S1 Ep2: Bonnie Greer: the playwright and critic considers Basquiat, Madonna, making work about race and how not to play it safe as an artist
S1 Ep2: Bonnie Greer: the playwright and critic considers Basquiat, Madonna, making work about race and how not to play it safe as an artistUpdate: 2019-03-04
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Chicago-raised Bonnie Greer is instantly recognisable in the UK as a television pundit, playwright and critic. She famously took on former BNP leader Nick Griffin on BBC's Question Time and has written five books and numerous plays that skewer politics, identity and race.
The Last Bohemians meets Bonnie in Soho, London, where she explores how the 1970s New York of Basquiat and Warhol shaped her an an artist, as well as her far-ranging ideas on making work about race, ageism, navigating the art and opinions of problematic personalities, and how not to play it safe as an artist.
Presenter: Kate Hutchinson
Producer: Isis Thompson
Photos: Laura Kelly
www.thelastbohemians.co.uk
@thelastbohemianspod
The Last Bohemians meets Bonnie in Soho, London, where she explores how the 1970s New York of Basquiat and Warhol shaped her an an artist, as well as her far-ranging ideas on making work about race, ageism, navigating the art and opinions of problematic personalities, and how not to play it safe as an artist.
Presenter: Kate Hutchinson
Producer: Isis Thompson
Photos: Laura Kelly
www.thelastbohemians.co.uk
@thelastbohemianspod
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I am moved to seek out her work. not an easy person to interview. she seems to want to stand apart and resist being known or understood. and in my experience of this conversation, she succeeded. as a black female artist who will probably never meet her, I'm sorry she was so inaccessible. I look forward to finding more of her in her writing.