Wes Lang

Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin

Society & Culture, Arts, Philosophy

4.6 • 908 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Wes Lang is a contemporary artist based in Los Angeles. His work is best recognized through symbols including skulls, horses, and the indigenous American, as he aims to convey themes of freedom, mortality, and the American Dream. Lang draws inspiration from his heroes–fallen country music icons and jazz musicians–to tap into the rugged spirit of post-pop Americana and inspire a sense of opportunity and mythic adventure. Lang’s artistic reach includes creating pieces for Kanye West and the Grateful Dead. Though his main medium is canvas and paper, he has also produced work using cast bronze, collage, fabric, and hotel stationary, with his pieces held in prestigious international collections like the MoMA, Damien Hirst’s Murderme collection, and an upcoming exhibition at Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery. Represented by Almine Rech worldwide and V1 Gallery in Copenhagen, Lang continues to push boundaries with his unique blend of pop culture and existential themes. ------ Thank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast and our team: Vivo Barefoot http://vivobarefoot.com Use code 'TETRA' ------ LMNT Electrolytes https://drinklmnt.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Squarespace https://squarespace.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ House of Macadamias https://www.houseofmacadamias.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA'

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0:00.0	Tetrogrammaton
0:02.0	Tetragrammaton
0:06.0	Tetracket
0:10.0	I lived in New Jersey.
0:23.6	I grew up in a little town called Chatham, New Jersey, about half hour outside of the city.
0:31.6	And my dad owned a record store down in Red Bank down the shore by, you know, sort of Springsteen country, you know.
0:44.7	And one of the guys that worked there was a guy in a band called Monster Magnet.
0:53.4	Remember them?
0:54.0	I love Monster Magnet. Yeah, so Monster Magnet. Remember them? I love Monster Magnet.
0:55.0	Yeah, so, Dave.
0:56.0	And then there was a guy named, God, I can't even remember his name anymore. It's sad. I can't remember it was so long ago. He worked at my dad's store.
1:06.0	Wow. And the other guy worked at the comic book shop in Red Bank because they weren't you know you look at
1:14.4	It's so funny when you're young and you see like a like someone in a band
1:19.9	Yeah mentally you're like that person must have everything in the world you think they live in her mansion and they've got piles of girls around them and did
1:29.5	it and everything is going PG-K and like these two guys who I like looked up to and their
1:34.7	music and all that stuff were like one worked at my dad's record store and the other guy
1:38.6	worked at the comic book shop selling me dark night comic books and stuff you know and and uh that was actually great to see
1:47.8	you know to know that it like changed your perception of what success was because it isn't those things
1:59.8	the mansions and the cars and the this and the that
2:02.9	It's it's just the fact that they got to to make music and they did whatever they could to make music and
2:11.3	It's very hard to define exactly what what what success really truly truly is i mean i was born with no options like i can my earliest
2:25.1	memories of growing up were about creating and being struck by images, like reference material. I started hoarding reference material
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