ArtsVisual ArtsDesignSociety & CultureDocumentary

Making a Mark

Making A Mark

From Cristea Roberts Gallery, Making a Mark, a podcast series exploring artists' approach to drawing and printmaking.

Play

Open in

14 episodes
Avg 32 min
English

Episodes 14

Newest Oldest Longest

All14 Unplayed14 In progress0 Played0

#14
Thursday · 29 min
14: Antony Gormley on using his own body as a printing plate and pushing the boundaries of printmaking
For the latest episode of our Making a Mark, we meet Antony Gormley (b. 1950) in his studio complex in London, amongst some of his new works on paper. For over fifty years Gormley has been exploring what it is to be in a body, inhabiting this earth. His new works include an enormous monoprint, over four metres wide, pressed by hand on the studio floor and life-size prints made by covering his body in a mixture of crude oil, linseed oil, and petroleum jelly before lowering himself on to large sheets of paper. Gormley discusses the extremely physical nature of making these works, their relation to his sculptural installations and pushing the boundaries of printmaking. We also hear from gallery founder and director Alan Cristea, who worked with Gormley on the artist's first print major print project over ten years ago. Presented by writer and critic, Charlotte Mullins. Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ Photo: Antony Gormley at Warner Road Studios with ‘Aperture’ works, 2026. Courtesy artist and Cristea Roberts © Antony Gormley. Photo: Darrell Tuffs #antonygormley #contemporaryprintmaking #workonpaper #woodblock #woodcut #printstudio #makingamark #talkart #artpodcast
#13
September 2 · 29 min
13: Ali Kazim: The contemporary artist on his intricate watercolours and prints and taking inspiration from the art and history of the Indian subcontinent.
This episode of Making a Mark explores a new body of work by Lahore-based artist Ali Kazim (b. 1979), including the artist's first major body of etchings. Kazim introduces Alphabets, 19 prints illustrating a different letter from the Urdu alphabet. From the gallery in London, the artist discusses his choice of imagery and the significance of different motifs such as the tiger, a hoopoe bird, pyjamas and the Koh-I-Noor diamond, each charting and illuminating the diverse and complex history of South Asia. Kazim discusses a related series of watercolours, the medium he is best known for, and what inspires him, which includes Mughal miniature painting, the Bengal School’s watercolourists, and discovering collection displays at the Lahore Museum and the Ashmolean Museum in the UK. Kazim's new body of work highlights the urgency of maintaining a connection to our native languages in an era of migration and exile. Contributors include senior director David Cleaton-Roberts who discusses the exceptional techniques Kazim used to make the prints, and writer and curator, Hammad Nasar, who explains the subject matter in further detail. Presented by writer and critic, Charlotte Mullins. Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ Photo: Ali Kazim working on his 'Alphabet' prints at Simon Lawson Prints in London, 2025. Courtesy artist and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London. Photo: Darrell Tuffs #alikazim #pakistaniartist #etchings #contemporaryprintmaking #workonpaper #watercolour #alphabets #urdualphabet #urduworlds #printstudio #makingamark #talkart #artpodcast
#12
Oct 27, 2025 · 47 min
12: Cristea Roberts Gallery at 30: A special episode to celebrate the gallery’s thirtieth anniversary
To celebrate the gallery’s thirtieth anniversary, we meet Alan Cristea and David Cleaton-Roberts for a special episode of the podcast series Making a Mark. Alan and David have spent the past three decades working with an exceptional roster of artists who have continued to shape the gallery since its establishment. Learn how the gallery was founded in 1995 and how, through an innovative artist led programme, it exists today as one of the world’s leading art galleries and print publishers specialising in original prints and works on paper. Michael Craig-Martin, who worked with Alan in the years prior to the gallery opening, describes his experiences of making works and exhibiting with the team over the past three decades. Fellow print dealer Joni Moisant Weyl, founder of Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl in New York, who represents Gemini G.E.L., one of the leading print publishers in the US, also shares her memories of the gallery, alongside Sir Nicholas Serota, former director of Tate and current chairman of Arts Council England, who describes the gallery’s unparalleled output in London and beyond. Discover what has been driving Alan and David and their team for all these years, and what is next in store for the gallery. Presented by writer and critic, Charlotte Mullins. Photo: David Cleaton-Roberts, Kathleen Dempsey, Alan Cristea at the London Original Print Fair, 1998 © Cristea Roberts Gallery, London #makingamark #talkart #artpodcast ##galleryowner #printpublisher #printdealer #printgallery #artbusiness #printmaking #contemporaryprintmaking #nicholasserota #geminigel #michaelcraigmartin
#11
Sep 10, 2025 · 36 min
11: Idris Khan: The internationally renowned contemporary artist on the music, colours, and abstract qualities of language that informs his work
