Considering Art Podcast

In an interview taken from the Considering Art archive in 2022, eminent sculptor Beth Carter talks about the symbolic significance of her bronze sculptures of animals and hybrid animals, how the minotaur became an obsessive subject of her work as she explores ideas of power, vulnerability, and grief, how the theme of duality in her... Continue Reading →

Hardeep Pandhal creates fantasy worlds centred on drawing in which he tackles challenging contemporary issues with a slice of humour. In this episode, he talks about his family background in Birmingham as the son of two Sikh parents, the racial prejudice he suffered, the influence of video games and digital media on his art, collaborating... Continue Reading →

Steve Nayar has been a nine times finalist for the Wildlife Artist of the Year competition and focuses on portraying endangered species. In this episode, he talks about his family’s lineage, what he learnt during his career in design and advertising, how painting a domestic cat sparked a change in direction, how a way of... Continue Reading →

Meredith Owen explores our relationship with nature in her oil paintings. In this episode, she talks about how nature was important in her childhood, studying Fine Art photography, fulfilling a childhood obsession by travelling to Mongolia, how walking informs her art practice, how her landscapes are based on feeling rather than representation, how literature has... Continue Reading →

Caro Williams has earned a worldwide reputation for sculptures that are transformations into solid form of lines from books and poems as well as sound, particularly birdsong. In this episode, she talks about her fascinating family background involving Wales, France, China, Hong Kong and England, her school days in Hong Kong, her career in the... Continue Reading →