Ryan Cronin and Saliou Diop

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

New York-based visual artist Ryan Cronin joins Rhett from Tambacounda, Senegal, where he is developing a collaboration with Tambacounda-based artist Saliou Diop. Ryan discusses how he got started as an artist, the creative process behind his work, and why a combination of patience and persistence leads to success. Later in the episode, Rhett is joined by Saliou Diop and his translator, who discuss Saliou’s creative approach and how a strong belief in the work helps him navigate any obstacles. When people look at his work Cronin wants them to feel an immediate impact, even if they’re not sure what hit them. The raw, almost childlike appearance of his work belies his reflective underlying vision. He delights in unexpected or enigmatic juxtapositions in terms of both theme and placement and often brings a sense of humor to bear on troubling contemporary issues. This sensibility, combined with quick, instinctive brushstrokes and a vibrant palette, result in striking images that can simultaneously disturb and entertain. Learn more about Ryan Cronin here and more about Saliou Diop here. The organization they are working with in Senegal is Le Korsa. Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe. Editing by Matt Dwyer. Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils. Show logo by Tim Skirven. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also ask Alexa to play it. Please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Revisit previous episodes of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	O'SIMUS
0:02.0	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:08.0	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:10.0	That's when it got wheels off.
0:13.0	He started out and we ain't gonna stop.
0:16.0	Oh, she made me feel like a good guy.
0:19.0	That's when it got wheels off. Ryan Cronin, a New York-based artist, painter, sculptor, etc.
0:27.8	He's a friend of mine, full disclosure.
0:30.8	But I was an admirer of his art before we ever became friends.
0:36.5	He lives and works in the Hudson Valley, in the town of
0:39.9	New Paltz, just outside of which I have lived for 19 years. Ryan's work is ubiquitous.
0:47.7	It's very distinctive. It has a lot in common with the tradition of folk art. I mean,
0:53.7	I'm saying this. I don't know if this
0:55.6	is how he would describe his own stuff. And I am by no means an art expert. But to me, I really
1:02.9	love the bluntness of his work, the boldness of it, bright colors, big images, text thrown in in ways that aren't super obvious,
1:15.8	not super easily understood. Anyway, Ryan Cronin is a visual artist who I greatly admire. I've wanted
1:27.4	to talk to him for Wheel Wheels Off for a long time,
1:29.8	but it occurred to me that it might be most interesting and useful to catch him
1:36.3	while he was on this trip he's on right now to Africa.
1:40.8	It's a trip he's done before, and he is right now in Senegal, Tomokunda, Senegal,
1:51.3	and he is doing work.
1:55.6	He's working with artists over there.
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