Nicola Hicks's sculpture and drawing practice has focused upon heroic humanized animals and
mythic beast-like humans. From the moment she burst on the wider public stage there has been
no doubting her remarkable talent. Picked out while still at the Royal College of Art by the
late Elisabeth Frink as a fellow spirit she quickly established an immediate presence among
the artists of her generation as a serious and substantial figure. She was remarkable on every
count for she flew in the face of the critical expectations of the day not just in the nature
of the actual imagery she celebrated - figurative romantic and expressive - but also in the
direct and gleeful joy she took in the physical making of these things. This book is a visual
celebration of her work and features essays written by Will Self Max Porter Candia McWilliam
and David Mamet.
