Plumb subverts Classical notions of art by appropriating its chief characteristics such as the sculptural bust or reclining nude. Rendered as it is we are presented with a debased, alternative version. She is concerned with fantasy, taboo and the marketing that forms a connection between those and marginalised reality.

Kes Richardson has achieved considerable commercial and critical success as well as an abundance of substantial press coverage since he has been showing with Clapham Art Gallery over the last two years. He is known for his graphic renderings of portraits and nudes that he has appropriated from internet pornography. By employing a strong sense of design and an acute eye for colour Richardson creates immaculate, hard-edged renderings. They are sensual works that achieve a subtlety and ambiguity that is absent in the original source material.