Ep.90 Martin Green/DouVision - Ministry of Arts Podcast

This week Gary Mansfield speaks to Martin Green (@martin_green_sound)

As a DJ during the early 90's, Martin Green founded the club SMASHING, which was epicentre of the Britpop scene. He became features editor of Beige magazine, interviewing various cult figures, artists and actors. In addition, he reviews plays, shows and events for the publication

In 2012, Martin teamed up with James Lawler and established DuoVision to curate exhibitions by undervalued artists, photographers and designers aiming to engage a wider audience.

DuoVision also work extensively with the LGBT creative community.

Music, performance and discussion are also integral to DuoVision, with exhibition soundtracks produced by Marc Almond and Jarvis Cocker.

For more information on Martin Green and his work go to https://www.martingreensound.com

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This week Gary Mansfield speaks to Ben Tallon (@bentallon)   Ben Tallon is an illustrator, hand painted lettering specialist, author and host of Arrest All Mimics podcast. He has developed a unique, organic, energetic brand of image making with many clients including Channel 4, The Guardian, World Wrestling Entertainment, Penguin Books, The Premier League and Unicef among many others.   The style is highly diverse and works across many disciplines, for print, digital, animated, live, set design and large scale media. Ben's passion for the creative industry and forward thinking led to having his debut book, Champagne and Wax Crayons.   In October 2020, Ben Tallon released YA MUM, a rancid collection of short stories, moments and embarrassments from Britain’s cultural underbelly. He invites you to take a naughty peek through the two-way mirror, onto all things dubious and dirty at the arse-end of British life.   For more information on YA MUM go to www.bentallonwriter.com   For full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www. ministryofarts.org Email: [email protected] Social Media: @ministryofartsorg

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This week Gary Mansfield speaks to one of the world’s most innovative sculptors; Richard Wilson.

Richard Wilson is one of Britain’s most renowned sculptors. He is internationally celebrated for his interventions in architectural space which draw heavily for their inspiration from the worlds of engineering and construction.

Wilson has exhibited widely nationally and internationally for over thirty years and has made major museum exhibitions and public works in countries as diverse as Japan, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Australia and numerous countries throughout Europe. Wilson has also represented Britain in the Sydney, Sao Paulo, Venice and Aperto Biennial and the Yokohama Triennal, was nominated for the Turner Prize on two occasions and was awarded the prestigious DAAD residency in Berlin 1992/3. He was one of a select number of artists invited to create a major public work for The Millennium Dome and the only British artist invited to participate in Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000, Japan.

Wilson was in 2004 appointed Visiting Research Professor at the University of East London, in 2006 he was elected as a member of the Royal Academy and in 2008 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate at the University of Middlesex.

For more information on Richard Wilson and his work go to www.richardwilsonsculptor.com

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This week Gary Mansfield speaks to Mikey Georgeson (@bloodandbrambles).   Mikey Georgeson has been a musician/songwriter and visual artist for as long as he can remember. Performing as Mr Solo, then later lead singer of David Devant and His Spirit Wife, Mikey enjoyed closely interacting with the audience, something he often brings to his visual work.   Mikey Georgeson is a multi-disciplined artist that uses painting, drawing, video, installation or performance in his practice. Five years after beginning a doctorate, in 2019 Mikey was awarded a doctorate at the University of East London.   For more information on Mikey Georgeson and his work go to www.mikeygeorgeson.com   For full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www. ministryofarts.org Email: [email protected] Social Media: @ministryofartsorg

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This week Gary Mansfield speaks to Nathan, the Father of Background Bob (@background_bob)   Background Bob is a severely disabled young lad, that just so happened to make hundreds of new friends during lock-down, by collaborating with some of the biggest names on the Street Art scene. Before long he had artists from all over the World contacting him asking him to join in.   He hand-painted 250 cardboard backgrounds to be transformed into new collaborative artworks by his new friends. Background Bob, his family and friends have now created a book titled Background Bob & His Amazing Friends containing images of each collaboration and are selling them with all proceeds going to the local Hospital that has always cared for him.   For your own copy of Background Bob & His Amazing Friends go to his Instagram page @background_bob or visit www. colchesteripswichcharity.org.uk/backgroundbob   For full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www. ministryofarts.org Email: [email protected] Social Media: @ministryofartsorg

