The title of the exhibition, The Golden Bough, pays tribute to the early anthropological and literary masterpiece of J. G. Frazer published in 1922. Drawing on this anthology of magic, mythology and ritual, these paintings reference thirteenth and fourteenth century Tuscan frescos, (Lorenzetti, Giotto, Bonaiuto) whilst delivering the bold, visual impact of contemporary body language and graphic configuration.  The imagery dematerializes classical antique retrospection, rematerializing into the modernist constructs of shape and line, intense flat colour and the dynamic interplay between negative and positive space. Back lit, gilded silhouettes become allegories of duality, connection and separation; their gestures deliberate and profoundly rooted in nature.

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