The Artist Word

James Reka a.k.a. RekaOne, is an Australian street artist. Coming from a creative family, he’s quickly attracted by graffiti that he discovers by taking the train each day to get to school. He explains the birth of his passion, especially driven by his taste for risk, and his evolution to the quest for a unique style.

The origins of the style he developed for over 15 years, relies particularly on its classical influences. Known for his Street art but coming from the graffiti world, he gives us his opinion on these two movements between which there can be friction.

Reka closes the interview by explaining the importance of experimenting in his art because, in his view, it is the only way to expand and evolve. It is also a message he gives to the young generation of artists among other advices.

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James Reka on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/rekaone/

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Produced and edited by Pierre de Montesquiou

Originally produced in 2016

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Erwin Olaf is a Dutch multidisciplinary artist born in 1959 in Hilversum. He is mainly known for his highly polished and stylized photography. Working exclusively with a Hasselblad camera, he creates entire sets to compose atmospheres and worlds out of his fantasies.

He started his career as a journalist and after a trip to Paris where he met the work of Pierre and Gilles or Yves Klein, he fell in love with art. The cinema of Visconti, Antonioni and Pasolini was also a great influence for him as well as the Neue Deutsche Welle and the work of Werner Herzog and Fassbinder.

Later on he was introduced to the famous choreographer Hans Van Manen who showed him the work of Robert Mapplethorpe, Joel Peter Witkin or George Platt Lynes. This is when he started to build his own knowledge and took it as a root to his own style.

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1:11 : Erwin Olaf intro

1:44 : Fantasizing

2:21 : David Bowie's influence

3:07 : Choosing a path

4:03 : First encounter with art

5:40 : Finding photography

7:27 : Working with an Hasselblad

8:55 : Advice to young photographers

9:52 : Erwin Olaf's work evolution

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Erwin Olaf Website : https://www.erwinolaf.com/

Erwin Olaf on instagram : https://www.instagram.com/studioerwinolaf

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Originally produced in 2015

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Walton Ford is an American artist, painter and print-maker born in 1960. He is known for his large-scale watercolors inspired by 18th or 19th century naturalists like Barraband or Audubon. Hi artwork explores the relationships between humans and nature. He builds narratives out of old stories involving animals in history and subvert them in contemporary interpretations.

In this podcast episode, he explains how his childhood, different travels or withdrawn passions have made him the artist he is today.

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0:00 : Walton Ford intro

01:14 : Walton Ford childhood

03:30 : His brother influence

04:08 : From a passion to another

04:48 : Walton Ford's influences

05:19 : Walton Ford's style

07:20 : Natural history illustrations in a contemporary world

09:46 : Epilogue

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Claire Morgan is an artist born in Belfast and currently living in Newcastle. She is known for her sculpture made with taxidermy and plastic crumbs but also for her watercolor and more recently paintings. Her work gives importance to nature, death and time.

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01:11 : Claire Morgan Intro

03:05 : "The Dream" by Le Douanier Rousseau

04:39 : Growing in Northern Ireland

06:57 : Art Studies

07:58 : Using organic materials

09:28 : Using animals

10:39 : The art of taxidermy

12:44 : Starting to draw

14:16 : Claire Morgan's lessons

15 :26 : Claire Morgan's advice to young artist

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Claire Morgan website : http://claire-morgan.co.uk/

Claire Morgan Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/clairemorganstudio/

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The last time you went to see an exhibition, did you wonder why the artists worked that way or had that style?

This podcast lets them speak, they are the ones who tell their stories.

You will learn how an artwork, an encounter or different life experiences have made them the artists they are today.

You will discover how it all began, who is the artist behind the artwork.

The Artist Word is part of the Our Choices network, you can follow us on the IG account https://www.instagram.com/ourchoices.art/ we’ll be happy to answer your messages or comments.

Produced by Pierre de Montesquiou.