{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Works in Progress Podcast","title":"Where did all the good sculptors go?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c1d81d6c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4742,"description":"The Trump administration wants to bolster traditional art. Their attempt to revive sculpture, a mass statue-building program, is doomed. America doesn’t have the sculptors, foundries, and workers to make hundreds of bronze or marble sculptures. North Korea would be in a much better position.Sam and Samuel sit down with our Art Director, Atalanta, a sculptor by training, and talk all things sculpture. They discuss how art education has become de-skilled, how sculpture has always been the best art form for mass production and the surprising places the tradition has been kept alive. ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/6LM5UVWr309T-olggTJ9aOP2eEvMfZ2AVhMyFCHS3hY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zNWU2/YzBmZDQ1MDY1YTQx/YTM0ZTVmZDk1ZjEz/NjFmYi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}