Ministry of Arts Podcast

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Ep.212 Elizabeth Power - Ministry of Arts Podcast Mar 23, 2023

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Elizabeth Power (@ElizabethPowerArt )

Bursting with colour and energy, Elizabeth Power’s paintings exude a warmth and vibrancy. Based in St Leonards on Sea, UK, Power’s work has a colour palette rich in coral pinks, forest greens and cool blues.

Drawing inspiration from colourists such as Matisse, Hockney, Milton Avery and Tal R, Power’s loose and free abstraction takes this to the next level.

Power co-founded the Babes In Arms Collective with fellow artist Annie Mackin, which champions artist mother’s in the Hastings and St Leonard’s area.

For more information on the work of Elizabeth Power go to

https://elizabeth-power.com/

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Ep.211 Billy Childish - Ministry of Arts Podcast Mar 13, 2023

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Billy Childish (@billychildish_for_it_is_he)

Billy Childish is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art. He has led and played in bands including the Pop Rivets, Thee Milkshakes, Thee Headcoats, and the Musicians of the British Empire, primarily working in the genres of garage rock, punk and surf and releasing more than 100 albums.

He is a consistent advocate for amateurism and free emotional expression. Childish co-founded the Stuckism art movement with Charles Thomson in 1999, which he left in 2001. Since then a new evaluation of Childish's standing in the art world has been under way, culminating with the publication of a critical study of Childish's working practice by the artist and writer Neal Brown, with an introduction by Peter Doig, which describes Childish as "one of the most outstanding, and often misunderstood, figures on the British art scene". He is a visiting lecturer at Rochester Independent College.

In July 2014 Childish was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts Degree from the University of Kent. He is known for his explicit and prolific work - he has detailed his love life and childhood sexual abuse, notably in his early poetry and the novels My Fault (1996), Notebooks of a Naked Youth (1997), Sex Crimes of the Futcher (2004) - The Idiocy of Idears (2007), and in several of his songs, notably in the instrumental "Paedophile" (1992) (featuring a photograph of the man who sexually abused him on the front cover) and "Every Bit of Me" (1993). From 1981 until 1985 Childish had a relationship with artist Tracey Emin

For more information on the work of Billy Childish go to

https://l-13.org/product-category/by-artist/billy-childish/

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On The Edge - MoA Bonus Episode 29 Mar 13, 2023

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In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Tere Chad & Caroline Russell (#OnTheEdgeRSS)

On The Edge is a multimedia exhibition of work by members of the Royal Society of Sculptors, made at a time when the world is on the edge, with climate change and war in Ukraine.

The exhibition will be held at Espacio Gallery, 159 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 7DG from 14-19 March, with a Private View on the evening of Thursday 16th of March.

A series of guided tours and workshops will be held between Friday and Sunday. Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11am-6pm, Sunday 10am-2pm.

Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/on-the-edge-1682849

Panel Discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMpILexKA_I

Hashtag: #OnTheEdgeRSS

Contact: terechad@hotmail.com

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Ritchie Iwanski - MoA Bonus Episode 28 Mar 05, 2023

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In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Ritchie Iwanski (@_r_i_t_c_h_i_e)

Ritchie Iwański, a Canadian native, has been honing his artistic skills for the last ten years and has since made New York City his place of residence. He is dedicated to a style of art known as transcendent collage, where he utilizes genuine magazine or comic book clippings to produce his art, providing them with a retro and genuine ambiance.

His artwork distinguishes itself through his exceptional methods of imagination and originality. Every artwork he creates has an exceptional viewpoint, and he relishes acquiring knowledge about his subjects. As a result, he has achieved triumphs in France by launching his NFTs in Cannes and has also presented visual art pieces in London and New York City.

For more information on the work of Ritchie Iwanski go to: https://ritchiesworld.com/

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Ep.210b Steve Lowe / L-13 - Minstry of Arts Podcast (pt.2/2) Mar 03, 2023

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PART 2/2

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Steve Lowe founder of L-13 (@l13lightindustrialworkshop)

L-13 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WORKSHOP

Private Ladies & Gentlemen's Club for Art, Leisure & the Disruptive Betterment of Culture

The L-13 Light Industrial Workshop is not a gallery, a publisher, nor do we represent artists. Neither are we a real Ladies and Gentlemen’s Club, a Light Industrial Workshop, and we most certainly are not an art collective.

