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Ep.234 Piers Secunda - Ministry of Arts Podcast Sep 24, 2023

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Piers Secunda (@pierssecunda)

Piers Secunda was born in London in 1976 and studied painting at Chelsea College of Art in London. Since the late nineties Piers has developed a studio practice using paint in a sculptural manner, rejecting the limitations imposed by the canvas.

Piers’ work has developed into a research heavy practice, which examines some of the most significant subjects of our time, such as energy and technology history and the deliberate destruction of culture.

For more information on the work of Piers Secundago to

https://www.pierssecunda.com

Thank you to @taniburns for making this conversation possible

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Zoë Allen - MoA Bonus Episode 37 Sep 20, 2023

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In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Zoë Allen (@zoedolcevita)

Zoë Allen is the founder and director of Artistic Statements.

Artistic Statements create impactful art installations. Connecting people to place through engaging artistic interventions whilst supporting creative talent by finding unique opportunities to showcase artistic skill.

Artistic interventions can take many forms; from pop-up immersive displays for events, outdoor graphic murals and temporary interactive installations, to large scale permanent public artworks, digital animation design, lighting sculptures and more.

Artistic Statements helps answer commercial objectives through art and manages the process from initial brief through to design development and implementation.

For more information on the work of Zoë Allen go to

https://www.artisticstatements.co.uk

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Ep.233 Lee Wagstaff - Ministry of Arts Podcast Sep 13, 2023

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Lee Wagstaff (@lee_wagstaff)

Lee Wagstaff was born in 1969 in London, I am an English artist living in Italy.

He studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art in London and Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan.

He has exhibited his body, large format photographic self-portraits and graphite works at art and performance venues worldwide. One performance was featured in the Ornament Und Abstraction show at the Beyeler Foundation, Basel, Switzerland and I was the first Western artist to be featured in the Art Annual, Kobe, Japan.

In 2007 Lee co-founded the artists project space RISE berlin and acted as its director and curator until 2013.

“Shroud”, a self-portrait screen printed in my own blood, was included in the Victoria & Albert Museum exhibition Impressions of the Century — 100 Years of the Fine Art Print.

“The emergence of Lee’s image on the Shroud elevates him to the status of a surrogate divine seemingly without the intervention of God. It comes off as both disquietingly heroic and at the same time spiritually arrogant”

David Bowie

For more information on the work of Lee Wagstaff go to

https://leewagstaff.com/

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Steve Bannatyne - MoA Bonus Episode 36 Sep 10, 2023

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In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Steve Bannatyne (@steve.bannatyne)

Steve Bannatyne was born and raised in Belfast during the troubles. After leaving home at 16, he studied Art and Design at Exeter College, then earned a BA in Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins.

Steve’s work for an environmental protection charity has led him to explore working exclusively with waste materials. Stories can be found within, and memories provoked by, the shapes, textures and visible traces of previous use of discarded materials. His work can be place specific, referencing points on the landscape, or more abstract expressions, inspired by the colours and textures of the materials themselves.

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains conversations of early death, bereavement and suicide; If you have been effected by anything you may have heard, please consider contacting groups like @myblackdog_co or Samaritans on 126123

For more information on the work of Steve Bannatyne go to: https://stevebannatyne.squarespace.com/

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Ep.232 The Cameron Twins & DWW Gallery - Ministry of Arts Podcast Sep 05, 2023

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Abigail & Phoebe Cameron a.k.a The Cameron Twins (@the_camerontwins) and Ned Kelly from The Don't Wakk Walk Gallery (@dontwalkwalkgallery)

The Cameron Twins are a collaborative artist duo of identical twins who work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an oversaturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality. The vivid colours and child-like naïve aesthetic with chaotic ensembles of images allows them to work playfully, exploring the ideas surrounding childhood imagination and dreams within their art practice.

The Cameron Twins’ practice incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony . 'We enjoy using this popular imagery in our sculptures and prints as they add a playful and witty quality to the work and adds to the connectivity of our art across ages and social confines whilst still remaining personal and anecdotal’. The often familiar subject matter and the bright and juvenile colour palette used in the work can create a misleading cheerful aesthetic which then juxtaposes with the more sinister tones and darker imagery often revealed under closer inspection.

The artists want the viewer to question the effect of nostalgia on their own memories and past experiences, and to scratch away at what might, or might not, lie just beneath the surface.

DONT WALK WALK opened in March 2017. We are an independent artist run gallery in Deal, Kent boasting a 'punk rock' ethic and a strong desire to offer something a little different. DWW is a working space with my studio in which I paint. The gallery showcases 40 + artists being emerging and established talents in painting, printmaking, illustration, photography & sculpture from domestic and international shores.

For more information on the work of The Cameron Twins go to

https://www.camerontwins.art

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Ep.231 Dameon Preistly - Ministry of Arts Podcast Aug 28, 2023

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Dameon Preistly (@dameon_priestly_artist)

Dameon Preistly's work focuses on times and events of social and cultural change, often set in an historical context, but with direct relevance to the present.

