I am thrilled to announce the opening of the fourth exhibition at Old and Interesting Art, Hylton Nel: Venus & Sebestian.

South African visionary Hylton Nel (b. 1941, Zambia) is a master artist-potter who has been experimenting with clay for the last sixty years. Through his deft skill and wit he paints images of his world through ceramics – often making pointed and poignant references to ideas and stories that surround him. I am very pleased to be showing Hylton’s very special and radical ceramic work alongside a pair of homoerotic and feline themed reverse glass paintings.

This show takes its name from an exhibition held at Hylton’s home-studio in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 1983 – which included the two earthenware figures of Venus and Sebastian.