The Group Sessions
The Best in Contemporary Nudes

Guy Hepner Contemporary, located in London, announces a series of two exhibitions for 2006, designed to showcase the biggest names in contemporary art and photography. Titled The Group Sessions I & II, the exhibitions aim to showcase the greatest and most influential artists working with the image of the body over the last several decades. Part II of the exhibition will last until March 12th, 2006.

In the Group Sessions, 20th century titans such as Andy Warhol, Jean Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring will vie for attention with the world's greatest photographers including Bob Carlos Clarke, Mark Seliger, Rankin and David LaChapelle, with many of the works on display being previously unseen and created specifically for this series of events.

In a rare combination of traditional and photographic arts, The Group Sessions will show that meaning and emotion often transcend medium in visual representations. All sensationalism aside, each work of art stands as just that – an inanimate representation. Each medium is set on equal footing from the rest.

Bob Carlos Clarke will release a series of "big nude" portraits, virtual life-size images of his most desirable sitters, while Mark Seliger will launch his first UK showing with his "hip hop immortals", originally featured in Vanity Fair.

On the contemporary art side, new works by Damien Hirst will debut in a spectacular customized installation, while the appropriated paintings of Richard Pettibone make their first outing in London after spectacular success in New York earlier in 2005.

Other featured artists include Helmut Newton, Takashi Murakami, Jeff Koons, Tom Wesselmann and Zoobs.

For more information please visit http://www.guyhepner.com



Photo Credits

Iman. Copyright Mark Seliger/Courtesy Guy Hepner Contemporary
Manon. Copyright Mark Seliger/Courtesy Guy Hepner Contemporary
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