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Ep.200 Jake Chapman - Ministry of Arts Podcast Dec 05, 2022

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Jake Chapman (@jakechapwoman)

Working together with his older brother, Dinos Chapman, Young British Artist Jake Chapman has been producing installations, sculptures, paintings, and works on paper since the early 1990s that appall, anger, seduce, and thrill—often simultaneously. An iconoclast to his core, Chapman describes himself as a collection of “traitorous little traits that add up to make the big deplorable trait that is me, me, me.” Such tongue-in-cheek humor underpins all of his work, through which he confronts the horrors and excesses of history, culture, politics, and religion with an unforgiving aesthetic. He does not shy away from representations of sex, violence, and mutilation. In Fucking Hell (2008), for example, he and his brother created an immense tabletop tableau representing the 20th century as a grotesque, apocalyptic warscape.

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https://heimlich.co.uk/

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Phoebe Minson - MoA Bonus Episode 22 Dec 02, 2022

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In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Phoebe Minson (@phoebe_reemgallery)

Phoebe Minson is the Creative Director at Reem Gallery, an avid collector, and in her final year at Central Saint Martins studying Fine Art.

Phoebe has been creating art, and collecting art, in every way since she was young. Nowadays, she writes and thinks about how society interacts with art and creativity, the place of women in the arts and inequality in arts education. As a final year student at CSM she has her own art practice, but struggles with the concept of worth and value especially when it comes to her own artwork.

She is a champion of emerging artists and relentless in her gallery hopping. Managing the Soho branch of Reem Gallery, the next exhibition is “Women to watch” which opens on the 6th of December.

For more information on the work of Phoebe Minson go to: https://phoebeminson.com/

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Ep.199 Alexandra Steinacker-Clark - Ministry of Arts Podcast Nov 29, 2022

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Alexandra Steinacker-Clark (@alexandrasteinacker)

Alexandra Steinacker Clark (AUT/USA), is an American-Austrian art historian, curator and writer. She lives and works in London, UK. She obtained her BA in History of Art at University College London and continued her education at Goldsmiths University with an MA in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy, graduating with first class honors and distinction respectively. Her research interests include feminism and artificial intelligence in contemporary art, western museum and cultural policies, as well as accessibility and engagement in the arts. She currently holds a position at Skarstedt Gallery after being Studio Manager for Shezad Dawood and working at Sotheby’s auction house. She has also co-founded C/20 Association for International Curatorial Practice and is the founder and host of the ‘All About Art’ podcast.

All About Art: An Art Sector Podcast

Founded in April, 2021 by art historian, writer, and curator Alexandra Steinacker-Clark, 'All About Art' is a podcast that is all about the arts and cultural sector. With art news and cultural policy analyses, book reviews, and interviews with cultural practitioners, gallerists, museum directors, curators, art entrepreneurs, and artists alike, 'All About Art' covers a wide range of professions in the sector, providing an exchange of experiences between people who have developed their professional contributions to the arts into successful careers.

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Ep.198 Tony Grounds - Ministry of Arts Podcast Nov 22, 2022

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Tony Grounds (@tony.grounds)

Tony Grounds (born in East London) is a British playwright and screenwriter, who has worked extensively in television. Described by The Independent as "the best TV writer of his generation", Grounds has written for all four of Britain's main channels.

He started writing for the theatre, winning the Verity Bargate Award for Made in Spain. There then followed stints on EastEnders and The Bill before he penned episodes of 'Chancer', which starred Clive Owen.

Grounds created and wrote Gone to the Dogs starring Jim Broadbent, Alison Steadman, Warren Clarke and Harry Enfield. It was nominated for a Writers Guild Award. He wrote Gone to Seed, in which Peter Cook made his final dramatic appearance.

The single film Our Boy with Ray Winstone and Pauline Quirke won Tony International Acclaim winning the Munich International Drama Award.

He wrote Sex and Chocolate for Dawn French before writing the award-winning and BAFTA nominated Births Marriages & Deaths, once again starring Ray Winstone.