Founded by artist Steve Lowe in 2003 – initially under the name the aquarium (2003 – 2006) then THE AQUARIUM L-13 (2006 – 2008) – the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop is a creative platform, spiritual home and technical epicentre for a small group of artists that Lowe has found himself working with – both in collaborative venture and by way of support for the individual artists. The L-13 HQ in Clerkenwell is also physical home to the Harry Adams studio, an 1825 Albion Press, The Patented Finger of God Painting Machine and a miniature poodle known as The Beast.

We like making special things at prices people can afford and will subsidise our own produce where we think necessary and appropriate. We also like to make and sell special things that cost lots of money for people who can afford it. The sale of such things helps us subsidise those less lucrative projects.

The key artists currently active with L-13 are:

Harry Adams, Jimmy Cauty, Billy Childish and Jamie Reid

For more information on the work of L-13 go to

https://l-13.org/

To Support this podcast from as little as £3 per month: www.patreon/ministryofarts

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Ep.210a Steve Lowe / L-13 - Minstry of Arts Podcast (pt.1/2) Mar 02, 2023

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PART 1/2

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Steve Lowe founder of L-13 (@l13lightindustrialworkshop)

L-13 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WORKSHOP

Private Ladies & Gentlemen's Club for Art, Leisure & the Disruptive Betterment of Culture

The key artists currently active with L-13 are:

Harry Adams, Jimmy Cauty, Billy Childish and Jamie Reid

For more information on the work of L-13 go to

https://l-13.org/

To Support this podcast from as little as £3 per month: www.patreon/ministryofarts

For full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www.ministryofarts.org

Email: ministryofartsorg@gmail.com

Social Media: @ministryofartsorg

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Sasha Bowles - MoA Bonus Episode 27 Feb 26, 2023

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In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Sasha Bowles (@sashabowles1)

Sasha Bowles is a London based multi-disciplinary artist, working across painting, objects, film and installation. Bowles creates artefacts and installations housed within provisional environments that are a means of storytelling but are not a narrative. Her practice is an evolving loop, dealing with illusion, intervention and metamorphosis; immersing herself in historical tropes encountered in houses of grandeur and often using as a jumping off point; the Baroque bravura of artifice.

You are asked to enter through a backdoor of theatricality and pass into hallways of reconstructed grandeur, where the once grand patrons of illustrious houses are reimagined alongside metaphysical surreal like artefacts. Through appropriating once familiar objects, old master paintings, found ornaments and etchings fallen from historical books; Bowles erases, mischievously rearranges and discretely brushes over her unwitting sitters and artefacts. Using elements of the museum, the collection and display, the works are re-contextualised, opening new interpretive possibilities.

The object interacts with its context and vice versa; by playfully twisting her narratives presented in facsimiles of environments, Sasha is examining the boundaries that cross between spaces and how the display and context of objects and artworks effects our reading and engagement with it. The known becomes uncanny and challenges us to re-evaluate our interpretation and engagement of the familiar.

For more information on the work of Sasha Bowles go to: https://www.sashabowles.co.uk

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If you would like to promote your work, exhibition or any other creative project, please contact us at:

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Gemma Peppe/Art on a Postcard - MoA Bonus Episode 26 Feb 22, 2023

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In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Gemma Peppe, founder of Art on a Postcard (@artonapostcard)

Art on a Postcard (AOAP) raises money for The Hepatitis C Trust towards its campaign to eliminate hepatitis C in the UK by the year 2030.

