In this episode, Dave Koppel relates some of the extraordinary capers he got up to while working as a paparazzo in the London of the 1980s and ’90s taking photos of the likes of Bowie, Brando, Jagger, Dylan, Cruise, Prince et al. He explains how he then bought a gallery and began photographing landscapes and portraits of ordinary people for his book Still Waters. Recently, he has been re-versioning some of his old work into what he calls Pap Art, and collaborating with other artists too.

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Marlon Brando

Joanna Lumley from Absolutely Fabulous, NYC

Mundesley, Norfolk

The Clown

Jailbirds

Smoke, The Beatles and George Martin at Abbey Road Studios, 1967

Prince – Light Leak

You can see more of Dave Koppel’s work on his website

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In this episode, British sculptor Diane Maclean talks about how studying modern languages helped her subsequent career, how she first achieved success as a portrait painter, how she began sculpting, why stainless steel became her preferred material and how themes of natural, earthly phenomena have become prevalent in her work.

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Seated Hands, 1995

Forest of Light, 2012

Time Beam II at Stansted Airport, made in collaboration with artist Hugh Tessier

Aeolus, 2005

All images are ©Diane Maclean

You can see more of Diane’s work on her website

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In this episode, the Nigerian abstract expressionist talks about his unusual family background, his peripatetic education, how he came to New York to stay out of trouble, the Yoruba influences in his work both cultural and philosophical, how art has become like a religion to him and how he has reacted to current issues such as Black Lives Matter.

All images are ©Moyosore Martins and used with permission

You can see more of Moyosore’s work here

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In this episode, Irish painter Vincent Devine talks about his unusual portraits in which he depicts both the visible and the invisible, how his works are loaded with symbolism and how his depictions of such as John Hume, Vincent van Gogh, Artemisia Gentileschi, Sir Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II interpret personal aspects from a global perspective and following detailed research.

Vincent Devine talking with Bob Chaundy

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All images are ©Vincent Devine

You can see more of Vincent’s works on his website

Ellipsis is currently showing at Reem Gallery, Soho until 22 October 2022

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In this episode, London-based British-Iranian artist Hana Shahnavaz talks about her bi-cultural upbringing, how she makes her own paint from raw materials some of which she forages, the importance of reconnecting with nature, the influence of Persian miniatures on her work, her experience of violent protest in Iran and her contribution to The Old Man US TV series.

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You can see more of Hana’s work on her website

She will be showing work at the StART22 Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery, London 12 – 16 October 2022

All images are ©Hana Shahnavaz and used with her permission.

In this episode, Jemma Powell talks about how she takes her inspiration from nature, her career as an actress, how she came to painting and the influences she draws upon, the importance of making mistakes, how she balances work and family life, and about her new solo exhibition Searching for Stillness.

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All images are ©Jemma Powell

Searching for Stillness is showing at Cricket Fine Art 5-21 October 2022

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In this episode, US-based Indian artist Pritika Chowdhry talks about her Partition Anti-Memorial Project which challenges, through art, official accounts of Partition in India and the way they have played down the plight of marginalised groups particularly women. She talks about the way she visualises how rape was used as a weapon in Partition and subsequent riots, and how she takes casts of memorials in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, and showing them together in a spirit of healing.

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All images are ©Pritika Chowdhry and used with permission.

The Partition Anti-Memorial Project is currently showing as part of the Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories exhibition at the South Asia Institute in Chicago until 10 December 2022.

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In this episode, Scottish painter Ken Currie talks about how his tough background shaped his view that violence is part of the human condition, he tells the stories behind early works such as Glasgow Triptych and Scottish Mercenaries, about the nightmarish Krankenhaus, the rituals behind Bird People, the terror of his Down in the Woods Triptych, the ambiguity within his new series Black Boat, his occasional portraits, and he lists some of the paintings that continue to haunt him.

All images are © Ken Currie and courtesy Flowers Gallery

Ken Currie’s latest exhibition, Black Boat, is showing at Flowers Gallery East until 5 November 2022

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In this episode, Adrian Fisk talks about how a cyclone in Bangladesh changed his life, how he spent eight years photographing in India, and about his new book and exhibition entitled Until the Last Oak Falls in which he documents the extraordinary campaigns of British environmental protesters in the 1990s, most notably against the Newbury by-pass and the city-based Reclaim the Streets, looking at the issues, the tactics, the conditions and the after-effects.

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All images are ©Adrian Fisk and used with his permission. Top image is courtesy of Helen Abraham.

You can see more of Adrian’s images on his website here

The exhibition of the book, Until the Last Oak Falls is showing at the Islington Climate Centre until 15 September 2022.

In this episode, Jeffery Becton talks about his fascination with the ocean both in reality and symbolically, how he spurned the personal advice of Robert Motherwell, how his digital montage technique using Adobe Photoshop leads to photographs of altered realities creating an unsettling sense of emptiness, and ambiguity, and how rising sea levels pose a threat to our planet.

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All images are ©Jeffery Becton

The top shot shows Jeffery Becton in front of his photograph The Approaches

The exhibition Between Two Worlds with Andrea Hamilton is showing at AH Studio 68 Kinnerton Street, London SW1X 8ER until 31 August 2022

You can see more of Jeffery’s work on his website

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