Send us a text Many thanks to Draw Space founding members - 4 of which kindly spoke to us - if you would like to find out more about these artists please find links below. Melinda Hunt, https://www.instagram.com/melinda.ink/?hl=en and Chelsea Lehmann https://www.chelseajlehmann.com and Daniel Press Art https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=daniel+press+art&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 and Belinda Yee http://belindayee.com/about.htm and Luke Thurgate https://www.instagram.com/...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 162
Send us a text Our latest guests on @art.wank won it!! In 2021, an arts collective, Array Collective won this prestigious prize for their installation, ‘The Druthaib’s Ball’. .‘ The Druthaib’s Bal l, new work for Turner Prize 2021, has been realised twice over. In Belfast it was a wake for the centenary of Ireland’s partition in the Black Box (grassroots venue), and was attended by semi-mythological druids along with a community of artists and activists wearing hand-made costumes. At the Herbert...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Send us a text We interviewed artist Marilou Palazon at Sydney Road Gallery surrounded by her beautiful artworks at her solo show, Realise, which is on until Sunday 27th August. Go see the exhibition or view online. Marilou is a director of Sydney Road Gallery, a mentor, co-founder of online gallery The Brush artists Group Collective. 'My Florals are really dramatic landscapes. I relish the simplicity of the monumental and sweeping the illogical large scale of an otherwise delicate and small sub...
Aug 22, 2023•41 min
Send us a text We interviewed artist Belinda Yee ( winner works on paper and photography award ), furniture designer and maker Jack Stannard ( winner of the functional design award ) and artist and academic Laura Fisher (part of Kandos School of cultural adaptation winner of the Interdisciplinary Collaboration award) at Manly Art gallery and Museum last week. 'Thought-provoking works by 215 artists and designers from across Australia have been shortlisted for the prestigious annual Northern Beac...
Aug 15, 2023•52 min•Season 4Ep. 159
Send us a text Many thanks to Simone for your time. We so enjoyed talking to you, you can find out more about Simone on her website https://www.simonedouglas.info/biography or on her social media https://www.instagram.com/simonedouglasstudio/ Simone will be talking at National Art school this Wednesday at Art Forum. You can out more about Simone's last exhibition in Sydney at Artreal her in this link https://artereal.com.au/online-exhibition/an-ocean-in-your-hand/...
Aug 08, 2023•53 min•Season 4Ep. 158
Send us a text Henry Curchod is a fabulous story telling artist who we have long admired who works predomentially in oil stick - we had a chance to chat with him over zoom https://www.henrycurchod.com as he is currently living in UK. You can find out more about Henry on his website instagram account. https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=henry+curchod+instagram&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Henry is an eclectic and interesting artist who is a keen user or multiple perspectives...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 157
Send us a text Kirsteen Pieterse is a sculptor who grew up near the mining pits of Glasgow and lived and worked in the bustling industrial city of Hong Kong, resulting in her amazing sculptures which integrate and contrast brutalist architecture with organic form. ‘ The Scottish sculptor Kirsteen Pieterse, who is an artist in the Romantic tradition, draws upon the precarious relationship between man and built environments in her work....she draws attention to the regard we hold for our environme...
Jul 25, 2023•50 min•Season 156Ep. 4
Send us a text Many thanks to Anthony white for a great chat over Zoom all the way from France. His upcoming show - OPENING/PRIVATE VIEW:SATURDAY 15 JULY 12PM-4PM FLOOR TALK WITH DR PETER HILL SATURDAY 15 JULY EXHIBITION CONTINUES 30 JULY 2023 MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA Please note this event is free but booking is advised: contact@lennoxst.gallery or +61 409 409 239 Lennox St. Gallery presents Manifestation, an exhibition of new works by Paris-based artist Anthony White. Marking a new direction for th...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 155
Send us a text This weeks podcast is a short ramble wrapping up the season before we have a short break over the school holidays. Julie's daughter, Flo, asks us questions about Fionas experience at art school, our work, and our upcoming exhibition at Woollahra gallery at Redleaf opening July 26th 6-8pm. Woollahra Gallery
Jun 27, 2023•17 min•Ep. 154
Send us a text Glenn Barkley is a busy man! He has written a brilliant book on Ceramics, 'Ceramics: An Atlas of Forms', (published by Thames and Hudson), a global cultural study of the history of ceramics, sharing the stories of over 100 objects, honouring the artists who have left their mark on this timeless practice. This coincides with the curation of an upcoming show at the AGNSW, brick vase clay cup jug , a look at the Gallery’s collection - July 1 2023 - Jan 2024. 'Barkley was previously s...
