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The Guts and The Glory brings together the works of six painters and sculptors. The artists each utilise visual language borrowed from art history to offer a contemporary perspective that remains relevant to concerns of today. Often with an expressive handling of the material, a raw and personal angle is achieved. From Rococo battle scenes to Neoclassical sculpture, the fragility of the body and natural world are contrasted with the heroic, tragic or morbid, and we are invited to see how the motifs fare a contemporary reckoning.

Samuel Bassett’s paintings present the rituals of everyday life …