NEW ARTISTS AT SESAME IN JANUARY

Henrijs Preiss & Paul Hickinbotham
From Wednesday 14th January
Reception with the artists: Friday 16th January, 6:00 - 8:30

Coinciding with the Art 2004 Fair at the Business Design Centre (just across the road from Sesame), two new artists will be showing their work at Sesame: Henrijs Preiss and Paul Hickinbotham.

Henrijs Preiss is a Latvian artist who works in London. Drawing heavily on early Russian and medieval religious iconography, he creates precious mystical works on wood through a combination of colour, texture, and geometry. The works have a strong physical presence; they call out to be touched and appreciated as something special, meaningful, and alluring.

Paul Hickinbotham is a Brighton-based photographer whose work has been used in projects such as the "Fatboy Slim Live on Brighton beach" CD, and appears in the collections of numerous celebrities, including Keith Tyson, the 2003 Turner Prize winner. Paul's diptychs and combinations of abstract textures have a clean contemporary aesthetic, mounted on MDF to give the images maximum impact and presence.

The artists explore iconography in culture from two very different perspectives. Although stylistically distinct, their work shares strong physical presence and an ability to use texture to great effect in the creation of an artistic work.

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