This episode of Making a Mark focusses on a previously unexplored element of artist Idris Khan’s (b. 1978) practice; his developments in printmaking, a medium that now sits alongside his photography, installation and painting. We meet Khan in his London studio where, amongst his works in progress and shelves of hundreds of letter stamps, he is finishing his newest series of prints, After the reflection, 2025. Khan discusses music, colour harmony and the abstract qualities of language that inform his work, including the recent use of advanced software to create editions layered with bands of colour, musical scores and text. Contributors include writer Craig Burnett; senior director David Cleaton-Roberts; and writer and curator, Hammad Nasar. Presented by writer and critic, Charlotte Mullins. Making a Mark is a podcast by Cristea Roberts Gallery exploring exploring artists' approach to drawing and printmaking. Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ Photo: Stephen White & Co #IdrisKhan #printmaking #silkscreen #screenprint #worksonpaper #workonpaper #monet #vivaldi #degas #oldmasters #repetition #makingamark #talkart #artpodcast #artiststudio
#10
Nov 26, 2024 · 32 min
10: Jim Dine one of the most important artists working today, a prolific and unparalleled printmaker, whose iconic images are internationally renowned.
The tenth episode of Making a Mark explores Jim Dine’s (b. 1935) lifelong relationship with hand-tools. Tools have been a constant for the artist, not only as implements used to mark his plates and blocks, but also as ‘objects of desire,’ appearing as subject matter in his art for over six decades. We meet Jim Dine in his studio in Paris, where he discusses the first print he ever made aged 17 years old in his grandfather’s basement using a piece of wood and chisel. From tracing his early interactions with tools, to introducing new monumental woodcut prints depicting hammers, Dine also talks about the various printers he has worked with including the late Aldo Crommelynck and Kurt Zein. Contributors include master printer Julia D’Amario, an etching printer who has worked with Dine since the 1990s, and gallery founder and co-director Alan Cristea, who describes the works and ideas of an artist that he first met 45 years ago and whose achievements in printmaking remain unparalleled today. Presented by writer and critic, Charlotte Mullins. Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ Photo: Daniel Clarke #jimdine #americanartist #handtools #printmaking #worksonpaper #workonpaper #painting #drawing #woodcutprint #artiststudio #printstudio #makingamark #talkart #artpodcast
#9
Sep 10, 2024 · 29 min
9: Ian Davenport: One of Britain’s foremost contemporary artists whose practice delves into the realms of colour, process and materiality.
This episode of Making a Mark explores works on paper by Ian Davenport (b.1966), one of Britain’s foremost contemporary artists whose practice delves into the realms of colour, process and materiality. We meet Davenport, well known for his abstract paintings, in his studio in South London to find out more about what inspires him, from art history to contemporary music, and how he creates his works on paper and prints, some measuring over three metres in length and made up of as many as forty different colours. Discover Davenport’s artistic evolution as one of the generation of Young British Artists, whose work is now collected worldwide. Set to a soundtrack featuring the artist’s drumming, we also hear from curator and writer Jonathan Watkins who staged Davenport’s first institutional show in the UK in 2004. Gallery co-director David Cleaton-Roberts, who has worked with Davenport for over twenty years, describes the complex printing techniques the artist employs to create mesmerising colour arrangements. Presented by writer and critic, Charlotte Mullins. Making a Mark is a podcast by Cristea Roberts Gallery exploring the relationship between artists and printmaking.⁠ Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ Photo: Ian Davenport Studio #iandavenport #printmaking #silkscreen #screenprint #worksonpaper #workonpaper #painting #drawing #interactionofcolor #josefalbers #yba #turnerprize #makingamark #talkart #artpodcast #artiststudio
#8
Mar 7, 2024 · 28 min
8: Clare Woods: One of the most important British artists working today on her evolving practice and the tension that runs through works bursting with colour
This episode of Making a Mark explores the work of Clare Woods (b. 1972), the connections between the artist's life and ever evolving practice, which has expanded from painting to prints and collage. We meet Woods in her vast studio where she has recently installed a printing press. Woods discusses the physicality of her practice; the tension, trauma and conflict that runs through her work; and how she comes up with her intriguing artwork titles. Contributors include founder and gallery co-director, Alan Cristea; writer and former Frieze magazine editor, Jennifer Higgie, who has written about Woods; and Simon Wallis, Director of the Hepworth Wakefield, who first exhibited Woods' work in a solo show in 2011. Presented by writer and critic, Charlotte Mullins. This podcast episode coincides with the exhibition Clare Woods: Soft Knock at Cristea Roberts Gallery (8 March – 20 April 2024). Making a Mark, a podcast series exploring artist's approach to drawing and printmaking. Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ Photo: © RA / Anne Purkiss #clarewoods #printstudio #artiststudio #printmaking #collage #worksonpaper #workonpaper #painting #britishart #britishartists #stilllife #stillife