These stories are intensively researched and results in works with a strong narrative and an emphasis on the people involved in the unfolding dramas.

The motivation behind his work is directly related to his childhood growing up in 1970s Belfast. History, culture, politics and social injustice have interested me since an early age.

In tandem with his personal work, he also regularly undertake private commissions, including portraits.

Dameon has sold extensively nationally and internationally. He now lives and works in Rochester, UK.

For more information on the work of Dameon Preistly go to

https://www.dameon.co.uk

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Julie Bennett - MoA Bonus Episode 35 Aug 24, 2023

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In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Julie Bennett (@Julie_Bennett)

Julie Bennett is a portrait painter living and working in London. Her bold, unapologetically confident portraits appropriate pop culture icons from the music industry and art world, creating contemporary homages to the likes of David Bowie, Elvis, Frida Kahlo, Boy George, Patti Smith, and Her Majesty The Queen.

Defined as British Pop Art, her dripping wet, vibrant, colourful broad-brush marks give the appearance of canvases being fresh out of the studio. Working mostly in oil, led by the paint, she tries to capture the emotional charge of the individual, creating an iconic work of art.

Bennett studied painting at Camberwell College of Arts where she crafted and explored the use of mark-making to convey her fascination with the human face and the immediacy of her paint handling.

Bennett is driven by her lifelong obsession with music and art, spending her teenage years working at a record shop and after graduation, working as a graphic designer at some of the top UK music and celebrity magazines, She is a genuine fan of many of the celebrities she paints.

Text taken from: https://www.degreeart.com/artists/julie-bennett

For more information on the work of Julie Bennett go to: https://www.juliebennett.co.uk

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Ep.230 Jessica Worrall - Ministry of Arts Podcast Aug 20, 2023

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Jessica Worrall (@jessicaworralldigitalcollage)

Originally from Yorkshire and now based in Glasgow, I’ve worked as a theatre designer for over 30 years working in both the mainstream and the experimental with my designs being seen from a disused bus in a Bethnal Green car park to the main stage at Shakespeares Globe.

During lockdown I took advantage of the hiatus in my theatre work to explore the creative possibilities of making my own work, initially just playing around with ideas which soon developed into a series of digital collages. These works juxtapose portraits of women from art with images of modern day couture as a way of questioning the external forces that exist within both art and fashion and which shape and enforce our understanding of the ideals around women’s status in society. Initially making the work just for myself I was persuaded by friends to share the work on Instagram where it has gained a steady stream of followers. This led to a bit of a career rethink and though I do still design for theatre I am focussing more and more on this more personal creative practice. This year I made a new series of large scale collage works entitled ‘The Shaping of Beauty’ which were shown on advertising billboards in Glasgow, Dundee and Edinburgh. https://www.buildhollywood.co.uk/work/jessica-worrall-the-shaping-of-beauty/

I also now sell limited edition prints of my work which you can find at my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/JWCollage

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Ep.229 Junior Tomlin - Ministry of Arts Podcast Aug 13, 2023

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Today's episode is one of several featuring some of the artists from the 2023 Kensington & Chelsea Art Week/Trail, for info go to: https://www.kcaw.co.uk or @KCAWlondon

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Junior Tomlin (@juniortomlin)

Junior Tomlin was born and raised in Ladbroke Grove, west London. Renowned for his stunning flyer and record cover art, mostly produced during the golden era of rave culture, Junior’s visionary work combines influences from sci-fi, surrealism, fantasy, Afrofuturism and comics. The result is artwork that defined an era and earned him the title ‘The Salvador Dali of Rave art’.

He worked with promoters from 1989 onwards plus a wide variety of influential labels, such as Kickin’, React, ZTT and Mute. Junior was a colourist on a variety of famous comic titles Judge Dredd, Action Man, Transformers, for Marvel, Panini, Titian, and 2000AD, In 2020 he produced his book "Flyer and cover art" published by Velocity press. https://velocitypress.uk/product/junior-tomlin-book/

For more information on the Kensington Chelsea Art Week & Trail go to

https://www.kcaw.co.uk

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Ep.228 Jimmy Cauty - Ministry of Arts Podcast Aug 06, 2023

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Jimmy Cauty (@towerblock1)

Jimmy Cauty aka James Cauty, Musician, K Foundation artist, deconstructed rock star, part time model village builder, honorary undertaker, town planner, record producer, wooly-back-misfit, armchair rioter, head composer/conductor/AV mixer for The L-13 Light Industrial Orchestra

Over a diverse and productive anti-career Cauty has distinguished himself by somehow coming up with at least one must-have-counter-culture-design-classic per decade, we are not sure what he does the rest of the time.

Cauty works closely with the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop London to develop projects both ambitious and diminutive, make prints & other artwork editions and convert impractical artistic visions to reality.

A dystopian 1:24 scale model village high rise housing estate, consisting of 4 abandoned tower blocks, housed in a 40ft shipping container currently on tour

Cauty has documented the tower block 2 year design and build process.

For more information on the work of Jimmy Cauty go to

https://jamescauty.com

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