Considering Art Podcast – Nicola Anthony, sculptor

Nicola Anthony talks about her swirling metal textual sculptures that are distillations of the testimonies of people who have often suffered personal trauma. She then converts them into abstract contemporary sculptural works that have been shown all over the world. Nicola talks about her background, her feelings of “otherness” and explains the process of collecting these confessions and memories, gives examples, and how she believes they offer insights into the human condition.

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Considering Art Podcast – Matthew Hilton, furniture designer and sculptor

In this episode, award-winning designer Matthew Hilton talks about how furniture became his chosen subject, how he set up his own studio at a time when design in the UK had little status, how he developed classic designs such as the Balzac chair and the Antelope and Cross Extending Tables and how he has now realised a long-standing desire to become a sculptor.

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Considering Art Podcast – Mila Furstova, printmaker

Mila Furstova creates magical, dreamlike works mostly through the medium of etching. Now UK-based, she talks about her childhood in the Czech Republic and how she spent two years working with Coldplay on the artwork for their Ghost Stories album and four subsequent singles. She explains the influence of motherhood on her work, her use of symbols and metaphor, how she has visually interpreted a famous Czech poem and about some of the celebrities who have collected her art.

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Considering Art Podcast – Nick Hornby, sculptor

Nick Hornby is one of Britain’s leading sculptors of his generation, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors at the age of 34. In this episode, he talks about meeting Nick Hornby the novelist, why his early sculptures referenced important works from art history, why he began introducing personal elements into his oeuvre and about his three public sculptures that are soon to be unveiled in London.

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Considering Art Podcast – David Remfry RA, painter

In this episode, David Remfry tells how a nude portrait helped him land a plush London studio, his attraction to painting dancers, his experiences of living at the Hotel Chelsea in New York City, how he came to paint dogs and their owners, his commission for Stella McCartney’s first fashion brand launch and his task of co-ordinating the Royal Academy’s 2023 Summer Exhibition.

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Considering Art Podcast – Farook Mohammed, painter

In this episode, South African artist Farook Mohammed talks about how is art aims to try to unite people at this time of great global division and how people should look on each other as human beings regardless of colour, race, politics or religion. He talks about his diverse background, gives his analysis of South Africa’s recent history and how he believes art can change the world by giving out a positive message towards humanity.

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