Influences

Shawanda Corbett, Lubaina Himid, Sohrab Hura, Liz Johnson Artur, David Musgrave, Julian Stair and Nicola Tyson select works by some of their favourite artists 

Hurvin Anderson, Artur Barrio, Renate Bertlmann, Polly Braden, Matt Keegan and Sergio Lombardo discuss the artworks that have stuck with them

 

From the BBC and the films of Robert Beavers to the poetry of Margaret Tait, the artist reflects on his formative experiences

Ahead of a solo show at the Brooklyn Museum, the New York-based artist discusses how style influences his thinking

On the eve of his two retrospectives in Paris, the artist discusses the works that have shaped his practice and thinking

The artist reflects on the sounds that have shaped their thinking

‘Her oeuvre was a radical departure and fiery negation of the masculine art-making that was prominent in the 1970s’

‘Eichwald often reveals her journey through her direct, yet humorous and heady titles’

‘I remember being hit by the odour of smoke and the soft, hazy light bathing the enormous space of the abandoned factory’

‘Green’s installation doesn’t exist to serve as evidence of well-established narratives’

‘Fragments of improvized poetry came together and devoured one another’

‘She has such authority in her tangled daubs and streaks’

‘I love the sense of compulsion and joy present in this painting’

‘The fact that it was most likely made with recycled fabric touches me immensely’

‘I have learned from John that you don’t need to shout in order to make an impact’

‘When her mother died, she stopped talking. What is there to say when all is lost?’

‘Hesse was an adventurer and brave with her materials’

‘Kahlo’s dresses, corsets and shoes took on the shapes of her love, pain and identity, still palpable 58 years after her death’

The artist discusses the objects, ideas and artworks that have shaped her practice

‘Truitt’s sculptures add depth and dimension to minimalist shapes and monochrome surfaces’