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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 7: Osman Yousefzada meets Haroon Mirza

20/02/2019

Osman Yousefzada meets Haroon Mirza

Series 7

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Fashion designer Osman Yousefzada meets artist Haroon Mirza.

Osman Yousafzada was born in Birmingham, where his mother ran a dress-making business. He studied anthropology before turning to fashion, and he launched his own womenswear label in 2008. Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Emma Watson and Taylor Swift have all worn his designs.  Last year he staged his first solo art exhibition, Being Somewhere Else, at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham.
 
Haroon Mirza was born in London and was obsessed by audio technology from an early age. He has exhibited his work widely around the UK and overseas. His installations have often mixed old-fashioned radios, TVs and gramophones with film loops, light and sound to explore sensory perception.

Only Artists: Series 7

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