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‘Beneath all of the layers, beneath the pattern, beneath the shine, beneath the embellishment, sits an uneasy question. The question is whether or not you choose to look.’ 1

• Ebony G. Patterson, 2020

Hales is delighted to present …to kiss a flower goodbye…, Ebony G. Patterson’s second solo show with the gallery. The exhibition features a series of new large-scale embellished tapestries and mixed media paper collages, that extend her ongoing exploration of the garden as a space freighted with metaphorical significance, of beauty and life as well as violence and loss.

Patterson is known for …