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Carl Randall - People and Places

Carl Randall talks to Gita Joshi for The Curator’s Salon podcast . Car talks about developing his interest in portraiture, moving to Japan, the opportunities that have come his way including residencies, being selected for the BP portrait award and winning the BP Travel Award in 2013. He talks about his large crowd scenes each filled with numerous portraits of sitters set agains the backdrop of London, and how this builds on the work he started while living in Japan.

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Venice Biennale

This episode goes behind the scenes at the Venice Biennale and I talk to Simone from the ECA about the history of the festival as well as it's impact on the art market. We talk about ways that artists can show at the Venice Biennale, and discuss how the unique setting of Venice creates logistical and administrative hurdles and why partnering with established organisations can help with the pains of showing in a unique city steeped in history and preservation.

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Yoon Il Kown

Il Kwon is a London based artist originally from South Korea. I first met him at the Work in Progress show at the Royal College of Art. The body of work titled Memories, was most recently shown at the London Art Fair. The work is about the transient nature of memories, and he uses materials that we consider disposable to represent this in a visual way.

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Johanna Rossi

Monaco based artist, Johanna Rossi is todays guest on the podcast. She talks about how motherhood brought her back to art a a channel to explore her relationship with the world.

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Haus of Lucy

Lucy Bryant talks about her work, how she is inspired when she finds original items in charity shops to create into new art works. She goes on to talk about her plates made for the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and how the intentional joke went viral across the media.

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The Word is Art by Michael Petry

Michael Petry is an artist and curator as well as the director at MOCA London. In this episode he talks about his new book, The Word is Art published by Thames and Hudson. Along with the book, Michael is planning a touring exhibition which is currently stalled due to the Brexit negotiations.

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Alexandra Gallagher

My guest in this episode is Alex Gallagher, a collage artist based in the north of England.

She credits social media as giving her the opportunities that she would otherwise have missed out on. Alex, has worked on large scale commercial projects and is excited at the new opportunities that come her way through her online presence.

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Paul Catherall, London Landmarks in Linocuts

Paul Catherall is a London based printmaker known for his bold architectural linocuts of London landmarks.

In this episode of the podcast he talks about his early career as an illustrator and rekindling his love of British Rail posters which went on to inform the work he has produced for over two decades.

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The Coffee Shop as an Art Gallery

A guideline for coffee shops that want to present changing art work, give artists opportunities to exhibit and engage with their local creative community, can do this more efficiently by hiring in someone to manage this for them. It is a much better business decision to hire a curator than try to manage this time consuming work and deliver a half baked art display.

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