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Ep.159 Episode round-up 2021 - Ministry of Arts Podcast Jan 01, 2022

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In this episode Gary Mansfield gives a round-up of the episodes that stood out for him during 2021, from episode 99-158 (@mizogart)

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Ep.158 Sam Haynes - Ministry of Arts Podcast Dec 27, 2021

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Sam Haynes (@samhaynessculpture)

As an artist that initially felt isolated and uncomfortably distanced from everyday life working within a studio, I started my practice over twenty-five years ago creating site specific public art installations, engaging local communities with the belief that art has the power to bridge divides within society. The creative process is still all about making connections for me, within my practice as an artist facilitator, as well as a collaborator and sculptor. Accessibility lies at the heart of my work, incorporating found objects and materials, using low tech methods of construction to create abstract assemblages that reference domestic and architectural space. My mixed media work combines a rhythmical, systematic design and geometric structure with softer, flexible elements that take shape more organically. I am led primarily by an intuitive response to these contrasting or opposing materials, leading to often unexpected outcomes. These playful interactions, surprising and yet familiar, seek to create a sense of balance and tension, building dynamic connections between materials and the surrounding space, animated through the use of colour, light and shadow. I have been strongly influenced by the artwork of Action Space’s learning disabled artists, Linda Bell and Nnena Kalu. Their abstract, process-led installations show an honest and direct response to materials, free from conventional constrictions; an approach that I seek to mirror within my own sculptural practice.

For more information on the work of Sam Haynes go to https://www.sam-haynes.com/

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Ep.157 Charley Peters - Ministry of Arts Podcast Dec 20, 2021

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Charley Peters (@charleypeters)

Charley Peters lives and works in London and exhibits internationally, showing recently at Saatchi Gallery (London), Eagle Gallery at London Art Fair (London), Hauser & Wirth Showroom (London), Fold Gallery (London), Z20 Sara Zanin Gallery (Rome), Yantai Art Museum (Yantai), Art 2 (New York) and National Museum of Gdansk (Gdansk). Her clients include House of Vans, Facebook, ITV, Centrepoint, Everpress, Boutique Kaotique and Hospital Rooms.

Peters completed a PhD in Fine Art Theory and Practice in 2006, which explored notions of interior space in art and its relationship to Freud’s writings on The Uncanny, and she has contributed writing about painting to online and print publications that include Instantloveland, A-N, Turps Banana and Abstract Critical. Peters is a peer reviewer for The Journal of Contemporary Painting and on the editorial board of Turps Banana. She is a visiting tutor in Fine Art at City & Guilds of London Art School, a visiting painting mentor at Turps Art School and a Postgraduate Senior Lecturer at University of the Arts London.

For more information on the work of Charley Peters go to https://charleypeters.com/

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Ep.156 Patrick Colhoun - Ministry of Arts Podcast Dec 14, 2021

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Patrick Colhoun (@patrickcolhoun) Originally trained as a ceramicist, Patrick Colhoun's practice is now multi-disciplinary with sculptures and installations combining black clay, hosiery, latex, piercings and metal spikes. The first public exhibition of his work coincided to the day with redundancy after a twenty-year career. This was followed one year later by the death of his father. Colhoun's work has been shaped largely by these events and by the realization that the work has been the thing that has helped him work through these issues. More than that, these events shaped a direction for his work which he has expanded upon and developed to this day. Colhoun has always strived to be unique with his art. He enjoys dividing opinion and invites the audience to either love or hate his sculptures! Surprisingly, the positive response to the darker themes encouraged Colhoun to push the boundaries of taste even further and he soon introduced objects and materials into the clay sculptures. For more information on the work of Patrick Colhoun go to http://www.patrickcolhoun.com/ 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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Ep.155 Pauline Amos - Ministry of Arts Podcast Dec 06, 2021

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Pauline Amos (@paulineamos_art) British born Pauline Amos is a creative performance and painting artist with a unique style of work combining performance, painting and music. Amos has a PhD from Dartington College of Arts, and has drawn international acclaim for her provocative, powerful and bold works. Amos experimented in Liverpool’s music and acting scene in the 90s before incorporating her experience into painting and performance art. In the early 2000’s, Amos held a series of in-gallery performances entitled ‘My Flesh My Canvas’, which led to exhibitions and performances throughout Europe and Asia. Other major works include a 24 hour performances in The Opera Paese Gallery, Rome, which resulted in Amos launching her first London exhibition in 2005 showing the Opera Paese Gallery performance painting with a price tag of £1.3m. A work that later became known as ‘the £1.3m’. When asked how long the painting had taken to complete, Amos replied, ‘all my life and the value of life is priceless’. The price was purposefully provocative, creating significant media comment and opinion. For more information on the work of Pauline Amos go to https://paulineamos.co.uk/ 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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Ep.154 Liberty Choir - Ministry of Arts Podcast Nov 29, 2021

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to MJ Paranzino & Ginny Dougary of Liberty Choir (@libertychoiruk)

The overall aim of Liberty Choirs is to provide for excluded and isolated people (for example, those in secure psychiatric settings or people who are serving custodial sentences) a ‘through the gate’ programme of high-quality singing and social development.

It is designed to help develop skills and self-confidence, open up the world of arts through singing and provide access to new social networks as the participants re-enter the wider community.

The Liberty Choir vision is that the reoffending rates among ex-offenders can be significantly reduced through a network of choirs located within prison and the community. We believe that the economic and social case for the choirs is overwhelming.

For more information on the work of Liberty Choir go to https://libertychoir.org/

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Ep.153 Bran Symondson - Ministry of Arts Podcast Nov 22, 2021

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Bran Symondson (@bransymondson)

Bran Symondson is a British photographer, artist, philanthropist entrepreneur, and art collector.

He is considered to be one of the most acclaimed reportage photographers of the 21st Century.

In 2004, Bran started the selection process to join the British Army Special Forces Reserves. After completing pre-deployment training in 2007, Bran was deployed to Afghanistan, Helmand Province.

During the tour in Afghanistan, Bran continued to capture images of the civilians he met along the way, these significant images culminated in his first show “The Best View of Heaven is from Hell”.

The Sunday Times decided to commission Bran to go back to Afghanistan and re-shoot the images as a civilian photographer. After being awarded the 2011 Amnesty International Media Award.

Symondson’s unique artworks of contemporary AK47 derive from a simple premise: taking something of fear and loathing and turning it into something of beauty and intrigue. Each AK47 has meticulous craftsmanship of adorning the weapon with various objects which then is enhanced with the placement of bespoke handmade bullets containing different commodities which relate to the narrative of each work.

For more information on the work of Bran Symondson go to

http://bransymondson.com

For more information on the work of Battle Boutique go to @battleboutique.co

A special thanks to @lisabaker_ltd

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Ep.152 Ally Rosenberg - Ministry of Arts Podcast Nov 15, 2021

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Ally Rosenberg (@allyrosenbergartist)

Ally Rosenberg is a London-based artist from Manchester, primarily working in sculpture. His work takes an irreverent look at the body, through slicing and casting materials with a structural quality that reveal a relationship between image and object. After graduating from Central St. Martins, he took an academic detour into cognitive neuroscience, completing an MSc at UCL and a residency at Harvard’s neuro-imaging lab. This period of research, looking at the interface of anatomical structure and conscious experience, through the multiple planes of MRI images, influences Ally’s recent sculptural work.

For more information on the work of Ally Rosenberg go to https://allyrosenberg.com/

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Ep.151 Rosalind Davis – (LIVE at The Factory Project) Nov 08, 2021

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Rosalind Davis (@rosalindnldavis) Rosalind Davis invited Gary Mansfield to join her in conversation, in front of an audience at Thorp Stavri’s FACTORY PROJECT (21.10.2021), a museum scale exhibition where Rosalind was a curator and Gary showed via The Skip Gallery. As an artist the central concern of Rosalind Davis is the transformation and reconfiguration of architecture and space through multiple disciplines. Davis works within painting and installation and has exhibited nationally and internationally in a wide range of galleries and has had a number of solo shows in London. Her work is held in a number of private collections and public collections including Soho House. Since 2018 Davis has alongside her own practice is also working on collaborations with artist Justin Hibbs making site specific works for various galleries. Their most recent collaboration has been for ITV Creates with Jamal Sterrett. For more information on the work of Rosalind Davis go to https://www.rosalinddavis.co.uk/ 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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Ep.150 Lois Keidan - Ministry of Arts Podcast Nov 01, 2021

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Lois Keidan Lois Keidan is a British-born cultural activist and writer. Until recently, she was the Director of the Live Art Development Agency which she co-founded with Catherine Ugwu in 1999. She was the former director of live arts at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) from 1992 to 1997. Prior to working at the ICA, she was responsible for national policy and provision for Performance Art and interdisciplinary practices at the Arts Council of Great Britain. Keidan is a major proponent and advocate for live art in the UK and has been instrumental in the development and support of artists who have tended to be 'marginalised, misunderstood and misrepresented...". Keidan has regularly written articles and edited books on performance and live art and made contributions to a range of journals and publications. She regularly gives talks and presentations on performance and live art at festivals, colleges, venues and conferences in Britain and internationally. For more information on the work of Lois Keidan go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Keidan 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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