The Selection Committee Radio Show with Jen Mazza, 3/11/25

Jen Mazza is an artist of deep and focused attention. Her meticulously rendered paintings and drawings re-present artifacts of art historical, scientific, and cultural interest. She takes extreme care to reproduce the physical qualities of the objects she reproduces, sometimes using 20-30 colors to match just the right tone and brightness of a sheet of paper.

Mazza brings this same focus to the playlist she made for The Selection Committee, composed of songs that require serious listening—from Nina Simone and Joni Mitchell to Julius Eastman and Morton Feldman.

Finally, we discuss Mazza’s interests in philosophy and literature in a conversation ranging from Wittgenstein and Iris Murdoch to Annie Dillard and Jorge Luis Borges. All in all it’s a lively chat about art, music, and life!