Considering Art Podcast

By Bob ChaundyArts Visual Arts

Considering Art Podcast episodes

November 09, 2020 Considering Art Podcast – Fanny Rush, portrait painter
For two decades, Fanny Rush has been painting the portraits of high profile figures from the world of entertainment, business, politics and elsewhere. In our latest podcast episode, she tells why she gave up a successful career in the fashion and commercial film industries for painting, how she fell in love with portraiture, who influences her and how she goes about her work.
Fanny Rush talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
An experiment on a bird in an air pump by Joseph Wright of Derby, the picture that captured Fanny Rush’s imagination as a child.
Charles Dance OBE
Former US Ambassador to the Court of St James, Robert H. Tuttle
Elizabeth Philion
Kevin Ching
Ed Frazer
All portraits are ©Fanny Rush
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
32 min
November 02, 2020Considering Art Podcast – Andy Holden, artist polymath
British artist Andy Holden is a sculptor, animator, film-maker, painter, curator, author and musician. In our latest podcast episode, he gives his thoughts on irony and sincerity, the nature of nostalgia, how stealing a rock from an Egyptian pyramid inspired an acclaimed artwork and how he sees the world as a kind of cartoon.
Andy Holden talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
From Towards a United Theory of M!MS, 2013
Pyramid Piece, 2010
Natural Selection Installation Newington Library
The Structure of Feeling, 2020, currently at Block 336, Brixton, until 21 November 2020
All images are courtesy of the artist and galleries.
Opening music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
45 min
October 19, 2020 Considering Art Podcast – Susie MacMurray – installation artist and sculptor
In our latest podcast episode, Susie MacMurray explains why she gave up classical music for art, how she came to specialise in site-specific works, how these incorporate the history and stories of the venues, and how her choice of materials reflects bitter-sweet themes.
Susie MacMurray talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Shell, 2006, Pallant House, Chichester
Echo, 2006, York, St Mary’s
Cloud, 2015, Winchester Great Hall, courtesy Matthew Andrews
Gathering, 2019, Tatton Park Mansion, Cheshire
Murmur, 2020, Pangolin Gallery, London
Medusa, 2014.
Murmur is showing at Pangolin London, King’s Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG 21 October – 22 December 2020
All images are ©Susie MacMurray
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
41 min
October 05, 2020 Considering Art Podcast – Emily Allchurch, digital artist and photographer
In our latest podcast episode, Emily Allchurch talks about her upbringing in Jersey, her switch from sculpture to photography and digital art, her passion for giving Old Master paintings and prints a contemporary rendering, how the pandemic has affected her work and her current focus on Asia.
Emily Allchurch talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images for consideringart.com
Tower of London (after Bruegel), 2005
Urban Chiaroscuro 4 Rome (after Piranesi), 2007
Tokyo Story 5 Cherry Blossom (after Hiroshige), 2011
Babel Hong Kong, 2018
Mirrored Cities II, 2019
All images are ©Emily Allchurch
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
42 min
September 28, 2020Considering Art Podcast – Alexandra Lethbridge, conceptual artist, photographer
In our latest podcast episode, British conceptual artist Alexandra Lethbridge talks about how she uses photography, appropriated imagery, installation and video to examine such themes as deception, illusion, misinformation and the way we process and use information in our world of all-consuming visual culture.
Alexandra Lethbridge talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images for consideringart.com
From the series The Meteorite Hunter, 2014
From the series Other Ways of Knowing, 2016
From the series The Path of an Honest Man, 2017
From the series The Archive of Gesture, 2020
All images are ©Alexandra Lethbridge
You can see more of Alexandra’s works on her website here
Music : Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
38 min
September 20, 2020Considering Art Podcast – Jasmine Pradissitto, artist and scientist
In our latest podcast episode, Dr Jasmine Pradissitto talks about how her training in Quantum Physics has helped her develop as a visual artist, how the discovery of a certain polymer has enabled her to make art and help the environment at the same time, and how artists can offer imagination to aid scientists in their efforts to secure the future for humanity.
Dr Jasmine Pradissitto talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images for consideringart.com
Resonance in Leaves
Dreaming of Schrodinger’s Cat
Do Machines Dream of Electric Gods?
Dystopia
Gaia for the 21st Century
‘Flower Girl who will return upon the buzzing of the bees’, 2020 Horniman Museum
All images are ©Jasmine Pradissitto
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
35 min
September 14, 2020 Considering Art Podcast – Adelaide Damoah, performance artist
In our latest podcast episode, performance artist Adelaide Damoah talks about her Ghanaian heritage, how the condition endometriosis indirectly led to her becoming an artist, how she gave up portrait painting for body art and her interest in colonialism, feminism and racial identity.
Adelaide Damoah talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Who was Amma? from This Is Me, 2016-17
The Inconsistency of the Self, 2017-19
My First Harassment, 2019
Re-animating Shadow Projections of the Real, 2020
Re-animating Shadow Projections of the Real performance, 2020. Courtesy Missan Harriman.
All images are ©Adelaide Damoah.
You can see more on Adelaide Damoah’s website here
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial

41 min
September 06, 2020 Considering Art Podcast – Olivia Kemp, top drawer
In our latest podcast episode, Olivia Kemp talks about her large-scale pen and ink drawings of magical landscapes and interiors full of personal and art historical details. She tells how art has inspired her since childhood, why she prefers pen and ink to paint, her love of the playful in her work and how a residency at the Prado Museum in Madrid five years ago spawned her current solo exhibition in London.
Olivia Kemp talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images for consideringart.com
And Yet the Rubble Thrived
The Archipelago
Melita Maleth
Ascending the High Pass
Sound
Touch
All images are © Olivia Kemp
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
40 min
August 31, 2020 Considering Art Podcast – Deborah Bell, South African painter and sculptor
In our latest podcast episode, South African artist Deborah Bell talks about her early paintings about female objectification and entrapment, her discovery of the art of ancient civilisations, how her work became more spiritual and how her process is like a “dance between will and surrender”.
Deborah Bell talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images for consideringart.com
The Rape of Persephone, 1986
Inside Out (Triptych), 1989
Night is a Huge House II which is in the current Sentinels exhibition
Artemis and Three Dogs at the Leeu Estate

Close-up of Artemis
Crossing (Man and Boat)
Sentinels 2020
All images are ©Deborah Bell
Top shot courtesy of Stella Olivier
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
34 min
August 24, 2020Considering Art Podcast – Hamish Mackie, animal sculptor
In our latest podcast episode, one of the world’s leading sculptors of animals, Hamish Mackie, talks about his upbringing on a farm in Cornwall, how a trip to southern Africa changed his life, and how his “loose” sculpting style helps create a sense of movement and character.
Hamish Mackie talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Andalusian Stallion outside Blenheim Palace
Tawny Owl and Bull Calf Head
Roe Deer
Lions and Elephant Calf
Goodman’s Fields
All images are ©Hamish Mackie
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
32 min