Talk Art LIVE!!! Recorded on stage in London's Kings Cross!!! Robert & Russell meet Yinka Ilori MBE, the London based multidisciplinary artist of a British-Nigerian heritage, who specialises in storytelling by fusing his British and Nigerian heritage to tell new stories in contemporary design. This episode was recorded live at Kings Place for the London Podcast Festival, on Tuesday 22nd September 2020.

Ilori began his practice in 2011 up-cycling vintage furniture, inspired by the traditional Nigerian parables and West African fabrics that surrounded him as a child. Humorous, provocative and fun, each piece of furniture he creates tells a story, bringing Nigerian verbal traditions into playful conversation with contemporary design. The studio now consists of a team of colour-obsessed architects and designers, with the expertise and capacity to take on large-scale architectural and interior design projects. The studio continues to experiment with the relationship between function and form, with an output that sits between traditional divisions of art and design.

In this episode we discuss Yinka's most recent projects including 'Better Days Are Coming I Promise', Blackfriars, London, the 2020 artwork commissioned by the official charity of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; 'Colour Palace' at Dulwich Picture Gallery; the group show 'Get Up Stand Up Now', Somerset House; 'Happy Street' for London Festival of Architecture 2019. Further solo exhibitions include If Chairs Could Talk, The Shop At Bluebird, 2015; This is Where It Started, The Whitespace Gallery, Lagos, 2014; Just Africa, Stockholm, 2014; It Started With a Parable, Jaguar Shoes, London Design Week, 2013.

Follow @Yinka_Ilori on Instagram. Visit Yinka Ilori Studio's official website at https://yinkailori.com/ Thanks to the team at Kings Place and the London Podcast Festival for inviting us to be part of the festival for the second time! Also HUGE THANKS to you for listening to Talk Art, we've just reached an awesome 2 million downloads!!!!

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