El Anatsui is one of Africa’s most prominent contemporary artists. He comes from Ghana although he has spent most of his career in Nigeria. His most famous sculptural work consists of tapestries made out of woven recycled bottle caps.
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Studio Banana TV interviews up-and-coming Japanese artist Kohei Nawa. Nawa belongs to a new generation of Japanese artists that is erupting in the global contemporary art scene with fresh ideas. In the interview he talks about his Liquid, Beads, Scum series but also about other works with glue, drawing etc. He also explains his new endeavor, SANDWICH, a creative platform he has founded in Kyoto. 
Stop-motion video of Polish artist Pawel Althamer’s “Path” intervention at the Münster Skupture Projekte. Turn your head 90º!! 
Brazilian world-class sculptor Ernesto Neto talks us through his installation entitled MOTHER BODY EMOTIONAL DENSITIES, FOR ALIVE TEMPLE TIME BABY SON, which was on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. 
Donald Judd was one of Amercia’s most prolific and globally respected artists. In his last interview alive, the sculptor and minimalist artist discusses his unique aesthetic, his dislike of contemporary architecture, and his passionate quest for the perfect exhibition setting for his large works of art. He also talks about why he moved to the village of Marfa in Texas. 
Susumu Shingu is a Japanese sculptor. He is a living legend of kinetic art together with Calder and Tinguely. He moved to Italy in the 1960’s and stayed there ever since. In this video he explains (in Italian) the relevance of bringing nature and mind together through a water-propelled kinetic sculpture. 
Italian sculptor Mario Merz, who died only a few years ago, had an affinity towards dome structures which are popularly known as “igloos”. Here is a video showing the construction of one of these in 2002 on top of a railway line in Turin, Italy. 
Joana Vasconcelos is one of Portugal’s best know contemporary artists. Her work generally consists of giant sculptures referring to motifs and symbols of popular culture. 
Studio Banana TV interviews Esther Pizarro, a prominent figure of contemporary Spanish conceptual sculpture. Interview realised with the sponsorship of the European University of Madrid 
Andy Goldsworthy is a sculptor, photographer and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings. |
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