Considering Art Podcast

By Bob ChaundyArts Visual Arts

Considering Art Podcast episodes

April 19, 2021Considering Art Podcast – Abigail Fallis, sculptor with a social conscience
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.
Abigail Fallis talking with Bob Chaundy
Cock-eyed Jack series in cotton and silk
Urinal, in stainless steel and red neon
McJudas from The Fast Supper
DNA DL90 here situated at the Cass Foundation, East Sussex in 2006
In Cod We Trust
King of Spades
Only Here for the Halibut
Abigail Fallis with Dodo, expressing her concern for the increasing extinction of species
Banana Splits (curated by MC Llamas) showing at Female Rooms, Fulham Town Hall 20 May-6 June 2021
All images are ©Abigail Fallis
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
35 min
April 05, 2021Considering Art Podcast – Eleanor Johnson, painter
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.
Eleanor Johnson talking with Bob Chaundy
Eleanor’s Young Artists Award-winning drawing, 2018
Eleanor Johnson with her self-portrait and her portrait of Elaine Page from Sky Art’s Portrait Artist of the Year 2020
Forest Bathing from Modern Bathers series, 2019
Offer a Hand, Offer a Smile, 2020
Wool Over Eyes, 2021 from Heart of the Matter at Gillian Jason Gallery, online until 15 April 2021
Brigid and Duir, 2021 from Heart of the Matter at Gillian Jason Gallery, London
You can see more of Eleanor Johnson’s work on http://www.eleanor-johnson.com
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
36 min
March 29, 2021Considering Art Podcast – Jason deCaires Taylor, underwater sculptor
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.
Jason deCaires Taylor talking with Bob Chaundy
Lost Correspondent, 2006 Grenada
Vicissitudes, 2006 Grenada showing how the sculptures become artificial reefs
The Banker and Anthropocene, 2009 Cancun, Mexico
Ocean Atlas, 2014, Bahamas
The Raft of Lampedusa, 2016, Lanzarote
Crossing the Rubicon, 2016 Lanzarote
From the latest underwater sculpture park in Cannes, France.
All images are ©Jason deCaires Taylor
You can see many more examples of his work on https://www.underwatersculpture.com/
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
37 min
March 22, 2021Considering Art Podcast – Anastasia Samoylova, photographer
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.
Anastasia Samoylova talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Samoylova’s early project 5000 Head acknowledged the influence of Russian Constructivism
Desert Mirages and Coral Reef from her Landscape Sublime series
Samoylova’s son after their home was flooded
Gator and Manatee Rescue Van from Floodzone
The Tea Room, Vizcaya and Staircase at King Tide from Floodzone
Roots and Park Avenue, Miami Beach from Floodzone
All images are ©Anastasia Samoylova
Music: http://Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
35 min
March 15, 2021Considering Art Podcast – Nigel Hall RA, sculptor and draughtsman
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.
Nigel Hall RA talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Magnet, 1966
Soda Lake, the work inspired from his trip to the Mojave Desert
Drawings have always been an important part of Nigel Hall’s work
Ellipses are a recurrent theme in Nigel Hall’s oeuvre
Wooden sculptures from the series Here and Now, There and Then
One Plus One Equals One, a tribute to Nigel Hall’s late wife.
Tangled Up in Blue, 2020
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
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
34 min
March 08, 2021 Considering Art Podcast – Carol McNicoll, maverick ceramicist
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.
Carol McNicoll talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
This cockerel-feathered boa made by Carol McNicoll for Brian Eno of Roxy Music is in the collection of the V & A
Axis Pottery Jug, 1999
Jugs, 2011
Expeditionary Coffee Set, 2011
England 1943, teapot from the 1980s
Travellers Tales, 2019
Freedom and Democracy, 2011 Photo: James Fordham
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
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
27 min
March 01, 2021 Considering Art Podcast – Jamie Frost, sculptor and draughtsman
In our latest podcast, Yorkshire sculptor Jamie Frost talks about what persuaded him to become an artist, how he fell in love with wood as a sculptural medium, the sensitivity with which he draws and sculpts, how a serious illness brought a sense of vulnerability and his collaboration with live models to create poses and gestures that form the basis of his works..
Jamie Frost talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Thin on the Ground
Ascent
Detail from Falling Woman
The Gaslighter’s Comeuppance
Detail from Unbrush My Hair
I Don’t Know Why She Swallowed a Fly
All images are ©Jamie Frost.
You can view more of Jamie Frosts’s work on https://www.jamiefrost.com
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
34 min
February 22, 2021 Considering Art Podcast – Sam Gilbey, digital painter and illustrator
In our latest podcast, Sam Gilbey talks about how he echoed his hero David Hockney in moving from conventional fine art to digital painting. He talks about the advantages of digital, his successful work on popular culture artwork such as posters, book covers, podcast designs, fan art and film publicity, the way he composes his publicity art, his fine art parodies and the advice he’d give to young digital painters and designers.
Sam Gilbey talking with Bob Chaundy
Exclusive blu-ray steelbook wraparound cover art, commissioned by Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios (via The Poster Posse) for the home release of Spider-Man: Far From Home,
‘Luncheon of the New Boating Party (after Renoir) inspired by the film Amelie
Hockney parody for the series Bojack Horseman
Napoleon Dynamite – pop culture exhibition
The Godfather (licensed by Paramount Pictures and produced in collaboration with Fanattik).
Another Sam Gilbey parody
All images are courtesy of Sam Gilbey
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
37 min
February 15, 2021Considering Art Podcast – Glen Baxter, artist of the absurd
Glen Baxter talks about the inspirations for his absurdist drawings whose captions offer incongruous intellectual observations on art and philosophy. He talks about his early obsession with comics and cowboys, how he was captivated by Surrealism at art school, how America and Europe first took to his brand of humour, his struggle as a stammerer and how lockdown has been a fertile ground for his oeuvre
Glen Baxter talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
All images are © Glen Baxter
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
39 min
February 08, 2021Considering Art Podcast – Jann Haworth, pop artist.
Jann Haworth, one of the few women associated with the Pop Art movement, talks about growing up in Hollywood, how she found her move to England in 1962 “electrifying”, how and why she opted for soft sculpture while studying at the Slade, her contribution to the cover of the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album designed with her then husband Peter Blake, her time with the Brotherhood of Ruralists and her mural collaborations in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Jann Haworth talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Old Lady and Donuts, Coffee Cups and Comics
Album cover of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Cover for Macbeth in the Arden Shakespeare series
‘Pepper’ redressed in Salt Lake City mural
Cardboard collages from the March series
Part of Work in Progress, a collaboration with daughter, Liberty Blake
All images are courtesy Jann Haworth
Mannequin Defectors is online at Gazelli Art House, London, until 20 February 2021
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
58 min