#7
Oct 19, 2023 · 32 min
7: Yinka Shonibare: A globally celebrated artist on race, class, and constructions of cultural identity
This episode of Making a Mark explores the printmaking practice of Yinka Shonibare (b. 1962), a globally celebrated artist whose work examines race, class, and constructions of cultural identity. We meet Shonibare in his busy East London studio, surrounded by his prints and rolls upon rolls of Batik fabric, a symbolic and distinct feature of the artist’s work. Listen in as Shonibare explains why this fabric has become a recurrent motif for everything he wants to say about identity, politics, colonialism, and postcolonialism. Shonibare discusses how in recent years he has returned to two-dimensional work in the form of printmaking. Find out about the complex way he makes his woodblock prints and about his subject matter, including how the election of Donald Trump informed his first ever print project with Cristea Roberts Gallery and how the imagery of a large-scale print made in response to the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, was born from a rejected commission, deemed too controversial. We also find out why in his recent prints, Shonibare has chosen to illustrate the radical influence of African artefacts on the work of western modernists, from Picasso, Derain, Modigliani, Matisse to Man Ray and his fellow artists in the Dada and Surrealist movements. Contributors include gallery director, David Cleaton-Roberts and curator, writer and broadcaster Ekow Eshun. Presented by writer and critic, Charlotte Mullins. Click here to purchase a book featuring an interview between Yinka Shonibare CBE and Charlotte Mullins. Making a Mark is a podcast by Cristea Roberts Gallery exploring the relationship between artists and printmaking.⁠ Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ Photo: Leon Foggitt #yinkashonibare #ekoweshun #printmaking #printstudio #artiststudio #woodblock #africanmodernism #africanart #donaldtrump #blm #blmmovement #britishempire #colonialism #culturalidentity
#6
Jan 19, 2023 · 35 min
6: Joe Tilson: One of Britain's most important artists, a founding figure of British Pop Art and ground-breaking printmaker
The sixth episode of Making a Mark explores the life and work of one of Britain’s most important artists, Joe Tilson (1928 - 2023), and the importance of printmaking to his practice throughout his life. As a lifelong dedicated and subversive printmaker, we meet Tilson in his London studio on the eve of his 94th birthday, to discuss the preoccupations, inspirations, philosophy, and methods, that have been the focus of his graphic works for over half a century. From prints made in the 1960s by Tilson, then an exponent of British Pop Art, to new hand-coloured editions, inspired by cultural history, we explore how Tilson continues to defy and challenge the rule book of printmaking. Contributors include gallery founder and director Alan Cristea, who has worked with Tilson since 1969; interior designer, founder and creative director of Firmdale Hotels, Kit Kemp, who collects Tilson’s prints and art historian, writer and curator Marco Livingstone, who has authored a new biography about Tilson. Presented by writer and critic, Charlotte Mullins, this episode was recorded in August 2022. Making a Mark is a podcast by Cristea Roberts Gallery exploring the relationship between artists and printmaking.⁠ Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ #joetilson #printmaking #silkscreen #screenprint #worksonpaper #workonpaper #painting #popart #britishpopart #britishart #britishartists #modernbritishart #contemporaryart
#5
Sep 29, 2022 · 35 min
5: Michael Craig-Martin: One of the best-known artists of his generation, on his iconic work, instantly recognisable the world over
The fifth episode of Making a Mark explores the graphic work of Michael Craig-Martin (b. 1941), one of the best-known artists of his generation. Today his brightly coloured works of everyday objects, from mass-produced consumer goods to fruit and flowers, are easily identified by viewers the world over. We meet Craig-Martin in his home to discuss his iconic work. He speaks about his earliest prints, the development of his drawing, the introduction of colour to his work, his choice of subject matter including era-defining representations of once familiar yet obsolete technology, and his newest body of prints which pay homage to some of his favourite artists and artworks from Western art history. We also hear from art critic Ben Luke; artist Julian Opie, who was Craig-Martin’s student in the 1980s; writer and broadcaster Louisa Buck and founder and gallery co-director, Alan Cristea, who first suggested to Craig-Martin he make prints over 40 years ago. Presented by writer and critic, Charlotte Mullins. Making a Mark is a podcast by Cristea Roberts Gallery exploring the relationship between artists and printmaking.⁠ Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ Photo: Caroline True #michaelcraigmartin #printmaking #silkscreen #screenprint #worksonpaper #workonpaper #painting #drawing #everydayobjects #conceptualart #theeveryday #julianopie #josefalbers
#4
Aug 24, 2022 · 24 min
4: Cornelia Parker: One of Britain's best loved and most acclaimed contemporary artists on printmaking
