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The real Jayson Scott Musson speaks on Artblog Radio

By February 7, 2011
Jayson Musson talks with Libby and Roberta about his viral videos on YouTube, featuring his snarky Hip Hop alter-ego, Hennessy Youngman; about his rap band, Plastic Little, and about making art about race and power in an art world dominated mostly by white men. The interview is 13:43 minutes long.
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Jayson Scott Musson in his apartment before our Artblog Radio interview in February, 2011.
Jayson Scott Musson in his apartment before our Artblog Radio interview in February, 2011.

Profanity and insults are just distractions in Jayson Scott Musson’s posters, screeds and rants. The real message is the human comedy of rules, categories, identities, stereotypes, pretensions and social class and race. In this interview he talks about trying to solve his problems as an artist and as an equal opportunity irritant to the politically correct. Musson has a solo show of his work at Marginal Utility Feb. 4- March 27, 2011.

For more about Jayson Musson see:
Hennessy Youngman videos
Jayson Scott Musson website
Jayson’s Wikipedia page
Fleisher-Ollman Gallery website

This episode is recorded and edited by Peter Crimmins. The music is by Eric Biondo. Thanks to the Knight Foundation and our series sponsor, Fleisher Art Memorial  for their support of this project and Locks Gallery for being this episode’s sponsor. Thanks also to our partner WHYY. ARTBLOG RADIO is now available on Apple (iTunes and Apple Podcasts) and Spotify, and available via RSS.

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