Artist Hetain Patel talks about his exhibition Come As You Really Are, at Wolverhampton Art Gallery

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Artist Hetain Patel talks about his exhibition Come As You Really Are, at Wolverhampton Art Gallery.

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00:00Okay, Hattain, so we're here at the Warbampton Art Gallery, and this is your exhibition, Come As You Really Are.

00:07I've got to say, it's a fantastic exhibition.

00:10Just explain what it's all about for me.

00:13It's an exhibition celebrating hobbies and hobbyists.

00:17The exhibition's packed to the brim of hundreds of objects made, modified or collected by hobbyists.

00:24It's about self-expression.

00:25It's about just being brave and, you know, just going for it and expressing yourself.

00:28Yes, yeah.

00:30So kind of what do you expect people to take away from it, really?

00:33I hope people take away joy from it.

00:36Yes.

00:37And giving yourself permission to express yourself.

00:39Yeah.

00:40To make, to craft, to collect, and things that you can be shy about.

00:43Yeah.

00:43Just to kind of go for it.

00:44It's okay.

00:45Yeah, that's it.

00:46I mean, it's absolutely a ramful of items, isn't it?

00:49You know, so much to look at.

00:51It's incredible.

00:51I love shows where there's just tons to look at.

00:54Yeah.

00:54It reminds me kind of of my grand home in a way.

00:57Yes.

00:57You know, you just, there's somewhere to look at everywhere.

00:59And the show is about the power of people.

01:01Yeah.

01:02So it's about having so much stuff in here.

01:04You just can't take it in.

01:05No, no, absolutely.

01:07And I've got to ask, have you got any hobbies yourself?

01:09I've got loads of hobbies.

01:10I collect comics.

01:11I collect Transformer toys.

01:13Yeah.

01:13Some bleed into my artwork, like making my Spider-Man costumes.

01:17Yeah.

01:17Yeah, I love it.

01:19Yeah, wonderful.

01:20And how long is it here for?

01:23It's here till early October.

01:24Yeah.

01:25So there's plenty of time over the summer.

01:27Come down.

01:27You probably need more than one visit.

01:29Yeah, absolutely.

01:30I would say so.

01:31But it's just, yeah, it's amazing.

01:32But all the best.

01:33It's a fantastic exhibition.

01:35Thank you so much.

01:35Well worth it.

01:36Wonderful.

01:36Yeah.

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