The Physical, Terrifying Boldness of Phyllida Barlow | Brilliant Ideas Ep. 57

British sculptor Phyllida Barlow has been making art since the '60s but has only found public recognition in the last few years. Barlow, 73, is getting ready for the biggest show of her career after she was commissioned by the British Council to represent the UK at the Venice Biennale.

[@songofsunrise]

Saw some of Phyllida Barlow's work for the first time today, and I am intrigued. I love the 'made-ness' of her sculptures, the clearly explored relationship she has with her materials - and that sense of things on the edge, tilting, just about to fall, or change. She is fascinating. I sometimes find abstract sculpture difficult to connect with but her way of talking about her process is very helpful to my mind. Very happy to finally learn more about her work. Definitely recommend it.

[@xxjones]

So good!

[@lobstermash]

If these pieces survive in some sort of collections, I deeply sympathize with the technicians that have to preserve them.

[@kirstycollins4237]

Yes captioning, please. Very inspiring work, fantastic!

[@miropribanic5581]

bravo, very inspiring.

[@abk9314]

brilliant - i'd love to visit this exhibit

[@guyporter6105]

Too great

[@UltimateComputerServices]

Closed captioning would be nice

[@1Ma9iN8tive]

Awesome...

[@megawatt2916]

The humble master.

[@rowill2968]

If her works were displayed at my local suburban gallery they would be mocked, exactly the same works placed in the Tate people imbue them with something else, some kind of brilliance. Its a bit like Kim Kadashian - if she wasn't on TV you would think she was trash just like so many other examples of what she embodies but now as a society we are blinded by the Tate or TV or whatever mass media platform and gobble up dishes they serve us convinced they must be good because why else would everybody be gobbling it up if it wasn't good.

[@CorpseTongji]

i think her work is unabashedly impressive , in the same way visiting a construction site or junk yard is impressive dangerous , monolithic , radically different from the space around it people are a bit more open minded about contemporary art once theyve had a second to get past the shock of it

[@jeffroysdon]

Your local suburban gallery sucks

[@luiscuesta0719]

No one likes the kardashians thoe

[@bluefernlove]

At 1:25 is that pile of pallets her work or just a pile of pallets??? LOL sorry not sorry.

[@shaunclark425]

AN ARANGED RUBBISH TIP..JUST WHAT WE NEED.....ISNT THE EMPORER GETTING COLD YET???

[@Yanaschaf]

Dude, you really need to start taking some meds. Or gtfo the internet before you embarrass yourself any further than you already did. All your comments are negative and hateful and full of resentment about the things that you can't comprehend. And the caps lock screaming just emphasizes that. I pity you.

[@michaelrichardt]

please BBC - make a full documentary of her

[@Queenie-the-genie]

I am in favor of limiting our use of nature’s treasures to make art. Can we not learn now to be satisfied wih smaller art pieces, rather than using lumber from our diminished forests to make giant art that you can walk around and gaze up at? Preserving our forests is a good idea and necessary. Just my opinion. Perhaps make art out of that Texas sized island of plastic that floats about in the Pacific Ocean. I have a beautiful carpet made out of discarded plastic bottles. I think some take discarded plastic and make building materials out of it as well.

[@ElanTee]

It's stylised hoarding.

[@akima57185]

-hello-

[@jumperstartful]

what a waste of time, material, and words.

[@carolynjoore4759]

Making a sculpture of ugly!!!!

[@MilesPittman]

“It looks really imposing, but there’s not actually much there, is there?” 21:05

[@E-Kat]

Ok, everyone says that's important work.

[@marokriste1620]

Art is exspenssive that why artist use cheap materials but isnt that point to create something.

[@Viola5501]

I guess anyone can be called a artist even without talent. And real artist don’t get any recognition,

[@TariqKhan-np2wx]

you definition of art is narrow.

[@tikustycoon5131]

Rubish

[@ianhjan]

I must be a philistine but most of this looks like junk to me. How can this be 'Important'?

[@E-Kat]

Nope, you're brave!

[@janetbarber6781]

@@E-Kat & @Ian - Lol! But she had to brilliantly and creatively put all the mess together : ) Likely placed a lot of chaotic thought into it. This fascinated and amused me all at once. Crazy, but creative. Thanks for reading; I'm on my way to my studio to do any 'ole' thing right now.

[@E-Kat]

@@janetbarber6781 going upstairs in our house is just as bad. Artistically arranged mismatched socks mixed with phone chargers, notebooks, elastic bands, piles of pretty boxes full of usless things...all waiting for someone to disentangle...one day. It all well could be my piece of art reflecting on my current state of affairs. I used to make things too. What are you making if you don't mind me asking? All the best Janet.

[@janetbarber6781]

@@E-Kat Hi! Ekaterina. How are you? Let's make art out of our junk. Nice to read about a place that sounds so wonderfully similar to many areas of my own place : ) Are you creating something special presently? I'm not working on any particular project right now. I'm working on abstracts, using oils and acrylics. I'm beginning to use a few objects on my work as well. I picked up some interesting tidbits from the video, but will likely not do too much with these ideas, as I generally work only on canvas. To me, my drawing isn't great, but I decided a few years back, so what? Just go for it : )

[@E-Kat]

@@janetbarber6781 hi Janet, so nice to hear from you. I'm so happy you're working on something and you're enjoying it! I'm sure your paintings come from your heart and if they give you pleasure, then they'll also find a person who's going to fall in love with them. I used to work in metal, mainly but I'd also use other, usually found materials, collected over years. I love making things. Things are different now. My wonderful husband has died very recently and I'm totally, totally lost in this vast universe, calling him, looking for him, believing momentarily that he will be back. He took most of me with him when he went to heaven and I just only exist. When you said about your paintings in your studio, I was there with you in my mind...it's so lovely to hear about people who have the energy to do things. Keep on painting and making people happy! Sending you my love Janet 💕

[@lestudio76]

It looks badly made....Bc it is

[@yoli5222]

I think she is a good person by herself. I just can't see anything worth seeing. just nihilism.

[@bejingmao]

ho. hum. yawn.