Grounds wrote a one-off episode for BBC Drama, Our Girl, starring Michelle Keegan. Following its success, the BBC commissioned 5 further episodes. Apart from writing the series, Grounds was also executive producer of the series together with Caroline Skinner.

Grounds is special advisor for Save the Children and ran the London Marathon with Lee Evans in 2010. He is also a supporter of West Ham United F.C. and often refers to the East London club in his plays and works.

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Alice the Autist - MoA Bonus Episode 21 Nov 18, 2022

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In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Alice Nicholls a.k.a Alice the Autist (@alicetheautist)

Alice Nicholls is an abstract/realism pencil artist from England’s oldest recorded town, Colchester. She has been a tattoo artist for fifteen years and a professional fine artist for three, sharing her experiences through art to collectors all over the country. Since her late diagnosis of autism a few years ago, she has been exploring how it influences her life and the journey of others.

her art is inspired by human experience, symbolism, body language, neuroscience, and hand art history, exploring the deeper meaning of hand positioning and conveying a message. She adores learning about people and their life journeys before undertaking a commission, which she believes enriches each piece of artwork to the highest level.

Imbedded in art history, hands have had many hidden meanings with their specific gestures, showing many emotions and conveying life stories within their subtle lines. When she was a child, her parents owned a beautiful Alphons Mucha print called “Catherine”. She had the most delicate hands, and Alice was always fascinated with the simple depiction. Since then, she has developed a love for hands’ shape and movement and the stories behind them, wanting to share their beauty and substance with the world, a new spin on a personal portrait.

As the audience, she hopes to allow you to see yourself within the subjects she draws and connect personally with the strength and reality portrayed.

For more information on the work of Alice the Autist go to

http://info@alicetheautist.art/

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Ep.197 Fandangoe Kid - Ministry of Arts Podcast Nov 14, 2022

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Fandangoe Kid (@fandangoekid)

The fandangoe kid is a London based print artist who makes large-scale narrative driven pieces for the public realm. Her work seeks to smash taboos around complex subject matters such as loss, trauma release, mental health and gender constructs.

The artist has created work for a wide range of purposes, for example with her ‘Staircase of Dreams’ for London Design Festival 2020, working with young people to develop a collective narrative on daily activism.

During the first lockdown, The Fandangoe Kid redesigned nurse’s scrubs for Marie Curie x NHS London, working with a palliative care nurse via Zoom to develop the uniform, celebrating International Year of the Nurse.

The Fandangoe Kid also works in film and screened her first short Into Your Light, directed with Tara Darby, at Tate Modern and on the Manhattan Bridge, looking at dancing as a tool for survival following great personal loss.

For summer 2021, Annie launched The Fandangoe Whip, an ice cream van for mental health. The project has been commissioned by Tate, South London Gallery, Design Museum and many other institutions to deliver ice cream and workshops on creativity as catharsis.

This summer, Annie will take her project The Fandangoe SKIP-- a touring and sustainable therapy kiosk for mental health-- across London and to New York City, following a commission by BBC World Service to document her work.

Much of the artist’s work is driven by navigating her own story, following the loss of many individuals in her family back in 2011, her practice being largely underpinned by the will to create a platform for open dialogue around the still taboo subject of grief.

For more information on the work of Fandangoe Kid go to

https://www.fandangoekid.com/

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Ep.196 Tom Waugh - Ministry of Arts Podcast Nov 08, 2022

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Tom Waugh (@tomwaughsculptor)

With a background in classical stone sculpture, Tom Waugh uses traditional materials and techniques to create contemporary works of art. Stone and marble sculptures, carved in minute detail, depict waste objects, discarded in the wake of human consumption. The objects document the casual imprints of human use. Plastic bags, cardboard boxes and tin cans are squashed, crushed and wrinkled whilst still displaying the traces of mass production. Some of the sculptures are life size, others are larger than life, and some appear, like fossils, emerging from the pristine rock. Materials are carefully chosen to achieve realism: white marble takes on the appearance of plastic or polystyrene, ironstone becomes rusty metal and Portland Stone is transformed into crumpled cardboard.

