The Selection Committee Radio Show with Miles Huston, 7/24/22

Artist Miles Huston stopped by the Selection Committee Radio Show shortly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—and paid tribute to women who rock. We talk about the Punk/Riot Grrl scene in Boston and how important the radical bookstore, the Lucy Parsons Center, was to Miles during his college years. And we learn how converting an old school bus to run on cooking oil led to Miles’ interest in the intersection of activism, identity, and trying to make a living.
We talk a little bit about the New York art world and its politics, including the infamous 2022 summer group show at O’Flaherty’s, and consider what it means to make artwork in a world where clear answers seem impossible.
We learn about how Miles’ work in a community garden led to a vast collection of watering cans and an obsession with agriculture and farm policy. These both form the backbone of his recent show at Gordon Robichaux, Cinderella Had a Farm.