{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Bad at Sports Episode 943: Nanako Kono and Olivia Zubko","description":"From the humid chaos of Miami Art Week, Bad at Sports drops into the garden at NADA for a conversation with two artists from Western Exhibitions: Nanako Kono and Olivia Zubkov. A loose, funny, and surprisingly thoughtful discussion about painting that isn\u2019t painting, sculpture that remembers your body, and bathrooms as sites of intimacy, memory, and quiet surveillance. Nanako walks through her hyper-flat, acrylic-based \u201cpaintings\u201d that live somewhere between screen, object, and comic logic. Olivia counters with slip-cast porcelain sculptures drawn from domestic life. Towels, tiles, soap dishes, and mirrors become witnesses to the private rituals of living. The conversation drifts between material process, Chicago\u2019s influence, comic culture, color as personality, and the strange emotional charge of everyday objects. Along the way, there are riffs on boob lights, mold-making ethics, and whether your bathroom fixtures are silently judging you. Ryan Peter Miller \u2014 https:\/\/badatsports.comDuncan MacKenzie \u2014 https:\/\/kurasmackenzie.com\/Western Exhibitions \u2014 https:\/\/westernexhibitions.com Nanako Kono \u2014 https:\/\/www.nanakokono-rolly.com\/  Olivia Zubkov \u2014 https:\/\/www.oliviazubko.com\/  Scott Speh \u2014 https:\/\/westernexhibitions.com NADA Art Fair \u2014 https:\/\/newartdealers.orgLumpen Radio \u2014 https:\/\/lumpenradio.comSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago \u2014 https:\/\/www.saic.eduUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas \u2014 https:\/\/www.unlv.eduRichard Rezac \u2014 https:\/\/www.richardrezac.com\/ Julia Fish \u2014&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/juliafish.com\/ &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Bad at Sports","author_url":"http:\/\/badatsports.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41220570\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/201741285"}