In 2014 Art on a Postcard was intended to be a one off secret postcard auction, but it went so well it has spawned a small industry. Artists and photographers who have taken part in our auctions include Damien Hirst, Gavin Turk, Marc Quinn, Gilbert and George, Peter Blake RA, Hurvin Anderson, Grayson Perry RA, Larry Clark, Martin Parr, Michael Craig Martin RA, Chantal Joffe RA, Joan Snyder, Claudette Johnson, Mali Morris RA, Genieve Figgis, Vanessa Jackson RA, Rebecca Salter RA, Anne Desmet RA, Catherine Opie, Wolfgang Tillmans, Paula Rego, Julian Opie, Hassan Hajajj, Cecily Brown, Harland Miller, Marina Abramović, Florine Démosthène, Lubaina Himid and Jeremy Deller.

Almost a decade later, we have a number of outstanding events under our belts including partnerships with The Other Art Fair and Photo London as well our annual outings with Art Car Boot Fair. Our work has also won us awards for our innovative fundraising initiatives.

In addition to our auctions we have a print shop which includes a catalogue of contemporary art prints a number of sell out print editions including Hate’s Outta Date by Harland Miller.

For more information on the work of Art on a Postcard go to

https://artonapostcard.com

To Support this podcast from as little as £3 per month: www.patreon/ministryofarts

If you would like to promote your work, exhibition or any other creative project, please contact us at:

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Ep.209 Charlotte Rose - Ministry of Arts Podcast Feb 20, 2023

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In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Charlotte Rose (@char.lotteroseart)

Charlotte Rose is a self-taught artist residing in North London. In 2021, Rose held her debut solo show, ‘I Quit Last Week’, which centred around nostalgic branding from the late 20th century.

The sell-out show featured 15 large-scale acrylic on plywood paintings. The aim of the exhibition was to prescribe new truths to old illusions, with each piece being an exploration of the ‘dream sold by ad companies to sell poisonous goods.’

Rose’s extensive social network and soaring profile has brought her work to the attention of celebrities, including Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Yung Blud, both of whom have commissioned work from her. Via her art, Rose intends to evoke consumer nostalgia, while challenging its intention.

For more information on the work of Charlotte Rose go to https://entergallery.com/collections/charlotte-rose

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Gallery No.32 & Winter Sculpture Park - MoA Bonus Episode 25 Feb 16, 2023

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In this Bonus Episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Meg & Kieran of Gallery No.32 about their Winter Sculpture Park (@gallery_no.32)

Introducing Gallery No.32's third WINTER SCULPTURE PARK, an annual outdoor exhibition of contemporary sculpture and public art.

Gallery No.32’s WINTER SCULPTURE PARK is a group exhibition of UK and internationally-based artists exploring how today’s liquid times have made room for an alternative art world to emerge. The exhibition invites 40 artists to place their work across 4 acres of open grassland in Bexley, South East London. Braving the elements, the sculptures will stand the vicissitudes of British weather for 10 weeks, becoming a part of the natural environment around them.

WINTER SCULPTURE PARK provides an option to reroute, swapping the white walls and closed doors of gallery spaces for the blue skies and open terrains of the great outdoors. It is offering artist and audience a unique chance to explore contemporary art and performance amongst London’s natural landscape. Here, art is offered to all, FREE OF CHARGE.

Exhibiting innovative and ambitious artworks directly in the public realm, Gallery No.32 and the annual WINTER SCULPTURE PARK bring art to unexpected places, expanding the reach of culture through discovery & exploration.

Gallery No.32 is an outdoor exhibition and project space providing accessible opportunities for artists at any stage of their career. Free to show and free to view, artists can explore the broadest possibilities of their practice, while offering art to new audiences directly in the public realm. By taking artists out of the institution and placing them in the natural landscape, Gallery No.32 is altering how art is seen, and who art is for, upturning the typical white-wall model and digging the tracks for an alternative art-world.

OPENING PARTY: Saturday 18 February 2023, 12-5PM

19 February - 29 April 2023

Gallery No.32, Bexley, DA5 3QG

Tickets available now.

Follow along on social media.

Instagram: @gallery_no.32

Twitter: @32gallery

TikTok: @wintersculpturepark

To Support this podcast from as little as £3 per month: www.patreon/ministryofarts

For full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www.ministryofarts.org

Email: ministryofartsorg@gmail.com

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