We have been artists making art for decades, and we've learnt a thing or two about what artists should avoid or be aware of. It still seems impossible to get recognised for your art these days. But we have to keep going. It would be amazing if someone would come along and support what we do. So, don't give up. Keep making great art and being the artist you were born to be.
We hope this list helps you along the way to being the best artist you can be. Peace.
We're back to discuss our art snobbery and try to come to terms with why we struggle with the commercial art world's status quo. We discuss the sad and untimely passing of the daytime TV genius that was Paul Reubens. Lastly, we look at the gorilla public art posters that appeared all over London that rightly or wrongly condemned the Tory party leaders.
We're back with Podcast 13. We chat about the art studio practice, beer, introduce a silly game of British slang, Carl Jung's Birthday, open calls, and the Turner Prize 2023. Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/living_too_late/ Browse our art: www.livingtoolate.co.uk/ Get in touch: ollie@livingtoolate.co.uk
We freestyle once again on art and being artists. There is conversation on such topics as the cost of Open Calls for art exhibition applications, my new shades, a recent FREE art opportunity and the Judges involved, and finally, a little update on us, the Artists.
Well, in this episode we discuss our trip over to Hauser & Wirth Gallery in Somerset. We learnt more about the gallery's history and discussed the two exhibitions that were on when we were visiting, we saw work by Rodney Graham and experienced the curated group show titled The New Bend.
We openly discuss Op art and artists George Westren, Bridget Riley, and Gerhard Richter.
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This podcast was our best one yet, sadly the video didn't work this time. Also, it took my crappy computer 10 hours to render...
If anyone would like to sponsor us with a new kick-arse computer, that would be nice #nvidia.
So we kicked off setting up the studio space wall with a couple of chosen art pieces, and a bit of banter whilst adjusting the kit. A very affordable print by Mark Elliott Smith and a painting made by yours truly. Firstly a special thank you to Stems Gallery Belgium and artist Nick Doyle, who kindly responded to my request to use their video on his website nickdoyle.org
The first topic was on Bansky and his trip to Ukraine, #slavaukraine. We also mentioned the clothing giant stealing one of Banksy's prints to use in their shop window. A special thank you to #bansky for the use of his video on his website bansky.co.uk
Next, we talked about the oil protesters vandalising great works of art. Even though it is an important topic, we are not fans of destroying artwork, what's next burning books and destroying religious symbols, I think you know what I'm talking about.
Then came our Instagram artists, I chose Nick Doyle, who is producing such great works, and informs us of his conceptual framework and his thought process. Mark chose artist Jim Harris, who we don't know much about.
One thing is for sure, he has produced an unbelievable amount of work and we think all of it is quite impressive, well-done #jimharrisart
Thanks to Mark Elliott Smith and myself for having a go.
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We look at some of our latest work, some art news and fairs going on and a few artists picked directly off of Instagram.
We got together in the studio for Living Too Late #6, an impromptu chat on being artists and where we are in the current social, political climate. We live our lives as artists, we are not smart, we are not hustlers, we make art because we must and we are not afraid.
Our conversation is completely spontaneous and things play out according to our current state of mind, which is built on decades of professional practise as artists. We hope you find something interesting in our ramblings, follow us and join in on Instagram, Youtube... We are Living Too Late.
Hello, welcome to our 5th Podcasts for the Living Too Late Collective. In this episode me and Mark talk about our recent joint exhibition, Dream Jams Fuel. We try to get a bit relaxed with the introduction of some ambient music, however, it did get a bit sleepy at times. We discuss how the exhibition went and how the police came to the rescue over an assault on myself (sorry, it wasn't Mark).
Exhibitions organised by and run by artists is not an easy undertaking, generally us artists are not the most capable people. We are creatives and spend a lot of our time by ourselves making art and not interacting in the wider world. Listen if you are curious about how to go about exhibiting your art or if you are interested in how artists think and work. I hope you enjoy the episode, let me know if you'd like to get involved and email me ollie@livingtoolate.co.uk.
Hey listeners, here we are again talking about art and our upcoming exhibition 'DREAM JAMS FUEL' in Bristol on the 25th of Feb 2022, private view will start 6pm. Mark joins me Ollie Smith and we discuss one of his new paintings that he finished for the exhibition at Centrespace Gallery.
