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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 functional pottery while making stand alone artworks as well, and how these have developed into multiple plate installations.
Molly Hatch talking with Bob Chaundy
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American Story from John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 2009
Physic Garden, 2014
Repertoire, Newark Museum, NJ, 2017
Ducerre, Muséé des Beaux Arts, Montreal, 2022
Amalgam, Sarasota Art Museum, Fla, 2024
Amalgam is showing at the Sarasota Art Museum until 26 April 2026
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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 vital theme in his works, his emphasis on cultural unity, notions of Paradise and how he visualises these in sculptural tableaux he calls “mindscapes”.
Saad Qureshi talking with Bob Chaundy
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A Handful of Paradise, 2024 (detail)
A Handful of Paradise, 2024
Valley of Mist, 2024
Tanabanas, 2023, Meeting the Unknown and New Arrival
Saad Qureshi: A Handful of Paradise is showing at I de V L’Etrangere 18 September – 14 December 2024
Gallery photos courtesy Hugh Pryor
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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 to work on their creative selves by exploring their inner world, how her collages explore modern female identity, and how she has delved into fashion and collaborated with other artists, musicians and film directors.
Catarina Diaz talking with Bob Chaundy
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I See
Mindfulness
Quintessence
Splendour
Set You Free
Life Illuminated
All images are © Catarina Diaz
You can see more of Catarina’s work on her website
Flux Exhibition is showing 25-28 July 2024
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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 equipment he uses to photograph his subjects, and about his MOOD Podcast in which he invites fellow photographers to ruminate on their profession.
Matt Jacob talking with Bob Chaundy
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Woman in rice field, Bali, Indonesia
Liu Jun, cormorant fisherman, China
Ahori, Sadhu, Varanasi, India
Bedouin from the series Lost Tribes
Button Family, Utah, USA
All images are © Matt Jacob
You can see more of Matt’s work on his website
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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 traditions provide for communities and how they act as a mirror to our history and connect us to our past.
Ben Edge talking with Bob Chaundy
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The Animal Handler, 2009
Dress for the Party, 2019, portrait of Steve Edge
The Burryman, 2018
The Dorset Ooser, 2022
The Flaming Barrels of Ottery St Mary, 2020
In My Nature (Self-portrait as the Green Man), 2021
All images are © Ben Edge
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Music clips: Lowry at the Door by Ben Edge and the Electric Pencils, and New Tradition by Ben Edge
Folklore Rising, published by Watkins Books is due out on 8 October 2024
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 her new show called Under This Roof.
Laura Ford talking with Bob Chaundy
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Watercolour of Girl with Devil on her Shoulder, 2014
Glory, Glory with Bronze Hat, 2005 Venice Biennale
Weeping Girl, 2009
Armoured Boys, 2014
Limited Penguins, 2012
In Remembrance 2, 1998
Giraffe, 2013
Fuel Injection, 2024
Chintz Girls, 1998
All images are © Laura Ford
Top photo courtesy Jesse Wild
Laura’s latest exhibition Under This Roof is showing at Bo Lee and Workman 6 July – 8 September 2024
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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 of poetry and why portrayals of girls reading are a recurring feature in several of her paintings.
Lottie Cole talking with Bob Chaundy
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Interior with Kathleen Guthrie Painting and Elisabeth Frink Head, 2017
Home of the Paleoethnobotanist
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Yeats Long-Legged Fly, 2024
AE Houseman The Loveliest of Trees, 2023
Interior with Young Girl Reading I, 2024
Stephen Spender From the Truly Great, 2024
TS Eliot Four Quartets, 2023
All images are © Lottie Cole
Lotties’s exhibition A Commonplace Exhibition of Paintings is showing at Long and Ryle 3 July – 9 August 2024
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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 key area of her practice, the types of found materials she uses, the ingenuity behind recontextualising them, how female equality is another concern and how a recent trip to the Arctic icecap has inspired a future series of works.
Ros Burgin talking with Bob Chaundy
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Lifelines
Another Country (with detail) made from fishing net rollers and cable ties
Migration, made from shuttlecocks
Away with Words, made from the “list of works” books for Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Skylines, made from escalator handrails and containing the names of female pilots
All images are © Ros Burgin
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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 sculptor Carl Andre, how films about other artists both dead and alive re-awakened his desire to resume painting, how random shapes and forms inspire his abstract work and how he strives to create emotion in his paintings.
Mark James talking with Bob Chaundy
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Come Fly with Me, 2024
Don’t Fence Me In, 2015
Dettaglio #4, 2023
One For My Baby, 2024
You can see more of Mark’s work on his website
Mark’s exhibition Vivid is showing at Cris Contini Contemporary 14 June – 13 July
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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 them of “murdering” craftsmanship. He claims too that contemporary art died decades ago.
Nelson Ferreira talking with Bob Chaundy
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Mater Dolorosa – Virgin of Sorrows, painted in the Russian Byzantine style.
The Exiled, part of the Black Velvet Series, painted at night and exhibited at the National Museum Soares dos Reis (Porto).
The Exiled, part of the Blue Series painted during twilight at Portugal’s National Museum of Contemporary Art (Lisbon).
Penumbra painting Blue G
PlatiGleam painting of the 14th century UNESCO world heritage site of Batalha Monastery, together with the same painting but with the torch of a mobile phone shone upon it.
All images are © Nelson Ferreira
You can see more of Nelson’s works on his website
You can read Nelson’s blog about The Incoherents v Dadaism here
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