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Considering Art Podcast

Bob Chaundy

Bob Chaundy of Considering Art interviews an artist about their life and work.

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Considering Art Podcast – Juliette Losq, painter and...

Considering Art Podcast ·

2024/09/30

British artist Juliette Losq is an internationally established artist whose awards include the Jerwood Drawing Prize, the John Moores Prize and the John Ruskin Prize. In this episode, she talks about her grandfather’s unusual war experience, how she came late to practising art, how an etching course determined her painting style, how she paints large-scale... Continue Reading →

Considering Art Podcast – Miriam Escofet, painter

Considering Art Podcast ·

2024/09/23

Miriam Escofet’s works have evolved over the years from still life, fantasy, architecture and portraiture. In this episode, she explains the trauma behind her family’s move from Spain to England when she was 12, the difficulties she experienced at art school, her early obsession with architecture and celestial charts, her love of process and making,... Continue Reading →

Considering Art Podcast – Molly Hatch, ceramicist

Considering Art Podcast ·

2024/09/16

Molly Hatch is an American fine art ceramicist who has become internationally famous for her multi-plate art installations. In this episode, she speaks about how she studied drawing, painting and printmaking but fell in love with the process of working with clay. She talks about how she successfully built up her own designer brand on... Continue Reading →

Considering Art Podcast – Saad Qureshi, multi-media

Considering Art Podcast ·

2024/09/09

Saad Qureshi’s artworks range from painting, works on paper to sculpture. He is a multi prize-winner and has exhibited the world over. In this episode, he talks about memories of his childhood in Pakistan and the experience of moving to Bradford where he was later to witness riots. He speaks about how memory is a... Continue Reading →

Considering Art Podcast – Catarina Diaz, collage and...

Considering Art Podcast ·

2024/07/22

In this episode, Catarina Diaz talks about how memories of a childhood in the Portuguese colony of Angola are central to her collages, how a period of depression turned her from a successful career in education to becoming a full time artist, how her art emphasises the beauty of life and seeks to empower viewers... Continue Reading →

Considering Art Podcast – Matt Jacob, photographer

Considering Art Podcast ·

2024/07/15

In this episode, Matt Jacob talks about his artistic mission to capture different peoples and cultures across the world, how an illness in his youth focused his mind on life’s fragility, his journey towards becoming a professional photographer, some of the stories behind his series taken in often remote parts of the world, the technical... Continue Reading →

Considering Art Podcast – Ben Edge, folklore artist

Considering Art Podcast ·

2024/07/08

In this episode, Ben Edge talks about his paintings that document the extraordinary ancient customs and rituals that abound in Britain, how he was inspired by eccentric family members, how a trip to the Tower of London first fired his passion for folklore, some of the interesting characters he has come across, what old folk... Continue Reading →

Considering Art Podcast – Laura Ford, sculptor and...

Considering Art Podcast ·

2024/07/01

In this episode, Laura talks about her childhood in a fairground family in Wales, the early influence of magical, other-worldly artists, how she was nearly thrown out of art school, representing Wales at the 2005 Venice Biennale, why her works can be bitter-sweet and wrapped in absurdist humour, and about some of the pieces in... Continue Reading →

Considering Art Podcast – Lottie Cole, painter

Considering Art Podcast ·

2024/06/24

In this episode, Lottie talks about how she became interested in painting her signature period interiors and why people are absent from them, how she makes references to modern British mainly female artists, the importance of making work that’s visually appealing that bursts with symbolism and deeper meaning for those who want it, the influence... Continue Reading →

Considering Art Podcast – Ros Burgin, sculptor

Considering Art Podcast ·

2024/06/17

Ros Burgin combines her love of sculpture with a compulsion to express her feelings about environmental causes. In this episode, she talks about how a previous career on sailing ships first gave her a direct experience of pollution and climate change, how sculpture for her is object and material based, how water emerged as a... Continue Reading →

Considering Art Podcast – Mark James, painter and...

Considering Art Podcast ·

2024/06/10

In this episode, British abstract artist and filmmaker Mark James talks about his tortuous route to securing a place at Goldsmith’s art college, how he witnessed the Freeze exhibition mounted by the so-called Young British Artists, YBAs, and how he made a subsequent film about it, the intrigue behind his first film about the American... Continue Reading →

Considering Art Podcast – Nelson Ferreira, painter

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2024/06/03

London-based Portuguese artist Nelson Ferreira has studied different painting and drawing styles throughout the world including Russian and Greek iconography, Indian miniatures and old Master Flemish techniques. His own art reflects many of these influences. He is also a teacher of art and in this episode is highly critical of current art school teachers accusing... Continue Reading →

Considering Art Podcast – David Stewart, photographer

Considering Art Podcast ·

2024/05/27

In this episode, much sought-after British photographer David Stewart talks about how he started taking pictures on Morecambe beach, how he learned the tricks of the trade as an assistant in London, how he developed an off-beat humorous style, how his 2015 Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize-winning photograph was about disconnection in the modern world and... Continue Reading →