolescence swept up in an eerie atmosphere to dollshouses with doors only slightly ajar, the subjects of Weyant’s paintings are nothing short of haunting, humorous, witty, and tense. Rooted in a style that feels like a cross between Old Master Painting and the unnerving perfection of Disney animations, Weyant’s works feel at once familiar, but starkly detached, leaving us to question if they are scenes from the real world, the past, or the ones in our head? Often centred on a young girl – often waiting, thinking, watching or screaming who appears to be around the pre-teen and teenage years described as the “most frivolous and the most intense periods of human experience – Weyant’s paintings are full of contradictions. Unrooted in place and time, they sit on a threshold between good/evil, absent/present, strength/vulnerability, being watched/ watching, historic and the contemporary. And, by grounding her work in the traditional genre of still lifes and portraits – genres only afforded to women who were restricted to large-scale history painting before the 19th century – she allows us to question what we already know and don’t know from these historic paintings, or, what we know and don’t know about our female protagonist and her own experiences. Based in New York, and educated at RISD, Weyant, despite being 27, has already held shows to acclaim in the city. Last November, she took over Gagosian’s spaces with 7 new works – one as large as 9 feet tall, alongside many of her drawings – and I can’t wait to find out more. Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Mikaela Carmichael Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Music by Ben Wetherfield https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/ THIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY OCULA: https://ocula.com/

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome back to the Great Women Artists podcast. Last week we interviewed the phenomenal artist, Michelin Thomas, and today we speak to the New York-based painter, Anna Weyant. I am so excited for you to listen to it. But before we get to this, I am so delighted to say that this episode is supported by OUKLUKLUKLUr. OUKILA provides online access to the best of contemporary art.
0:22.5	Working with the world's leading galleries,
0:24.5	you can use Ocula to follow the most incredible artists.
0:27.8	Like Anna Weyant, you can register to hear about their upcoming exhibitions,
0:31.6	view their artworks and read articles about them.
0:34.5	If you want to stay on top of the contemporary art world,
0:36.8	then go to Ocula.com and follow the artists you love.
0:44.5	Hello everyone and welcome to The Great Women Artist's podcast with me, Katie Hessel.
0:52.4	Some of you might know me from The Great Women Artists, an Instagram account I set up in October
0:56.7	2015, which celebrates female artists on a daily basis, ranging from young graduates to old masters.
1:04.1	Well, in a similar fashion to the Instagram, this podcast is all about celebrating female
1:09.3	artists from a variety of backgrounds and histories.
1:12.5	And I am so excited to be interviewing artists on their career or artists, writers, curators or general art lovers on the women artist who means most of them.
1:22.1	What I want this podcast to do is celebrate female artists in all different capacities so you, the listener, can gain a look
1:29.3	into the greatest female artists working now or from art history. I'm so excited to say that my guest
1:38.8	on the Great Women Artist podcast is one of the most exciting artists working in the world right now,
1:44.3	Anna Wayant. From girls on the cusp of adolescent sweat is one of the most exciting artists working in the world right now. Anna Weyant
1:45.3	From girls on the cusp of adolescents swept up in an eerie atmosphere
1:49.8	to dolls' houses with doors only slightly ajar,
1:53.2	the subjects of Weyant's paintings are nothing short of haunting, humorous, witty and tense,
1:59.1	rooted in a style that feels like a cross between old master painting
2:02.3	and the unnerving perfection of Disney animations, Wayant's works feel at once familiar, but starkly
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