Materially Speaking
58 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago -A podcast where artists tell their stories through the materials they choose.
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Douglas Robinson: The stone spoke
April 08, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 60.8 MBSee pictures and read more on materiallyspeaking.com Canadian Douglas Robinson arrived in Pietrasanta in 1979 to learn from the artisans. He worked with Jørgen Sørensen and took to stone as his main medium for expression. He explains how the support network for the marble industry makes the area unique for artists to work in. He talks about the enormous range of stone available there and why the artists are particularly drawn to work with the famous white marble of Carrara. He re...
Eppe de Haan: Searching Souls
April 01, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 31 MBSee pictures and read more on materiallyspeaking.com Eppe de Haan was born in Arnhem, Holland and studied art at the Royal Academy of Art in the Hague. Originally a painter, he came to Pietrasanta to try his hand at carving marble in 1995. There he started carving in a studio in Querceta before joining SEM Studios where the artisans shared their skills and experience. As a figurative painter his work followed a similar theme as he moved to carving in marble and he specialises in t...
Jim Hager: Homeless
March 25, 2020 12:00 - 22 minutes - 31 MBSee pictures and read more on materiallyspeaking.com Jim Hager, from California, has been carving marble in Pietrasanta, Northern Italy, for almost 30 years. He talks to us about his Sculpture for Homeless Project where he has captured the images and voices of the homeless in his home town of Oakland, California, and is creating an exhibition which will feature a cardboard “House of Cards” carved from one block of marble. He speaks of his inspiration, and how he hopes his art can...
Stephan Hamel: Marble, luxury and power
March 18, 2020 12:00 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBSee pictures and read more on materiallyspeaking.com Stephan Hamel – a brand catalyst who divides his time between Milan, Vienna and Pietrasanta – tells the story of his Italian grandfather laying marble in palaces in India in the years both before and after Independence from the British. Stephan reflects on the many ways in which marble has represented power over the generations, and observes that the artists may not always support the politics involved. He ponders on the numbe...
Turid Gyllenhammar: Strong women
March 11, 2020 12:00 - 24 minutes - 33.5 MBSee pictures and read more on materiallyspeaking.com A woman artist often has to juggle family matters at the same time as fulfilling her own creative dreams. The seeds for Turid finding her way to Pietrasanta came from a chance meeting with the esteemed sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld when Turid was 18. However it took nearly 40 years for her to make her way to working in marble. Her story is one of strength and determination. She tells us about her Nuova Vita project - a series of ...
Armen Agop: Face the nothingness
March 04, 2020 12:00 - 34 minutes - 78.2 MBSee pictures and read more on materiallyspeaking.com Some materials are more resistant than others. They always say no. Armen tells us how he discovered a material that suits him. He speaks about marble, basalt and granite and the pros and cons of working in a close artistic community like the one near Pietrasanta. Giorgio Angeli Studio di Scultora D’Arte is where Armen Agop works and it was here that Armen and Sarah spoke. Armen mentions how he first came to Italy when he was awa...
Maria Gamundi: Spirito Libero
February 27, 2020 12:00 - 23 minutes - 53.2 MBSee pictures and read more on materiallyspeaking.com Maria is a figurative artist working mainly with the female figure. She was born in Caracas, Venuzuela, but studied at the Pratt Institute in New York before coming to Pietrasanta in 1973 where she was one of the few women carving in marble. More recently, Maria helped fulfil the dream of a grieving mother who wanted a special memorial to her daughter who was killed by a drunk driver on a busy stretch of road by the seaside. She...
Prologue: Artists of Pietrasanta
February 26, 2020 19:30 - 1 minute - 2.33 MBSee pictures and read more on materiallyspeaking.com Materially Speaking starts with stories from the community of artists working in stone near Pietrasanta, a town in northern Italy. Successive generations of artists have been coming here to source the marble available nearby and work with highly skilled local artisans. When Sarah saw how fast the lives of artists and artisans in this area were changing, she decided to capture their experiences. They share incredible tales of mi...