In Toms Sculptures there are echoes of classical and baroque statuary. He studied closely the techniques whereby marble could be carved to look like flesh, hair or fabric, and in his own work, evokes the same qualities of form and surface texture. Despite his use of traditional materials and techniques, there are tensions and contradictions in Toms work: between classical and contemporary art; between temporality and permanence; and between humour and serious environmental and social issues. These contradictions can present a cognitive dissonance, challenging ideas of material value, and prompting second look at the things we take for granted.

For more information on the work of Tom Waugh go to

https://www.tomwaugh.com/

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Kate Enters - MoA Bonus Episode 20 Nov 04, 2022

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In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Kate Enters (@kateenters)

Kate Enters is a contemporary renaissance woman. As a painter, she responds to her contemporary life in London creating paintings that depict moments in time through stylised compositions borrowing from vintage scenes, quotations, book titles as well as taking a wry look at social media, all conveyed through her own mix of wit and pathos.

Responding to the need for more opportunities for artists to show work on their own terms, Kate set up ArtCan, innovatively positioning the organisation as a peer network with the opportunities to take part in exhibitions. As the director of ArtCan she builds on her ability to produce and manage art events, honed through her background in events management for high end art museums and celebrity charity events and arts PR.

ArtCan has enabled Kate to develop both her curatorial vision and her writing voice. She has also written about art, championing organisations and individuals she is keen to shout about, most recently for Wall Street International and STATE magazine.

For more information on the work of Kate Enters go to

http://www.kateenters.co.uk/

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Ep.195 Beth Cullen Kerridge - Ministry of Arts Podcast Oct 31, 2022

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Beth Cullen Kerridge (@bethcullenkerridge)

Beth Cullen Kerridge studied at John Moores in Liverpool, and on to postgrad at the Royal College of Art, which was a springboard on to the London art scene, with two of the London Parks Showing her work consecutively.

She then showed in many exhibitions in the capital and around England, Commercial site-specific sculpture for her home town of Stoke on Trent.

She honed her craft working in foundries and producing works for Edwardo Paolozzi, Elisabeth Frink and Alberto Giacometti.

For eight years she was lucky enough to work closely as a Studio Assistant with the legendary Mike Bolus, for another champion Sir Anthony Caro. With Tony she worked on large scale projects working with Sir Norman Foster on the Millennium Bridge, Richard Rodgers, The Tate Gallery, and working on shows at the Venice Biennale and Marlborough Gallery New York, and the Baptistery Chapel of Light Bourborg France.

For more information on the work of Beth Cullen Kerridge go to https://bethcullensculpture.co.uk

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Ep.194 Rankin - Ministry of Arts Podcast Oct 19, 2022

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Rankin (@rankinarchive)

Rankin is a British photographer, publisher, and film director. Alongside being head of the eponymous agency RANKIN, which hosts an 80+ strong team that puts strategy, creative and production all under one roof.

Through RANKIN, he is best known for work that is on the cultural cusp and leading future trends: producing rule-breaking campaigns for brands such as Rolls Royce, Unilever, L’Oreal and Samsonite; creating wide reaching projects for charities including Women’s Aid and Macmillan; and shooting music videos for the likes of Miley Cyrus, Rita Ora and Kelis.

As a photographer Rankin’s portfolio ranges from portraiture to documentary. He has shot The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Kate Moss, Kendall Jenner and The Queen to name only a few.

As a publisher, Rankin co-founded the seminal magazine Dazed & Confused with Jefferson Hack in 1991, and has since published the likes of AnOther and AnOther Man, alongside over 40 books and the biannual fashion and culture print and digital platform, Hunger.

His photography has been published everywhere from his own publications to Elle, Vogue, Esquire, GQ, Rolling Stone, and Wonderland, and exhibited in galleries globally, including MoMA, New York, and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

For more information on the work of Rankin go to

https://www.rankinphoto.co.uk/

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