We have a discussion on art NFTs and how I bit the bullet and went ahead and published my first time based NFT titled 'Thinking on Thinking #1'. We managed to get through the conversation without Mark's head imploding and I find that I'm beginning to sound like an advocate of the crypto based, digital art craze. Both Mark and myself agreed that time based NFT art had more to offer than an 8 bit graphic of a monkey smoking a banana. We come to terms with the darker side of trading and collecting NFTs and overall we hope for a moral basis for the NFT community.
I've been working alongside Mark for about 10 years and it wasn't until the first Covid lockdown in 2020 that we first started talking about our art practices and how we could start to work together to create more opportunities. I came up with the idea of an artist collective to help make exhibiting our work to the public more affordable, later the podcast was born and I discovered that I really like talking to people about their work.
Mark like most of us artists is dedicated to making paintings that are about so much more than himself, we discover that he unwittingly follows the Futurist doctrine of 'Positive Change', and we take a glimpse of the possibilities of his painting practice. As the title of this new painting suggests there is a dichotomy of meaning within the work which has us questioning form, colour and movement. Questioning whether the image is three-dimensional or flat, whether the forms within are moving outwards like an explosion or imploding.
The painting Mark as produced is meticulously finished with clean forms using the best acrylic paints you can find. If you are curious to learn more about his work please head over to our website www.livingtoolate.co.uk
After a long break in recording podcasts (almost 1yr), due to the global pandemic, lockdowns and exhibitions we are back with a casual discussion on everything Living Too Late. I have a chat with Mark Smith, he is my studio mate, friend and fellow Living Too Late artist, we talk about our previous exhibition, titled Reap Bliss Speeds and what it meant to us. We talk a little bit about our history and experiences growing up as artists and finally move onto our upcoming exhibition called Leaving Meaning.
Another Living Too Late artist interview by Ollie Smith, I get to chat with the very talented artist Melanie Berman.
Her work is characterised by luscious use of colour and bold shapes set against a either large brush marks or flat surfaces, forming multi layered abstract landscapes of time. Within these forms she explores connotations of home, identity, rural land and the personification of nature within her painting. Drawing on the visible and an inner awareness she also uses historical, philosophical, poets and Indigenous practices within her creative processes.
Many thanks goes out to Melanie for taking part and answering all my questions, for a full written transcript please check in on the Living Too Late website. www.livingtoolate.co.uk
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We got together via phone call and Zoom to discuss the recent Damien Hirst Q&A on his Instagram channel. Well, to be honest we were more interested in discussing Covid19 lockdown and capitalism... We eventually got onto Mr Hirst's Q&A and found that we couldn't ignore the fact that it was a bit of a conundrum coming to terms with one of the world's wealthiest living artists today and the normal bloke persona he seems to be projecting these days. It was interesting to discuss him though even though the frustrated artist cynicism was creeping in as usual.
We find out about the British artist Rachel Camilleri and her studio practice, what makes her motivated and how she is coping with the "lockdown" situation. I was impressed with how Rachel Camilleri has taken to social media marketing and used it to super-charge her professional studio practice, it seems that there is not much that is going to be able to hold her back, even the kids, sorry kids (super-mum!).
I hope you take something away from the interview and it help you to rethink your art practice strategy, or motivates you to create one.
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We learn about Mark Elliott Smith's studio practice and what make him tick. I discover a new method of engaging with my subjects using the "Desert Island Discs" approach which peels away a few more layers to reveal the true character... Mark's choices really make sense if you look at his amazing paintings, listen till the end to find out what his "Desert Island White Cube" will look like.
Thanks for listening and please check out Mark's paintings over on the Living Too Late website: https://livingtoolate.co.uk/all-artists/mark-e-smith/
I interview artist MIchael Falzoni and discover he's always been a bit of an outsider... We called those people hippies back in the day. We learn about what India means to him and how art college probably saved his life (I'm exaggerating but it might not be too far from the truth).
Thanks for listening and check out Michaels work over on livingtoolate.co.uk
Also contact me if you want to take part in the Living To Late podcasts, ollie@livingtoolate.co.uk