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Pippy Houldsworth Gallery is delighted to announce the first solo exhibition in the UK of new paintings by young Brazilian artist Ana Prata.

For Gone Astray, Prata has painted a series of landscapes, the imagery of each derived from a type of universal language inspired by the simplicity of primitive drawings or children’s sketches. A curved line becomes a mountain, an ellipse forms a lake or series of lagoons. These elements have powerful and symbolic meanings, speaking to humankind very directly.

While Prata’s use of line and her instinctive drawing form the structure of these new works, …