Figure - May 2008

We are pleased to present a new show representing an eclectic selection of figurative sculpture, glass, ceramics and painting. We are particularly pleased to be showing the sculptural bronzes by the renowened sculptor Vanessa Pooley.

Vanessa is truly venerating women’s bodies as she, the sculptor, sees them; beautiful and voluptuous…this makes her work incredibly tactile.
Arts East
The work of Vanessa Pooley has wit and elegance.
The Spectator
Pooley figures have proved wholly pleasing to the eye…and at big art fairs, amid work by the hyped likes of Tracey Emin, with whom she once shared a studio block, they stand out a mile – attracting a steady stream of buyers. Women love her cast characters, as do men who love women.
Eastern Daily Press
One of the country’s leading artists, Vanessa Pooley’s beautiful bronze nudes are a celebrations of the shapely, child-bearing female body with all its sensuous and comfortable curves.
East Magazine
Popular with art critics and collectors, Vanessa Pooley is a name to watch…
Eastern Daily Press
…a crouching figure leans forward to encircle a small standing body in her arms. It is a world apart, a full stop: a portrayal of an intimacy so strong that you catch your breath.
Telegraph Magazine

Vanessa Pooley is known for her distinctive sculptures of lounging unselfconscious female figures…
Homes and Gardens
One of the most sensitive works is Vanessa Pooley’s sculpture of great simplicity, beauty and humour.
What’s on in London
…witty and imaginative sculpture celebrating the female form
The Spectator magazine
…her forms appear amazingly lithe and lifelike…Vanessa Pooley has found considerable success with her…steadily evolving work.
Eastern Daily Press