Press Release
                23 June 2003

                Lets See the Nature in You
                Pepperton Gallery,

                18 July-26 September 2003,

                Press View: Friday 18 July 6.30-9.30

                'Lets See the Nature in You' is the first opening exhibition launching Pepperton Gallery in South London.
                It showcases twenty-one artists’ works exploring painting, printmaking, sculpture, drawing, video and
                photography. They include emerging artists such as: Sophie Abbott, Bula C Agbo, Temsuyanger Longkumer,
                Rikke Lundgreen and Biggi Stiller alongside more established international artists such as Tracey Emin, Ilya
                Kabakov, Mimmo Paladino, Sarah Lucas and Gavin Turk.

                The theme 'Let’s See the Nature in You' was chosen for its widest possible brief where very diverse artistic
                expressions and mediums look at the subject of self expression or the use of nature/natural environment
                related to the self. The exhibition embodies several stylistic approaches from very complex ones to those
                of simplicity. By observing how these relationships work, the artists have explored a theme that has
                globally captivated the minds of artists from the very earliest times in civilisation.

                Participating artists are: Sophie Abbott, Bula C Agbo, Jack Chapman, Emma Clark, Tracey Emin,
                Rick Fullwood, Matthew Gansallo, Emma Grover, Ilya Kabakov, Chris Kettle, Temsuyanger Longkumer,
                Sarah Lucas, Rikke Lundgreen, Barbara Munns, Ruth O’Donnell, Mimmo Paladino, Klarita Pandolfi,
                Shyama Ruffell, Bina Shah, Biggi Stiller and Gavin Turk.                    

                Sophie Abbott reinvents the natural landscape from her travels onto a canvas of organic abstraction making
                marks in rich jewel-like colours and textures while Bula C Agbo’s drawings and prints of enigmatic portraits
                vie with their inner turmoil and external calm representing a vision of sublime poetry. Jack Chapman explores
                self-identity through photography, confronting feelings of genderlessness and ambiguity, how ‘Julie’ is
                transforming into Jack. Tracey Emin exposes her vulnerability through a frail, intimate drawing of herself and
                her dog, in true Emin style. Chris Kettle’s images of fruit & vegetable leave an unforgettable memory of seductive,
                sensual appeal; they are painted in detail charged with a personality entirely of their own.
                Temsuyanger Longkumer explores his life experiences and memories of his native Nagaland through video,
                photography and printmaking; he recreates a sensitive and dynamic world drawing on the rhythms and 
                pulse of his heritage. Sarah Lucas’s self portrait eating a banana is from a series of Self Portraits 1990-98, 99.
                Rikke Lundgreen’s images investigate how she feels about gender and her own identity, where
                the position as a female/male is not fixed, but moves in between. Bina Shah’s eclectic style of semi abstract,
                stylised forms influenced by herEast African heritage British culture lend to a visual mix of tropical and 
                English flora and fauna. Biggi Stiller’s video piece unfolds a physical and mental journey where she traces her history;    
                seeing where her passion and intrigue for the Asian/Indian culture began; she journeys back to a school in Germany 
                where she first encounters a 'hint' of India.  Gavin Turk’s work deals with issues of the self  and identity;  images
                of himself dressed as other iconic figures but  here is a self portrait with his eyes closed; can he really not see himself  
                anymore?
                
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