James F Johnston Artist's Statement & Bio
Nicola Hick's Artist's Statement and Bio
" Nicola's work searches back deep into the human psyche to confront its most ancient , atavistic fears in making sense of a dangerous world, calling upon myths and fables as sources for imagery, from the transfiguration of Zeus to Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream ." - William Packer "Nicola Hicks's sculpture and drawing practice has focused upon heroic, humanized animals and mythic, beast-like humans. From the moment she burst upon the wider public stage, there has been no doubting her remarkable talent. While still at the Royal College of Art, she quickly established an immediate presence among the artists of her generation as a serious and substantial figure. She was remarkable on every count, for she flew in the face of the critical expectations of those days not just in the nature of the actual imagery she celebrated--figurative, romantic and expressive--but also in the direct and gleeful joy she took in the physical making of these things." B
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