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Only Artists

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Only Artists brings two artists together to talk about their creative work.

Only Artists from BBC Radio 4 brings two artists together to talk about their creative work. The agenda is theirs, the conversation is free-flowing, and there is no presenter.

Only Artists from BBC Radio 4 brings two artists together to talk about their creative work. The agenda is theirs, the conversation is free-flowing, and there is no presenter.   The title derives from the art historian EH Gombrich, who began his highly influential book The Story of Art with the famous line “There really is no such thing as art. There are only artists”. Here are some of them…

Only Artists: Series 1

Only Artists: Series 1: Chi-chi Nwanoku and Yinka Shonibare

Chi-chi Nwanoku and Yinka Shonibare

19/04/2017

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 - Only Artists, Series 1, Chi-chi Nwanoku and Yinka Shonibare

Double bass player Chi-chi Nwanoku meets the artist Yinka Shonibare in his studio.

Series in which two artists discuss creative questions. Double bass player Chi-chi Nwanoku meets the artist Yinka Shonibare in his studio.

The Only Artists conversation continues, as leading double-bass player Chi-chi Nwanoku meets the artist Yinka Shonibare, to find out how he draws on his own identity in his work. Can you separate your art from your identity? 

Producer Alex Mansfield.

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