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The exhibition’s title is taken from a poem written by the artist in the summer of 2022. In the poem, a monk becomes enveloped by a swarm of flies and eaten alive while working on an illuminated manuscript - an analogy for the isolation and slow, detailed study required to make such documents. Over the course of a year, Dunn’s practice shifted from the large paintings which characterised The Tabernacle, to small, detailed pieces. