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Presence II is a continuation of the exploration of the visceral energy of artworks, an energy that requires the viewer’s physical presence unfiltered by the ubiquitous smart phone: ‘a balance needs to be found between ‘the demands of (those) who want to take snapshots of art and those of people who want to actually look at it with their eyes instead of a lens.’ (washington post). It is a group show, a selection of works by different artists over different periods, of different genres, techniques and materials, and different subject matter.

In part of the gallery, we have abandoned the sparse …