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 A recent summer residency in Albi, Southern France, has led British/French artist Galina Munroe to allow herself to step back from the academic reasoning that framed her early work. Instead, 'Orville' presents an earnest yet playful exploration of the formal principles of painting, uninhibited by the need for rigid concept. Having said that, the notion of creation vs. destruction is one conceptual trope that remains evident in her distinctive compositions, often constructed from a framework of collaged, repurposed canvas.
 
Although her process is organic, Munroe's paintings tend …