Considering Art Podcast

By Bob ChaundyArts Visual Arts

Considering Art Podcast episodes

December 20, 2021 Considering Art Podcast – Aoife van Linden Tol, explosive artist
In this podcast, Aoife van Linden Tol tells why she chose art initially over science, how her interest in explosives began, about some of her explosive artworks, how she became fascinated by cosmology, how her artist residency at the European Space Agency was “life changing”, and how her resultant ESA project Star Storm unfolded.
Aoife van Linden Tol talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
From Scorched
From Carbon
From Alma
From Star Storm
All images are ©Aoife van Linden Tol
You can see more of Aoife’s works including videos on her website
Top image and Star Storm images courtesy of Sebastian Heriou
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
41 min
December 13, 2021 Considering Art Podcast – Sally Loughridge, painter and printmaker
In this episode, British artist Sally Loughridge talks about how her horizons were broadened at art school in Oxford, how she expressed the movement of ballet dancers after viewing them in rehearsals, her career in costume design in TV, film and theatre, and her love of printmaking.
Sally Loughridge talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Rhythms through Space -painting
Girl in a Striped Dress and Three Girls on a Train – drypoints
Leaf Fragments and Leaf Maps – etchings
Windy Day Trees and Winter Tree III – drypoints
All images are ©Sally Loughridge
You can see more of Sally’s works on her website
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
32 min
December 06, 2021 Considering Art Podcast – Hughie O’Donoghue RA, painter
In this episode, Hughie O’Donoghue talks about how his father’s wartime experiences became a subject of his paintings, his rejection of conceptual art, how he was inspired by the landscape of County Mayo in Ireland, how a beached ship became a recurring motif in his work, how his paintings are multi-layered both physically and psychologically, how urban landscapes appear in his current exhibition for the first time and how the complexity of history informs his forthcoming show marking the centenary of the birth of the Irish state.
Hughie O’Donoghue talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Anabasis, a work in 24 parts
Crossing the Rapido
White Heat
Wake I and Wake II on tarpaulin
Creek I and Creek II on sandbags
Adrift II on tarpaulin
All images are ©Hughie O’Donoghue. Top shot credit: Nicholas Sinclair
Hughie O’Donoghue’s current show, Deep Water and the Architecture of Memory is showing at Marlborough London until 15 January 2022
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
40 min
November 29, 2021 Considering Art Podcast – Peter Layton, glassblower
In this podcast, octogenarian master glass artist Peter Layton talks about the excitement he still feels for working with glass, how he turned to the medium from ceramics, how he set up his London Glassblowing Company to keep alive the ancient tradition of glassblowing as an art form, emulating artists such as van Gogh and Klimt for some of his commissions, and the variety and versatility of the medium.
Peter Layton talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
London Glassblowing Company gallery including Peter Layton’s poppies on the back wall. Photo: Alick Cotterill
Peter Layton pieces influenced by Gustav Klimt. Photos: Ester Sagarra
Sunflower after van Gogh. Photo: Ester Segarra

