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The Sugar Cane Allegory - Glenn Sorensen - Known for his intimate, small-scale paintings of flowers, domestic objects and people in his life Glenn Sorensen’s exhibition will be the first solo presentation of his work in a UK public gallery. Over a two year period Sorensen has produced a series of melancholic paintings that meditate on the transient nature of existence, drawing parallels between the ephemeral life of the flowers and the people that he paints. In some works the artist has selected a flower from his garden faithfully capturing in exquisite detail the process of entropy - altering, erasing and over-painting the canvas as the flower wilts and decays, sometimes producing a subsequent painting of the flower in its further deteriorated state. With waning petals rendered like crumpled handkerchiefs brushed in luminescent tones and the stark contrast of the dark, inky backgrounds, Sorensen has given his subjects a peculiar phosphorescent quality despite their proximity to final decomposition. The enigmatic title for this series of works comes from Sorensen’s childhood memories in Australia of being surrounded by sugar cane, and observing the yearly life cycle of growth, burning and harvest. Now based in Sweden, the flowers in his garden and the painting of them reminds him of this ritual. Until 1 August.

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