Sensual Seduction An Exhibition By The Guild Of Erotic Artists
Published 8th Apr 2005 by Carol Milligan

Sensual Seduction An exhibition by The Guild of Erotic Artists
Prepare to be seduced ? The Guild of Erotic Artists is coming to town. For three
days only, 20 members of The Guild of (unashamedly) Erotic Artists hit on Brighton
with an artistic feast for the senses. So whether the thermostat in your passion pit
needs resetting, or you simply want a gorgeous feature piece to mellow the
mood to midnight, don't miss this exhibition at Brighton Media Centre's Basement
Gallery in Middle Street.

Art for sale ranges from very affordable art prints and photographs, to original
paintings in oil and acrylics and sensual sculptures and body casts. Mostly
figurative work, this is softly sensual to classy erotic, so please leave the kids at
home. This is art for grown-ups.

Don't expect a sedate stroll around a quiet gallery. Guild exhibitions bustle with
artists and their models running daily demonstrations of their talents including
painting, glamour photography and body casting. This is a great opportunity to
meet and talk to a variety of artists specialising in different media.

If you'd like to inject some of your own personality and ideas into a piece, The
Guild artists are happy to discuss and arrange future dates for private
commissions. And what gift could be more romantic than to have your lover
preserved in photographs, pencil, paint or plaster? Don't be shy, artistic licence
will be exercised with discretion if required!

If you and your partner want to get in on the act, Hove-based Petra Joy (aka The
Strawberry Seductress) specialises in intimate portraits of couples. Award-winning
photographer, Mike Crawley will capture you in colour; John Keedwell or Douglas
E will shoot you in moody black and white; and Dave Davies, a PADI qualified
diver, can arrange to shoot you underwater... or profer your best features to Ken
Clarke and have them cast in 3-D... the possibilities are endless.

A collective of artists, with some 100 members drawn from all over the UK, The
Guild has a base and permanent gallery space at Beaumont Hall Studios ? a
converted fifteenth century barn near St. Albans. Practised exhibitors, they also
have a large presence at Erotica's London and Manchester shows, The Festival of
Erotique in Edinburgh and numerous small galleries and exhibitions throughout the
country.

The first book by The Guild of Erotic Artists was published this year, featuring the
work of 25 of its artists. Buy a copy at the exhibition and have it signed by your
favourites. Enjoy a glass of wine and discover where your tastes in figurative art lie.
Whether you are deeply romantic, feisty and fetish or brazenly burlesque, you will
find it here. Me, I'm just dying to shock my interior decorator...

Sensual Seduction,
13?15 May 2005 (12.00pm ? 8.30pm),
Friese Greene Gallery, Brighton Media Centre,
15-17 Middle Street, Brighton BN1 1AL
Adults only! Admission Free.

Artists taking part:
Angelica
Paul John Ballard
Wayne Bracey
Chris Christoforou
Ken Clarke
Mike Crawley
Dave Davies
Petra Joy (Hove)
John Keedwell
Ray Leaning (Brighton)
Richard Murrin
CJ Munn
Tessa Paul
Vivian Pedley
Raychel Perks
Pete Rigsby
Douglas E
Silvee
Georgina Tier
Barry Tyler

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