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The large-scale paintings depict lone subjects in moments of contentment and containment, reflecting a shift towards a more studied gaze. Leaning further into simplification and the essentialising of both bodily and inanimate form, Gerrard’s figurative series is led by atmospheric articulation of colour, considered composition and the artist’s evolving survey of contemporary culture.

In their radical flatness, confectionery colours and crisp precision, the works present a fantasy-like, uncanny vision of reality. Gerrard’s figures are imposed upon juxtaposing fields of dense, bright colour. A …