I talk with Amaia Marzabal, whose paintings explore human relationships and share a message which “helps people with their own reflections about society, stereotypes and social rules”.
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MURUGIAH | Artist Interview Series
MURUGIAH’s works are described as “surreal, joyful, loud and unapologetic”. His exploration in colour is partly a drive towards understanding his Sri Lankan heritage; having previously expressed his feeling as a “conduit” between Sri Lankan and British cultures, I wondered how he experiences that, how it is expressed in his works, and what it took for him to be truly unapologetic as an artist.
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Jack Dunnett | Artist Interview Series
Jack Dunnett is an artist born in Wick in the Scottish Highlands. Primarily using oil paints, he draws upon existential and archetypal imagery, describing his works as “scenes of a world which is not detached from our own, but rooted in the human experience of it”. I asked Jack to select a number of artworks…
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Oliver Lunn | Artist Interview Series
Oliver Lunn is a London-based artist from southeast England. His mixed media collage works are composed of materials “charged with history” – old found papers and magazines – manipulated and reconstructed in a process of layering, cutting, erasing and peeling back. Through this medium he “externalises the internal”, exploring new methods of refinement, down to “fragments of fragments”.
In this interview, Oliver elucidates the many influences behind his process, including an unrelenting “artistic restlessness”. The pieces shown below were ones selected by Oliver on the basis that they highlight themes touched on in our interview. He has “ordered them in a way where they complement one another – space vs chaos, colour vs calm”.
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Ewan Keenan | Artist Interview Series
Ewan Keenan is an artist from Grantham, graduated from Camberwell College of Arts and now based in Leeds. Using a range of materials including acrylic, gouache, salt and sand, he “endeavours to capture emotions of everyday people”. In this interview, Ewan tells me about his creative process, why he rejects what he was taught at art school and why he would love to have a pint with Francis Bacon.
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Kevin Sabo | Artist Interview Series
Kevin Sabo is an American artist known for creating expressive, whimsical multi-media works. Using acrylic, ink, spray and collage work, he addresses themes of queer identity whilst experimenting with form, character and fashion. In this interview, Kevin tells me about the influences driving him towards those themes, including his own struggles with identity and pulls towards acts of rebellion and celebration in artistry.
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Interview with Sex Therapist, Silva Neves
The topic of sex still remains taboo throughout society today, with the resulting problem of people experiencing sex-related issues, yet not seeking out or having adequate access to support. In this interview, I talk with Silva Neves, a psychotherapist specialising in psychosexual and relationship therapy, couples therapy, and the treatment of compulsive sexual behaviours. I…
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MHI: How Can We Understand India’s Mental Health Problem?
In a 2016 Lancet Global Health study, suicide was found to be the leading cause of deaths among young people in India. In the following year, India enacted the National Mental Healthcare Act, “to provide for mental healthcare and services for persons with mental illness and to protect, promote and fulfil the rights of such…
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The Friendship Bench: Zimbabwe’s Answer to a Need for Safe Spaces
Responding to widespread mental health problems in Zimbabwe, Professor Dixon Chibanda took to unusual methods – training a team of grandmothers in creating safe spaces for people to talk. ‘Friendship Bench’ is a result of their teamwork – organised around culturally embedded concepts surrounding wellbeing and belonging. In this interview, ‘Friendship Bench’ share with me the full story and meaning behind their project, and what message they ultimately wish to spread.
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Interview with Charlotte Fox Weber, Founder of School of Life’s Psychotherapy Service
Charlotte Fox Weber is a psychotherapist and founder of the School of Life psychotherapy service. She has a profound interest in emotional issues, working relationally with clients where they feel stuck, lost or without meaning. In this interview, Charlotte shares her story, as well as her views around the need and use of therapy. What…
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The Infinite Project: Mallory’s Story
“In my illness I always saw my life as finite. Everything was black and white. But now I see grey. I see that life has infinite possibilities and infinite paths.”
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Breaking the Silence Around Mental Illness
Patrick A. Roland tells us his views on how fearful perspectives can be understood, and the conversation on mental health can be moved forwards.
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