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who has always put her own life at the centre of her work, in drawings, paintings, videos, sculptures and installations, she tells very personal stories. we met in a radio studio in the bbc broadcasting house. welcome to this cultural life. your life is always has gone through your art but wended the art stop? it took off at school wended the art stop? it took off at school because - wended the art stop? it took off at school because i - wended the art stop? it took. off at school because i stopped going to school when i was about 13 and i had to go back when i was 15, i went back for three months and i had to do three months and i had to do three days a week by law, otherwise my mum would have beenin otherwise my mum would have been in trouble with social services and things, and ijust did whatever i wanted to do, and i think that s what it was really, it had become me in a serious way and because the teachers took me seriously and trusted me, that was quite a fantas ....
On this earth, and it also bent totally married for ten years, so without any affection, without any love, without anything, so suddenly the reality of human affection, everything being real made me think, actually, do i really want to die? don t think so! so i think my willpower kicked in and a sudden way and because i d accepted this, it meant that i could really concentrate on life, if that makes sense. you had something to live for, something very important to the fore. ., ., fore. but not. or obadiah cuite fore. but not. or obadiah quite happily. fore. but not. or obadiah quite happily, qc? - fore. but not. or obadiahj quite happily, qc? because fore. but not. or obadiahl quite happily, qc? because i have accepted death it meant that i didn t have to fight which meant i could actually concentrate or live. concentrate or live. you ve recently concentrate or live. you ve recently shown concentrate or live. you ve recently shown work i concentrate or live. you ve i recently ....
It would have been fun. nah? maybe i should have done that, it would have been fun. why did ou sa it would have been fun. why did you say no it would have been fun. why did you say no then? it would have been fun. why did you say no then? i it would have been fun. why did you say no then? i don t - it would have been fun. why did you say no then? i don t know, i you say no then? i don t know, i was you say no then? i don t know, i was probably you say no then? i don t know, i was probably too, you say no then? i don t know, i was probably too, i you say no then? i don t know, i was probably too, i don t i i was probably too, i don t know, too, what s the word, self. i was going to set up my own backside, that s what i was going to say but yes, definitely. i thought i was too good to be an extra in foals and horses. howard arranged was i? it would have been classically brilliant, especially with my mum. this is a serious point, as an artist you re supposed to be really serio ....
Byjohn the baptist s hand, and that was in the top carpet museum, and when i went back, to istanbul, i always used to go to that museum and look at his hand because i thought it was fantastic. his hand because i thought it was fantastic. tells more about that background, was fantastic. tells more about that background, your - was fantastic. tells more about that background, your parentsl that background, your parents are running a hotel? the? that background, your parents are running a hotel? they were runnina are running a hotel? they were running a are running a hotel? they were running a hotel, are running a hotel? they were running a hotel, and are running a hotel? they were running a hotel, and being - running a hotel, and being turkish cypriot, my dad came here in 19 19118, so it wasn t just west indian people that came, it was people from all over the colonies, and cyprus was one of them, and my dad came here in 19118 and he was on his way to australia to see his cousin ....