Carl Ostendarp is an abstract painter based in upstate New York. He has had over 33 solo national and international museum and gallery exhibitions and more than 170 group exhibitions. Recent exhibitions include his just completed show at Elizabeth Dee Gallery in Harlem; Everything Falls Faster than an Anvil at Pace Gallery, London; and Pop Abstractions at Garth Greenan Gallery and Fredericks & Freiser, New York City. Carl has a long history of not only showing his work but curating excellent exhibitions. He  taught at NYU, Tyler, Rutgers, SVA, and The Cooper Union prior to his 14 years at the helm of the Graduate Studies Program at Cornell University. Ostendarp received his B.F.A. from Boston University and his M.F.A. from Yale University. Brian met up with Carl at Elizabeth Dee Gallery on the last day of his show to talk about his past days in NYC, his curated shows, the role of humor in painting and a bit of soul jazz.