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Fragmented faces and limbs appear embedded within maze like compositions of black and white lines that are disrupted by precisely cut-out shapes. These are the works of London-based artist Jonny Briggs, whose practice combines photography, performance, and sculpture to explore issues around childhood and identity. Archival family portraits provide the artist with an entry point into a complex and painful past, which he endeavours to both understand and reinterpret through his adult perspective. Deconstructions, the title of Briggs’ first solo exhibition at Kristin Hjellegjerde gallery, refers …