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In a departure from earlier work exploring the human body, Woods’ new collages and prints, from cut flowers to empty stoneware jugs, are seen alongside works depicting loaded skies. Hovering between figuration and abstraction, the works in Soft Knock present us with both the familiar and the uncanny, the gentle and the sinister.

The title Soft Knock is a joining up of two opposites. Evocative of expressions associated with the delivery of bad news and supernatural activity, such as the apprehension of an unexplained knock, this contradictory term reflects the tension that runs through Woods’ …