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This week Gary Mansfield speaks to Sarah Maple (@sarahmapleart)   Sarah Maple is a multi-disciplined artist that takes a very British approach to confront very British attitudes. Being of mixed race (Mother is Kenyan and Father British) and having been brought up a Muslim, Sarah has witnessed bigotry and discrimination from various directions, be it racial, cultural, sexual, etc.   Since winning the New Sensations award in 2007, straight out of University, she has developed an ingenious tool to highlight and confront the aforementioned bigotry and discrimination; Sarah applies the perfect amount of satirical humour into her work, that the viewer is forced, before they realise it, to take a definite political or cultural stance. If you are not laughing with her, you are laughing at yourself, from the other side of the fence.   In 2015 Sarah won a Sky Arts Scholarship to produce a new body of work and in 2020 [mid-pandemic], teamed up with Sky Arts to break new ground and produce six 10-minute Sitcom episodes, which, in real time, cumulate to a solo show named Sarah Maple’s Nazi Sexy Shark Show at the Jealous East Gallery, curated by Kate Bryan.   For more information on Sarah Maple and his work go to www.sarahmaple.com For full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www. ministryofarts.org Email: [email protected]   Social Media: @ministryofartsorg

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This week Gary Mansfield speaks to Gerald O’Dowd.   Gerald is a multi-disciplined artist; whose work predominantly focuses on mental health.   He had quite a hectic life growing up in Woolwich, SE London, as part of a fairly large Irish family, 4 brothers and a sister. His family would later be pushed into the limelight in the early 80’s, when his brother George formed the iconic group Culture Club.   Gerald had been experiencing mental health issues for some time, which culminated in him being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and being held in a secure Hospital for several years.   The classes he took as art therapy, lead him into a BA and later an MA in Fine Art.   For more information on Gerald O’Dowd and his work go to www.geraldodowd.co.uk   For full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www. ministryofarts.org Email: [email protected] Social Media: @ministryofartsorg

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This week Gary Mansfield speaks to Lyle Owerko (@lyleowerko)   Lyle Owerko is a Canadian Photographer that has lived in several countries, he currently resides in LA.   On September 11th 2001, Lyle became responsible for capturing one of the most dramatic photographs since the invention of the camera.   Having not yet unpacked from a recent flight, Lyle grabbed his camera bag as the explosion of the first plane hitting Tower #1 was heard. With panic and debris filling the Manhattan air, Lyle, like everyone else, thought it was a devastating accident, until the second plane was seen banking around in the direction of Tower #2.   Time Magazine showed Lyle’s photograph of a fire-ball exiting all four sides of Tower #2 on its cover. As an image, it is aesthetically beautiful. However, the actions that created it, makes it one of the most powerful, harrowing, disturbing and thought provoking photographs we are ever likely to see.   For more information on Lyle Owerko and his work go to www.lyleowerko.com   For full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www. ministryofarts.org Email: [email protected] Social Media: @ministryofartsorg

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This week Gary Mansfield speaks to Natasha Dove (@dvsy_artography). Natasha Dove has only taken the leap to show the world her work during lock-down. Producing photography within an urban environment is the first step of Natasha’s artwork. She spending hours in post-production to create a secondary artwork from each image, what Natasha calls her Artography. Being a bold, intriguing, almost abstract image, each piece of Artography entices and draws in the viewer. It is only upon closer inspection that one discovers the manipulation of the underlying urban image. For more information on Natasha Dove and her work go to www.dvsyart.com For full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www. ministryofarts.org Email: [email protected] Social Media: @ministryofartsorg

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This week Gary Mansfield speaks to Matt Jukes (@mattjukes). Matt Jukes is an Australian print-maker that made London his home in 2004.   Known for his mountainous, sounds caped mono-prints, Matt is in the process of adjusting his practice to create works on canvas.   In this episode, Matt tells how music plays a vital role in both his mono-prints and his current work, the impacted of the closure of art fairs and how lock-down may have an ever-lasting effect on the relationship between the gallery and the artist.   For more information on Matt Jukes and his work go to www.mattjukes.ink   For full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www. ministryofarts.org Email: [email protected] Social Media: @ministryofartsorg

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