Victor Ehikhamenor + Benin bronzes, pottery in a midnight garden and Nathan Beard's tropical fruit
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English - April 13, 2022 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPerforming Arts Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Victor Ehikhamenor is one of Nigeria’s most prominent artists and calls for the Benin bronzes, the looted cultural treasures of Edo State, to be repatriated. So what did he do when he was asked to make an artwork in response to the memorial to the 19th C. British leader of the looting?
Plus, South Australian artist Helen Fuller turns her hand to unconventional ceramic pots -- and an original way to exhibit them.
And why tropical fruit, low-cost bejewelling and a Thai auteur inspire artist Nathan Beard.