The latest episode of Making a Mark explores the graphic work of Cornelia Parker. Widely celebrated for her immersive installations that have become a significant part of Britain’s cultural landscape, this episode explores the artist’s printmaking, a medium that has been at the forefront of her practice for the past several years. Follow Parker and master printer Pete Kosowicz into the studio where they are making prints; find out how her works are made, her influences, the possibilities printmaking offers and the importance of collaboration to Parker’s practice. Contributors include founder and gallery co-director, Alan Cristea; arts editor of the Financial Times, Jan Dalley; and photography curator and writer David Campany. Presented by writer and critic, Charlotte Mullins. Making a Mark is a podcast by Cristea Roberts Gallery exploring the relationship between artists and printmaking.⁠ Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ Image: Cornelia Parker at Thumbprint Editions, London, 2022. Photo: Maxwell Anderson. #corneliaparker #printmaking #etching #photography #photogravure #resurrection #destruction #shadows #foundobjects #womanartist #womeninart #britishart
#3
Nov 28, 2021 · 26 min
3: Christiane Baumgartner: A ground-breaking artist who has achieved international critical acclaim for her printmaking
The latest episode of Making a Mark explores the work of Christiane Baumgartner (b. 1967), a ground-breaking artist who has achieved international critical acclaim for her printmaking, choosing to adopt the earliest form of the medium, the woodcut, as her primary means of expression. Curator and director at Cristea Roberts Gallery, Helen Waters, talks to Baumgartner about her formative years spent living in East Germany under communism and how this informed and shaped her work, as well as her choice of medium and subject matter, from her earliest woodcuts, many of which are now housed in major museum collections, through to her latest editions, which are the subject of a new exhibition at Cristea Roberts Gallery. We also hear from Jonathan Watkins, director of Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, who gave Baumgartner her first solo show in the UK and commissioned her to make Stairway to Heaven, 2019, her largest work to date, Christian Rümelin, an early supporter of Baumgartner’s work and Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the Musée d’art et d’histoire in Geneva, and Gillian Forrester, independent curator and scholar, who has written about Baumgartner’s work. She is the former Curator of Prints & Drawings at Yale Center for British Art in the US. Making a Mark is a new podcast by Cristea Roberts Gallery exploring the relationship between artists and printmaking.⁠ Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ Image: Christiane Buamgartner in her studio in Leipzig, Germany, 2021. Photo: Werner Lieberknecht #christianebaumgartner #womanartist #womeninart #germanart #germanartist #eastgermany #printmaking #woodcut #woodcutting #prints #light #landscapes #seascapes #artiststudio #surveillance
#2
Jul 14, 2021 · 30 min
2: Paula Rego: One of the greatest figurative artists of her generation, who places women at the centre of her work
The latest episode of Making a Mark explores the graphic work of Dame Paula Rego RA (b. 1935), one of the most important figurative artists of her generation, who places women’s lives and stories at the centre of her work. Curator and Associate Director at Cristea Roberts Gallery, Sophie Lindo, discusses Rego’s profound and ground-breaking body of work. We hear from Rego, who has been making prints for over 50 years; her son, filmmaker Nick Willing; writer Marina Warner; poet Blake Morrison, whose 1996 Pendle Witches poetry collection inspired a powerful series of prints by the artist, and Professor Paul Coldwell, a master printmaker who worked with Rego over a period of 20 years. Making a Mark is a new podcast by Cristea Roberts Gallery exploring the relationship between artists and printmaking.⁠ Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ Image: Paula Rego in her studio in London, April 2021. Photo: Nick Willing. #paularego #figurativeart #womanartist #womeninart #portuguese #portugueseartist #storytelling #nurseryrhymes #folktales #poetry #printmaking #feminist #abortion #womensrights #feministart #protestart
#1
Jan 21, 2021 · 32 min
1: Richard Hamilton: One of Britain's greatest artists, the founding father of Pop Art
The first episode of Making a Mark explores the work of Richard Hamilton (1922 - 2011), the founding father of Pop Art in Britain and one of the most influential artists of his generation. Michael Bracewell, cultural critic and writer and the author of Modern World: The Art of Richard Hamilton, and gallerist and art dealer Alan Cristea, who worked with Hamilton for 35 years, discuss the art and ideas of an artist whose achievements and legacy remain unparalleled today. Contributors include the Guardian’s art critic Jonathan Jones, writer and curator Gill Hedley, and art director and graphic designer Peter Saville. Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ (Image: Richard Hamilton in his Highgate studio, c. 1970. Photo by Chris Morphet/Redferns via Getty Images) #richardhamilton #britishart #britishdesign #britishartists #modernbritishart #popart #swingingsixties #conceptualart #duchamp #thebeatles #petersaville

Showing 1–14 of 14 episodes