In our latest podcast episode, British artist Claire Luxton talks about how her recent focus on photography grew from her grounding in painting and sculpture, how she uses self-portraiture as a means to express the strength and fragility of the individual that is mirrored in our environment, how her personal anxiety caught the zeitgeist of the current pandemic and how her work and accompanying poetry explores isolation, desire and uncertainty.
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In our latest podcast episode, these two distinguished octogenarians talk about the common ground they’ve shared throughout their careers – their time studying together at the Slade School of Fine Art, the influence of architecture on their work, their love of Italy, public commissions, their artistic challenges, their experience of teaching and their email correspondences over many years highlighted in their shared exhibition at London’s Frestonian Gallery.
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British artist Andy Holden is a sculptor, animator, film-maker, painter, curator, author and musician. In our latest podcast episode, he gives his thoughts on irony and sincerity, the nature of nostalgia, how stealing a rock from an Egyptian pyramid inspired an acclaimed artwork and how he sees the world as a kind of cartoon.
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In our latest podcast episode, Susie MacMurray explains why she gave up classical music for art, how she came to specialise in site-specific works, how these incorporate the history and stories of the venues, and how her choice of materials reflects bitter-sweet themes.
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In our latest podcast episode, Dr Jasmine Pradissitto talks about how her training in Quantum Physics has helped her develop as a visual artist, how the discovery of a certain polymer has enabled her to make art and help the environment at the same time, and how artists can offer imagination to aid scientists in their efforts to secure the future for humanity.
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In our latest podcast episode, South African artist Deborah Bell talks about her early paintings about female objectification and entrapment, her discovery of the art of ancient civilisations, how her work became more spiritual and how her process is like a “dance between will and surrender”.
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In our latest podcast episode, one of the world’s leading sculptors of animals, Hamish Mackie, talks about his upbringing on a farm in Cornwall, how a trip to southern Africa changed his life, and how his “loose” sculpting style helps create a sense of movement and character.
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In our latest podcast episode, Iraqi-born London-based sculptor Ahuva Zeloof talks about how the lockdown spurred her art, her upbringing in Israel, her immersion into London’s art scene, how she discovered, at a late age, a passion for sculpting and how yoga has influenced her life and art.
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In our latest podcast episode, British sculptor Michael Sandle talks about his life and his work including controversial views on contemporary art and his forthright expressions of disgust at hypocrisy.
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In this latest podcast, Bob Chaundy interviews Liane Lang who talks, among other things, about her innovative and subversive “interventions” in public statues.
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