Blue Wedge. Photo: Alick Cotterill
You can see more of Peter Layton images on the London Glassblowing website
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
29 min
November 22, 2021 Considering Art Podcast – Steve Gschmeissner, scientific photographer
In this episode, photographer and microscopist Steve Gschmeissner talks about his scientific background, how he uses a scanning electron microscope to photograph subjects not visible to the naked eye, how he creates beautiful pictures through skilful colouring and how he has been embraced by the art world for album covers, exhibitions, fashion and for the work of other artists.
Steve Gschmeissner talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Covid-19 virus
Rhingia or hover fly
A biting midge
Red blood cells and platelets
Posters using Steve Gschmeissner’s images
Peter Gabriel album
An Iris van Herpen dress based on a Steve Gschmeissner image
All images are © S. Gschmeissner
You can see more of Steve’s images on his website here
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
31 min
November 08, 2021 Considering Art Podcast – Ceri Pritchard, painter
In this podcast, Welsh painter Ceri Pritchard talks about being brought up by two artist parents, why he dropped sculpture for painting, how he came to live in Mexico, why creating unsettling works is more interesting to him than the comfortable and reassuring, his love of worlds within worlds in his paintings, his use of domestic mundane iconography and his goal to make his pictures attractive for the viewer.
Ceri Pritchard talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
The Threat
Anthromorphic Afternoon I
Reflection IV
Hoover 8
Paradoxes
An Evening In
All images are ©Ceri Pritchard
You can see more of Ceri’s work on his website
His exhibition Paradoxes is showing at MOMA, Machynlleth until 13 November 2021
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
35 min
November 01, 2021Considering Art Podcast – Gbolohan Ayoola, Nigerian painter and sculptor
In our latest podcast, Nigerian artist Gbolohan Ayoola talks about the art scene in his hometown of Lagos, the state of the art market for Nigerians and Africans in general, the deficiencies of an art college education, the influences that drive him as an artist, his “blue woman” series, how current issues such as police brutality and global migration have shaped his work and how his latest works dream of a future African renaissance.
Gbolohan Ayoola talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Blue Woman with the Sun on her Head
Blue in Bliss
Eyes Wide Shut and Man and Balance, 2021
One Side with Another and One Head in Two, 2021
The Parade, 2021
All images are © Gbolohan Ayoola
We are Reagents is presented by the London-based curatorial and advisory service Kanbi Projects and is showing at The Federal Palace, Lagos November 4 -7.
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
32 min
October 25, 2021Considering Art Podcast – Brett Murray, South African satirical artist
In this latest podcast, Brett Murray describes his upbringing as a white person in apartheid South Africa, how the 1976 Soweto riots changed his life, how he used his art to help in the struggle against the apartheid regime, his self-exile in London and his triumphant return when the African National Congress was unbanned, how he set up a sculpture department at Stellenbosch University, his satirical artwork criticising the corruption and greed within the now ruling ANC, The Spear controversy and his recent, softer work looking at family and the impact of global warming.
Brett Murray talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Soldier, 1985
From White Boy Sings the Blues, 1996
Zulu
Amandla
The Spear, 2012
Africa, 2000
Bide and Witness from Limbo, 2012
All images are ©Brett Murray
Top shot credit: Stephanie Veldman
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
Limbo is showing at Everard Read Gallery, London until 2 November 2012
35 min
October 18, 2021Considering Art Podcast – Thomas Allen, painter
In this podcast, Thomas Allen describes his current woodland life, how sociological theories inform his work, his opinion that human beings need to be “de-centred” from the natural world, how Jung’s concept of the collective unconscious inspired his so-called contemporary cave paintings, and the new work being prepared for his Mall Galleries exhibition next year.
Thomas Allen talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Contemporary Cave Painting Fitzrovia (south wall) Watch the video here
An Imagined Loss, winner of the Seaward Prize, National Open Art Exhibition, 2013
Workers 1, 2 and 3 from the In Spirit Invertebrate series
The Net, shortlisted for the Threadneedle Prize 2014
Born Forsaken, winner of first prize in Figurative Art Now
All images are ©Thomas Allen
You can see more of Thomas Allen’s work on his website where you can also link to his blog.
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
33 min
October 11, 2021 Considering Art Podcast – Nicola Hicks, sculptor
In this podcast, eminent UK sculptor and drawer Nicola Hicks talks about the privilege of having both parents as artists, her difficulties fitting in at school, the problems of early success, her raw sculpting style, the darkness of her subject matter, and how working on her latest exhibition, Dump Circus, helped her through the anxiety she felt during lockdown.
Nicola Hicks talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Circus Horse, 2008
Banker II, 2009
Relic, 2014
Have Storm Need Port (Crow Dance) 2015
From Dump Circus, 2021
Dump Circus is showing at Flowers Gallery East 13 October – 18 December 2021
All images are ©Nicola Hicks and courtesy Flowers Gallery
Top photo of Nicola Hicks is by Antonio Parente
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
39 min