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[Audio] Visiting MSU Artist Armin Mühsam Explores Society's Interaction with Nature

The Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Facebook

Murray State University visiting artist Armin Mühsam's work "Anthropogenic Landscapes" addresses the dichotomy between the man-made and the natural through the subject matter of landscape. His artist talk is tonight at 5 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building, Room 631, and is followed by a reception. On Sounds Good, Tracy Ross speaks with Mühsam, and drawing professor Dale Leys and Clara Eagle Gallery Director Mike Martin.

Armin Mühsam says he seeks manmade structures through direct observation and transposes to the canvas or recalls an observation and simplifies it, mixing or juxtaposing it with features that are representative of nature: trees, waterways, mountains, etc. 

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Dale Leys, Armin Mühsam, Mike Martin on Sounds Good

He prefers structures that are stand-ins for the utilitarian architectures that our society produces. His theme is how western society orders, takes possession and intervenes into nature, developing the conflicted relationship that exists today, where we are in human development essentially at a point where we are the masters of nature, he says. 

See more about Mühsam's artist talk on Facebook

Armin Mühsam's website

Tracy started working for WKMS in 1994 while attending Murray State University. After receiving his Bachelors and Masters degrees from MSU he was hired as Operations/Web/Sports Director in 2000. Tracy hosted All Things Considered from 2004-2012 and has served as host/producer of several music shows including Cafe Jazz, and Jazz Horizons. In 2001, Tracy revived Beyond The Edge, a legacy alternative music program that had been on hiatus for several years. Tracy was named Program Director in 2011 and created the midday music and conversation program Sounds Good in 2012 which he hosts Monday-Thursday. Tracy lives in Murray with his wife, son and daughter.
Matt Markgraf joined the WKMS team as a student in January 2007. He's served in a variety of roles over the years: as News Director March 2016-September 2019 and previously as the New Media & Promotions Coordinator beginning in 2011. Prior to that, he was a graduate and undergraduate assistant. He is currently the host of the international music show Imported on Sunday nights at 10 p.m.
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