Art on the Edge with Banks Violette

About this episode

The episode features an interview with artist Banks Violette discussing his work at the intersection of fine art and youth culture.

On this episode we host the American artist Banks Violette. While this is not an episode about fashion per se, Violette and StyleZeitgeist have much in common culturally. He has been working for over two decades at the intersection of fine art and youth culture, making compelling work that deals with the dark side of the American society and the counterculture it produces. We talk about growing up in Reagan's America, channeling teenage rage, the New York City of the early 2000s and Violette'...

People in this episode

Host: Eugene Rabkin

Guest: Banks Violette

Topics covered

• fine art
• youth culture
• American society
• counterculture
• teenage rage

Keywords

• Banks Violette
• fine art
• youth culture
• American society
• counterculture
• teenage rage
• Reagan's America
• New York City

Mentioned in this episode

Places: America, New York City

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