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Press coverage of Vanessa Pooley's work

Download: Artist of the month - a lifelong passion

"Vanessa finds time to interrupt her schedule to tell me more about her work - and her life…"
Read the whole interview with Annie Hirst, as it appeared in the Eastern Daily Press Norfolk magazine. You will need Adobe Reader in order to open and read this review. You can get Adobe Reader here (a new window will open so you can download without leaving this page). To open the file in your browser window, click on the link. To download to view later, right-click on the link and choose "Save Target As" or "Save File As."

Art reviews - Vanessa Pooley bronze sculptures

Vanessa is truly venerating women’s bodies as she, the sculptor, sees them; beautiful and voluptuous…this makes her work incredibly tactile.
Arts East

The work of Vanessa Pooley has wit and elegance.
The Spectator

Pooley figures have proved wholly pleasing to the eye…and at big art fairs, amid work by the hyped likes of Tracey Emin, with whom she once shared a studio block, they stand out a mile – attracting a steady stream of buyers. Women love her cast characters, as do men who love women.
Eastern Daily Press

One of the country’s leading artists, Vanessa Pooley’s beautiful bronze nudes are a celebrations of the shapely, child-bearing female body with all its sensuous and comfortable curves.
East Magazine

Popular with art critics and collectors, Vanessa Pooley is a name to watch…
Eastern Daily Press

…a crouching figure leans forward to encircle a small standing body in her arms. It is a world apart, a full stop: a portrayal of an intimacy so strong that you catch your breath.
Telegraph Magazine

Vanessa Pooley is known for her distinctive sculptures of lounging unselfconscious female figures…
Homes and Gardens

One of the most sensitive works is Vanessa Pooley’s sculpture of great simplicity, beauty and humour.
What’s on in London

…witty and imaginative sculpture celebrating the female form
The Spectator magazine

…her forms appear amazingly lithe and lifelike…Vanessa Pooley has found considerable success with her…steadily evolving work.
Eastern Daily Press

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