Jun 20, 2023•56 min
Send us a text This week we spoke to artist Ida Lawrence , who Fiona heard giving a lecture at NAS and asked if we could speak to her back in Berlin over zoom. Ida has spent time in Indonesia, Australia and now Germany practising as an artist. She is a really interesting artist and we hope you enjoy listening to her stories. 'Ida Lawrence is a visual artist who weaves stories through her art and education projects. My narrative paintings combine text and images to tell stories of (mis)understand...
Jun 13, 2023•39 min
Send us a text Antonia Perricone Mrjak invited us to interview herself and fellow studio mates so we said yes! We focussed on shared studio space as the theme. It was a really interesting chat about what they love and hate about sharing a space. A shared studio space creates a community for artists, a source of inspiration and a support network. Of course we wanted to move in y the end of the conversation. We recorded the interview at Nanda Hobbs so thanks to Ralph Hobbs and staff. list of artis...
Jun 06, 2023•51 min
Send us a text Thanks to Catherine O'Donnell for speaking to us in her lunchbreak from teaching at the National Art School. We spoke to Catherine about her drawing practice, coming to art later in life, judging an art prize, and her love of the fibro shack! She has an exhibition coming up at Campbelltown Arts Centre in July and at Dominik Mersch in August. 'Essentially my artist practice is about the beauty of the uncelebrated and ordinary. My drawings an exploration of the architecture, culture...
May 30, 2023•41 min•Season 5Ep. 150
Send us a text Thanks so much to Angus Fisher who picked us up from Patonga Wharf in his boat with his dog, to whizz us round to his home and studio on Dangar Island! It was such a special day out, we loved it. We also met his lovely wife and baby. We missed the ferry home from Patonga and were forced to have lunch at The Boathouse Patonga, such a shame!!! We spoke to Angus about his love of drawing, printmaking and teaching. He is a wonderful man who is passionate about his practice. 'Angus Fis...
May 23, 2023•51 min•Season 5Ep. 149
Send us a text What a great episode with artist, Tony Mighell, at his home and studio. Tony is extremely well read on the subject of art and artists, we could have talked for hours. We loved hearing about the NY Studio School when Tony attended in the 1970's, it sounded amazing. He also became the studio assistant of artist Roger Kemp. Tony worked at the MCA in Sydney for 10 years as the manager of installations, and tells some fascinating stories about his time there. Since 2015 Tony has been c...
May 16, 2023•53 min•Season 5Ep. 148
Send us a text Thanks you Emily Besser for your time and sharing your stories. You can find out more about Emily on her website. https://www.emilybesser.com or her instagram https://www.instagram.com/emilybesser/?hl=en You can find out more about Nicole Barakat workshop in the following link. http://www.nicolebarakat.com.au/learn Emily was also featured in Amber Creswell Bell’s new book, Australian Abstract ! Her upcoming show, 'Ground', at Boom gallery opens 27th April - 21st May...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 147
Send us a text We interviewed Ali Tahayori at his home and studio in Newtown, Sydney, a long way from his hometown of Shiraz, Iran. Ali moved to Australia from Iran in 2007 after imprisonment and torture for being gay became unsustainable to remain in his homeland . We discovered Ali at the NAS MFA Exhibition where he showed his impressive broken mirror artworks and video installation. 'Born and raised in the oppressively homophobic climate of 1980s Iran, Ali Tahayori assumed the identity of an ...
Mar 28, 2023•49 min•Season 4Ep. 146
Send us a text Many thanks to Trevor Victor Harvey from Harvey Galleries for an enlightening chat You can find Trevor and his marvellous team on their website - https://harveygalleries.com.au
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 145
Send us a text Many thanks for talking to us Mary Tonkin To find out more about this Artist check out her instagram https://www.instagram.com/mary.tonkin/?hl=en or with Australian Galleries who represents her https://australiangalleries.com.au/artists/mary-tonkin/ 'Landscape painter Mary Tonkin completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) in 1995 and a Master of Fine Arts in 2002 at Monash University, where she has also lectured. Tonkin has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne and Sydney since 1999...
