ON THE COUCH

ON THE COUCH invites you into the inspiring worlds of today’s cultural leaders. Join host Alexandra Fairweather as she sits down with guests on one of artist John Chamberlain’s iconic foam couches to discuss the big ideas and unseen details that shape creative life. For decades, Chamberlain carved his sculptural foam couches for friends and art world luminaries like Donald Judd and Andy Warhol, creating gathering spots, conversation pieces, and symbols of connection within a vibrant creative community. Today, that legacy lives on through ON THE COUCH as visionaries sit down for intimate conversations that will make you rethink how culture is created, consumed, and reinvented. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #7

  Akari Endo-Gaut - “80% Fantasy, 20% Truth”

  Aug 11, 202636 minS1

  Akari Endo-Gaut is a stylist, designer, and curator who has spent her career refusing to pick one lane. She’s dressed Alex Katz, designed the room at the two-Michelin-starred restaurant Al Coro, and written for Sotheby’s Magazine. The thread through all of it is a conviction that an object carries time—and the older it is, the more honestly it speaks. One detail says everything: a Cartier ring from her mother that she has never once taken off—not at the beach, not on a shoot, not anywhere. It feels fitting, then, that Akari is seated on one of John Chamberlain’s iconic foam couches, the same couch host Alexandra Fairweather grew up on. Her crib was a miniature of it, in the kitchen of Chamberlain’s studio. Follow our host: https://www.instagram.com/alexandrafairweather/   Follow our guest: https://www.instagram.com/akariendogaut/?hl=en    Stay up-to-date with the John Chamberlain Estate: Follow: https://www.instagram.com/johnchamberlainestate/   To learn more about the estate’s work and mission, visit: https://www.john-chamberlain.com/   Media inquiries: chamberlain@dadagoldberg.com Tune in to episodes of ON THE COUCH via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, YouTube, or wherever you prefer to stream. --------------- Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction 0:27 – Meet Stylist & Designer Akari Endo-Gault 1:32 – Growing Up in Japan: Kimono, Ceramics & Tradition 4:41 – Inside Her Father's Architecture Studio 5:47 – Le Corbusier & Studying French Literature in Tokyo 8:02 – Moving to Paris: First Impressions 10:31 – Why Vintage & Antique Objects Matter 11:20 – Studying at École des Beaux-Arts in Paris 12:49 – Producing Fashion Shows for Dior & Michael Kors 14:06 – How She Became a Fashion Stylist 15:21 – Styling Painter Alex Katz 17:53 – The Meaning Behind Her Mother's Ring 20:11 – From Fashion Styling to Restaurant Interior Design 24:25 – Black Mountain College & Josef Albers Research 30:28 – Career Advice for Creatives & Slowing Down Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #6

  Fernando Mastrangelo - “Let Me Make A Statement”

  Jul 28, 202656 minS1

  Artist and designer Fernando Mastrangelo has built one of the most original studio practices by doing something that sounds almost impossible: he uses everyday and natural materials like sand, salt, silica, and crushed glass to create pieces that are in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian. His most audacious piece? A life-sized sculpture of a Colombian coca farmer named Felix, crafted out of $70,000 worth of real cocaine, that caught the attention of the D.E.A. In this episode, he joins host Alexandra Fairweather on an original Chamberlain couch to talk about where great art and design come from – and what it’s allowed to say. Follow our host: https://www.instagram.com/alexandrafairweather/   Follow our guest: https://www.instagram.com/iamfm/?hl=en   Listen to Fernando’s podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/design-discord/id1817191053   Stay up-to-date with the John Chamberlain Estate: Follow: https://www.instagram.com/johnchamberlainestate/   To learn more about the estate’s work and mission, visit: https://www.john-chamberlain.com/   Media inquiries: chamberlain@dadagoldberg.com Tune in to episodes of ON THE COUCH via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, YouTube, or wherever you prefer to stream. --------------- Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:12 Childhood an as immigrant 03:26 Deciding to become an artist 04:20 Falling in love with sculpture 07:27 Grad school at VCU and harsh critiques 10:59 Rebelling in year two of grad school 11:59 Moving to NYC and working with Matthew Barney 16:40 Learning from Matthew Barney's philosophy 20:00 Making the "Felix" cocaine sculpture  23:05 Going broke and paying it forward 32:31 Shifting into design 52:39 Closing thoughts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #5

  David Salle - “Attention is a Fleeting Resource”

