Bohuslav Barlow, the reclusive artist, discusses openly and candidly his formative years, wartime displacement and subsequent relocation as a young boy to the UK, resulting in a strong sense of alienation which pervades his work.
Bohuslav Barlow discusses Britishness, his oppressive Stepfather, his poverty-stricken upbringing, and his time at St. Martin’s in the Central School of Art in London in the sixties.
Bohuslav Barlow discusses his time in London, his travels, his arrival in Todmorden in Lancashire and his evasive approach to discussing his enigmatic paintings.
Bohuslav Barlow discusses some of the content of his work, his artistic influences and the publishing of ‘Visual Alchemy’ : a book encompassing a collection of some of his earliest, often alarming, and sometimes disturbing paintings.
Bohuslav Barlow discusses openly his philosophy and touchingly about his relationship with his son, his Mother and her suicide.