Debra Franses- Bean's use of the handbag as an iconic form began as a method for self portraiture. However, upon the works completion it became apparent that they operate on a more universal level where they reference the female condition. The handbag and its contents reflects all women's cultures and identities. The themes running through the ready made and cast sculptures are bitter sweet and funny. The significance of the design has developed from the personal and turned into an expression for culture in our time.

 

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When an artist's work is described as having a 'dream like' quality to it, nine times out of ten the paintings have a hazy and somewhat vague characteristic to them - created by delicately applied brush mark, often in soft, meditative colours. Although Sebastien Fitch's works are firmly within the realms of reality, they have a pensive otherworldly sense to them, as if lost in thought and absorbed from within.Sebastien Fitch is an artist originally from Toronto, Canada, who has been living in the U.K. for the past two years. He works in various media: wood, steel, paint, collage - whatever he has access to and feels would best suit a given idea.

 

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Predominantly influenced by classical art, both of the Greek and renaissance period, Florence Fitzgerald is a sculptor who is very much inspired by the human form. “I love to work with the life model because there is a special creative energy there. I try to capture a little bit of the spirit and the soul of the person I’m working with. I find the process a very powerful experience. For me the relationship with the model is an integral part of my creative process.” She says. A self taught artist, Fitzgerald was born in France and currently lives in London.

 

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James Flavell has created an exquisite range of wood sculptures which currently focuses on water droplets and ripples. “After seeing the 1950 Escher piece ‘Rippled Surface’, I began to study the effect of drops hitting a still water surface and started work on this theme in January 2007.” he says. Working with an impressive selection of wood, from African Padauk, Elm, Maple and Cherry his work draws out the natural beauty of the wood while reflecting and exploring a momentary reaction of nature.

 

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Christophe Friquet was born in Châteauroux, France in 1970. He has carved an unusual creative path for himself, beginning his adult life as a welder then later a mechanic. Then through a twist of fate he began writing, publishing his first work in the late nineties. He began to produce these large-scale bronzes at the turn of the century and has won numerous awards and exhibited throughout France.

 

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