  Jul 14, 202634 minS1

  David Salle is one of the leading postmodern painters of the last forty-five years, whose layered, colliding images will make you question everything you thought you knew about how images hold meaning. What most people don't expect: David has spent the last several years training artificial intelligence on his own body of work, then using what it generates as the raw material for new paintings — not to automate art, but to find a new language for it that you've never seen before. The results break every rule of anatomy, continuity, and logic, and they are unlike anything else being made right now. Seated on one of John Chamberlain's iconic foam couches, he and host Alexandra Fairweather talk about what it means to spend a lifetime in conversation with art history – including your own. Follow our host: https://www.instagram.com/alexandrafairweather/   Follow our guest: https://www.instagram.com/david_salle/?hl=en   Stay up-to-date with the John Chamberlain Estate: Follow: https://www.instagram.com/johnchamberlainestate/   To learn more about the estate’s work and mission, visit: https://www.john-chamberlain.com/   Media inquiries: chamberlain@dadagoldberg.com --------------- Timestamps: 00:27 Introductions  02:15 David’s upbringing and early career 07:42 Being pigeonholed as an artist 10:27 Using AI in art 18:08 How David trained AI to think like him  23:13 What it means to understand art 27:33 David’s greatest virtue and vice 28:04 Life lessons 28:37 How accidents make art 30:23 Advice for young artists 32:17 Lightning round begins Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #4

  Sasha Bikoff - “If You Can’t Find It, Create It”

  Jun 30, 202630 minS1

  Sasha Bikoff’s rooms don't just look extraordinary — they make you feel as if you've stepped out into a dream. What most people don't know about Sasha is that before she ever touched a floor plan, she was working the desk at Gagosian Gallery — one of the most competitive rooms in the art world. That training in how serious collectors see art and experience space is felt throughout all of the interiors she creates. She studied fine art and art history in Washington and Paris, and her projects now span Milan, Marrakech, Palm Beach, and her beloved New York. In this episode, she joins host Alexndra Fairweather on one of John Chamberlain's couches for a conversation that feels exactly like one of her rooms: one you won't want to leave. Follow our host: https://www.instagram.com/alexandrafairweather/   Follow our guest: https://www.instagram.com/sashabikoff/   Sasha’s book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/784194/high-vibe-design-by-sasha-bikoff/   Stay up-to-date with the John Chamberlain Estate: Follow: https://www.instagram.com/johnchamberlainestate/   To learn more about the estate’s work and mission, visit: https://www.john-chamberlain.com/   Media inquiries: chamberlain@dadagoldberg.com Tune in to episodes of ON THE COUCH via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, YouTube, or wherever you prefer to stream. --------------- Timestamps:  Timestamps:   00:26 Introductions 01:24 How Sasha got into interior design  03:41 Sasha’s first client: her mom  06:45 Discovering a client’s tastes 08:05 Decorating within a budget  10:23 How to make color work for you  12:38 Gardening and nature as inspiration  13:55 The role of an interior designer in a project  14:51 Sasha’s favorite designers in history 18:11 How to find furniture that feels like an art piece 21:22 Sasha’s experience in product design  23:37 How formal education influences art  26:19 Sasha teases her upcoming book  27:07 Lightning round begins  29:32 Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #3

  Misha Kahn - “Curious Person at the Party Energy”

  Jun 16, 202639 minS1

  Artist and designer Misha Kahn’s furniture and lighting feel less like objects you own and more like creatures you coexist with — and once you've seen them, you'll never look at a chair the same way again. What most people don't know about Misha: he was given a sewing machine at age five, and started making clothes. That instinct to fabricate something from nothing, using whatever material is at hand — foam, fiberglass, glass, metalwork, cement, textiles — has driven him from that childhood bedroom all the way to the Whitney, the Walker Art Center, and the Dallas Museum of Art. In this episode, Misha joins host Alexandra Fairweather on one of John Chamberlain's foam couches — and if you've ever wondered whether the things around you could hold more beauty and more meaning, this conversation is for you. Follow our host: https://www.instagram.com/alexandrafairweather/   Follow our guest: https://www.instagram.com/mishakahn/   Stay up-to-date with the John Chamberlain Estate: Follow the John Chamberlain Estate: https://www.instagram.com/johnchamberlainestate/   To learn more about the work and mission of the John Chamberlain Estate, visit: https://www.john-chamberlain.com/   Media inquiries: chamberlain@dadagoldberg.com Tune in to episodes of ON THE COUCH via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, YouTube, or wherever you prefer to stream. --------------- Timestamps:   00:27 Introductions  02:37 Growing up in Minnesota  05:13 Creating playgrounds 7:07 The “parallel wonderland” of Misha’s work  9:49 Misha’s greatest virtue and vice 10:34 Avoiding labels and boxes in your art 14:19 The personality of Misha’s work 15:33 Lessons learned from collaboration  17:35 Upcoming projects  20:06 Using robots in the studio 24:37 Post-apocalyptic art  28:37 The chaos inside Misha’s studio  29:57 Legacy and posthumous impact  33:54 What’s too much for Misha?  36:25 Lightning round begins 38:15 Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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