RALF ARZT

LUIGI BENEDICENTI

ANTONIO CAZORLA

NEIL DOUGLAS

IAIN FAULKNER

RADO KIROV

STEVE McGINN

JUAN BAUTISTA NIETO

BRIGITTE POLEMIS

LUCIANO VENTRONE

RALF ARZTRalf Arzt was born in Stockholm 1963. Arzt has exhibited extensively in Europe and is represented by a number of galleries worldwide. Beauty, although a prominent theme present in all his work, it is the sense of the mystical and faintly melancholic that is more subtly evoked. His aim is to paint in a realistic style, but not more than is necessary. He

painterly realism with the expression and charm of a painting. Pushing a picture to just beyond photo-realism for him is crucial.

1. Nude IIIoil on canvas 115 x 159 cm (45 x 63 in)

2. Sleeping Nudeoil on canvas 110 x 160 cm (43 x 63 in)

LUIGI BENEDICENTILuigi Benedicenti was born in Turin in 1948. Benedicenti’s style is clear, immediate and is the result of years of intense study and tireless practice. His work is deeply rooted in the still-life tradition that sprouted in the 16th Century, yet with a strong independent personality, having deeply meditated on the works from this era and absorbed the symbolic value, he has moved away from this genre and has invented his own unique style of ‘Extreme Realism’.

3. Nel Vassoiooil on board 103 x 170 cm (41 x 67 in)

4. La Dolce Ideaoil on board 70 x 102 cm (28 x 40 in)

ANTONIO CAZORLAAntonio Cazorla was born in Punta Umbria, Spain, in 1971. From an early age he showed an exceptional interest and aptitude for art. By the age of ten he had begun to master the techniques of oil painting

expertly capture the beauty and sensuality of the female form.

5. Nude

6. Sunsetoil on canvas 60 x 60 cm (24 x 24 in)

NEIL DOUGLASThe ‘urban landscape’ features throughout Neil Douglas’s paintings, either as a backdrop or a focal point. He is fascinated by the city, by the textures and forms found in architecture as well as the varying

in his painting process and especially in his use of mixed media. He applies a variety of materials such as plaster and clay to build up different areas of texture. In doing this he explores the way colour reacts to the surface, how the grain of the medium alters the mark making process, to create different degrees of realism.

7. Winter in New York IIacrylic on canvas 104 x 160 cm (41 x 63 in)

8. London Storiesacrylic on canvas 200 x 130 cm (79 x 51 in)

IAIN FAULKNER

Iain Faulkner was born in Glasgow. Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1996 with a BA in Fine Art, he has established himself as

9. Gathered

10. Solitudeoil on canvas 25 x 25 cm (10 x 10 in)

11. Rendezvousoil on canvas 122 x 122 cm (48 x 48 in)

12. oil on canvas 91 x 91 cm (36 x 36 in)

RADO KIROVRado Kirov, following years of experience in working with various different metals has developed a unique technique of manipulating a sheet of stainless steel by hand, using the inherent physical properties of the metal, to create a striking three-dimensional surface that dynamically mirrors its surroundings and draws the observer into the

mastery of stainless steel are expressed in this new medium, which he

There’s Something in the Watermirrored stainless steel 115 x 240 cm (45 x 94 in)

Expansionmirrored stainless steel 115 x 115 cm (45 x 45 in)

15. looking for omens - prophetresin and mixed media 100 x 80 x 8 cm (39 x 31 x 3 in)

STEVE MCGINN

Steve McGinn’s work follows the basics of form, colour and composition. Each form is a theme and each colour a unique variation within. The forms are enlarged accurate copies of smaller random resin spills

necessarily obvious. As a sculptor his work had been more about the tangible but now using colour and the intensity that it brings as well as a freeing up of compositional boundaries, it allows him to explore differences between working with chance and control.

16. bloodine – prophetresin and mixed media 100 x 80 x 8 cm (39 x 31 x 3 in)

17. resin and mixed media 80 x 160 x 8 cm (31 x 63 x 3 in)

JUAN BAUTISTA NIETONieto’s work presents an exaggerated obsession with recreating a reality, which reaches beyond the precise representation of a photo-graph. He transcends the theme and concept of hyper-realism using it as a vehicle to take us onto another level wherein he achieves an extraordinary kind of intensity, which paradoxically creates a distinct feeling of unreality.

18. Hands VIIacrylic on panel 24 x 24 cm (9 x 9 in)

20. Nude IIacrylic on panel 55 x 160 cm (22 x 63 in)

19. Culpaacrylic on panel 53 x 122 cm (21 x 48 in)

BRIGITTE POLEMISUrban spaces inhabited by faceless men in suits arranged in rows, circular formations, spirals, or overlapping layers as repeated motifs: these are the key features in the new group of works presented by Brigitte Polemis under the title “Just a Number”. Yet,

dehumanisation of man in western industrialised societies, they seem however to strangely defy their ‘inhuman’ message, engaging the viewer in what one increasingly understands to be the imagery of the poetics of a world where man and machine have long been reconciled.

21. “Music is my religion.” Jimi HendrixLimited edition of 6 mix media ink print multiple Perspex 60 x 108 x 7 cm (24 x 43 x 3 in)

22. “Think before you speak, read before you think.” Fran LebowitzLimited edition of 6 mix media ink print multiple Perspex

40 x 127 x 7 cm (16 x 50 x 3 in)

23. “A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.” Robert FrostLimited edition of 6 mix media ink print multiple Perspex

30 x 80 x 9 cm (12 x 31 x 4 in)

LUCIANO VENTRONELuciano Ventrone was born in Rome in 1942. He is regarded by the Global art establishment, museums, curators and critics as one of the

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25. Sognooil on linen 130 x 130 cm (51 x 51 in)

26. Albaoil on linen 80 x 80 cm (31 x 31 in)