In our latest podcast episode, Luke Jerram talks about the ideas behind some of his spectacular and highly popular installations, sculptures and live events that have been shown around the world. These include Park and Slide, originally installed as a playful work in his native Bristol, Play Me I’m Yours in which his team installed some 2,000 street pianos for people to play in public spaces and which grew out of another work called Sky Orchestra. His Glass Microbiology series, giant glass versions of viruses, has been recently augmented by Covid-19, and his most popular installation, a replica of the moon entitled Museum of the Moon, has been viewed by millions the world over.

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You can see more of Luke Jerram’s works on lukejerram.com

The top shot of Luke Jerram at the 2021 Visual Art Centre is ©Mark Bickerdike

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In our latest podcast episode, British artist Nicole Wassall tells of how she gave up consultancy to realise her dream of becoming an artist, how her artistic approach has been inspired by neuroscientific research, her feelings of enlightenment when seeing certain works by Rothko and Bacon, how a “suffragette” coin inspired a feminist artwork and how a hidden camera above it provided surprising footage.

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You can see the compromising footage of Nicole’s social experiment here

All images are ©Nicole Wassall

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In our latest podcast, UK-based artist Henry Jabbour talks about having to leave his native Lebanon because of constant war and political instability, how he gave up a highly successful career as a medical scientist to follow his passion for art, how he expresses emotion in his paintings through body gesture and rich colour, and his recent love for sculpture.

All images are © Henry Jabbour

Henry Jabbour is currently showing at Pontone Gallery in London

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In our latest podcast episode, South African artist Teresa Kutala Firmino describes the brutal and violent atmosphere that existed in her home town of Pomfret within the community of 32 Battalion, a special forces insurgency group that fought in the South African Border War between 1966 – 1989. She talks about how the colourful tableaux she creates include symbolic re-enactments of the trauma felt by the families within the military community and she describes her personal experiences of discrimination as a young woman in South Africa today.

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All images are ©Teresa Kutala Firmino

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In our latest podcast episode, British sculptor Abigail Fallis talks about her training as a blacksmith and silversmith, her Cock-Eyed Jack men’s underpants work that first gave her public recognition, her DNA DL90 sculpture consisting of 22 shopping trolleys constructed in the shape of the DNA double helix, and her various pieces that offer often humorous takes on serious issues such as consumerism and environmentalism.

• In Cod We Trust
  
• King of Spades
  
• Only Here for the Halibut
  

All images are ©Abigail Fallis

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In our latest podcast episode, British painter Eleanor Johnson talks about how winning the Young Artist Award from the Society for Women Artists was a significant moment in her career. She also tells how she practises witchcraft, has a vivid dream life, has a love of the Baroque, champions the male nude and is influenced by Celtic mythology.

You can see more of Eleanor Johnson’s work on http://www.eleanor-johnson.com

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Jason deCaires Taylor is a British sculptor who has created numerous spectacular underwater sculpture parks and museums around the world. His first one off the Caribbean island of Grenada has been listed as one of the top 25 Wonders of the World by National Geographic. In our latest podcast, he talks about how his idea developed, how his concrete installations develop into artificial reefs that foster the growth of marine life, how he has married his artistry with marine conservation and diving skills and how his series of sculptures offer a commentary on our relationship with the environment.

All images are ©Jason deCaires Taylor

You can see many more examples of his work on https://www.underwatersculpture.com/

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In our latest podcast episode, Russian-born America-based photographer Anastasia Samoylova talks about her studies in Russia, her move to America, the influence of Russian constructivism in her early work and how a move to Florida resulted in an ongoing project highlighting the dichotomy between a state that advertises the good life while experiencing the gradual but corrosive effect of climate change.

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All images are ©Anastasia Samoylova

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In our latest podcast episode, one of the UK’s most eminent sculptors Nigel Hall talks about how art is in his blood, how he subverted sculptural tradition at art school, how places and landscapes such as the Mojave desert influence his art, his love of geometric shapes, void and shadow, and how memory and loss are recurrent themes in his work.

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All images are ©Nigel Hall RA. His exhibition Tangled Up in Blue is showing at Annely Juda Fine Art until 30 April

You can see more of Nigel Hall’s work at https://www.nigelhallartist.com

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In our latest podcast episode, ceramicist Carol McNicoll talks about her early beginnings making textiles for repertory theatre, how she was able to subvert the traditional idea of ceramics while at the Royal Academy of Art, how decoration, functionality and playfulness are essential features of her work, and how the 2003 Iraq War led to a more political and satirical aspect to her oeuvre.

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All images are courtesy Carol McNicoll.

Carol is currently part of the exhibition Pioneering Women showing online at the Oxford Ceramics Gallery until 27 March 2021

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