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 144
Send us a text Many thanks to Art Advisor Michael Powe for your time talking to us. Michael’s business is Anala Art Advisory. https://analaartadvisory.com.au Johnny Romeos show, Cloud 9, is opening on Friday 10 March in Melbourne at West End Art Space. https://westendartspace.com.au/exhibitions_details/johnny-romeo-pop-popart/ ‘When it comes to capturing this overwhelming sense of being high on life, few expressions exude with the same joy and wide-eyed wonderment as ‘Cloud 9’. According to some...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 143
Send us a text Many thanks to Artist Ali Noble for your time. You can find out more about Ali on her website or instagram. Good luck with your Masters! Ali Noble’s primary interest is the discourse of textiles; which she frequently explores alongside the aesthetics of abstract formalism and mysticism. Ali’s current work, as part of her MFA research, is connected to an ongoing enquiry into the transgressive spirit of textile architecture, or curtains. Together, textiles and space provoke discussi...
Feb 28, 2023•51 min•Season 4Ep. 142
Send us a text Many thanks to Cybele for welcoming us into her home and studio very close to us in Avalon Beach. 'Cybele Cox’s practise explores ancient feminine symbols and occult mysticism, which is part of a larger enquiry into representations of women in the western art canon. Using hand built ceramic totems and figures, painting, drawing and more recently costume, Cox seeks to re-invoke occult practices of an imagined ancestral lineage. She makes the proposition that magic and ritual have b...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 141
Send us a text Christopher Hodges artist and gallerist from the fabulous Utopia gallery many thanks for the chance to chat art at your gallery. Christopher will be exhibiting at Utopia gallery from Feb 4-26th in there, ‘Thirty Five’, show celebrating 35 years of Utopia Sydney. Congratulations!! To find out more about Christopher check out his website here. https://www.christopherahodges.com...
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 140
Send us a text Many thanks to Amber Boardman for your time talking to us about the show Fair Play currently showing at Manly Regional Gallery. You can find out more about the exhibition with the following link. https://www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/whats-on/fair-play If you would like to find out more about Amber https://www.amberboardman.com...
Feb 07, 2023•54 min•Season 4Ep. 139
Send us a text Melanie Vugich is an Australian artist giving the still life genre a modern twist. She is a still life painter from Broken Hill, who lived in Florence, Italy for 25 years designing textiles. She has recently collaborated with the fashion designer, Oscar De La Renta, for a collection using her paintings as prints. Her paintings feature flowers, books, fruits and vases she has collected from her time in Broken Hill. Her sister, Lisa, is her manager, which is very cool, and we think ...
Jan 31, 2023•54 min•Season 4Ep. 138
Send us a text Many thanks to Josh for having us to his studio - to find out more about Josh you can go to his website. Josh describes his work as referencing our experience of peripheral vision of the local world but describes our visual experience as being truncated and redacted - as we are living on our phones and our experiences with visual media are so fleeting and sporadic and perhaps people will contemplate the world more by viewing his artwork. https://www.joshuacharadia.com/cv...
Jan 24, 2023•45 min•Season 4Ep. 137
Send us a text https://elladreyfus.com/weight-and-sea To find out more about Ella Dreyfus check out her website https://elladreyfus.com or her instagram https://www.instagram.com/ella_dreyfus/ To find out more about her artwork in Sculpture by the Sea https://elladreyfus.com/weight-and-sea and Ellas latest Film Dreyfus-drei look here https://elladreyfus.com/dreyfus-drei-film Many thanks Ella for a great chat....
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 135
Send us a text We spoke to Giles Alexander from his St. Peters studio. His painting practice strives to understand, 'us', and 'belonging' and in turn, the universe. Hence, Giles's fascination with planets and space. 'Giles Alexander’s art practice explores the visual discourse of belonging. He asks us how we find a sense of belonging in a city, a country, the world, and the universe. Alexander’s humanist preoccupations have led to a multi-disciplinary practice marked by the high production value...
Dec 06, 2022•57 min•Season 3Ep. 135
Send us a text Thank you to Joanna Logue for a fabulous chat - we so enjoyed talking with you and could not wait to get back to the studio to paint, you were so inspiring and generous. You can find out more about Joanna's art practise on her website https://www.joannalogue.com or her instagram https://www.instagram.com/joannalogue/?hl=en You can see Joanna's work at https://kingstreetgallery.com.au Her show Echo is on until 22 December at Kings Street Gallery in Darlinghurst Sydney. Congratulati...
Nov 29, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 134
Send us a text We love Troy Emery' s work, his playful, soft sculptures are so extraordinary and tactile, when we saw them at the Art Pharmacy office we had to touch them!! Martin Browne Contemporary in Sydney represents him. We talked to Troy over zoom as he is based in Melbourne, about taxidermy, natural history museums, materials, degradation of nature, Hermes windows, and much more!! We also talked to Troy about his sculptural paintings. Troy will be at 2022 Sydney Contemporary so get down t...
Nov 22, 2022•38 min•Season 3Ep. 133
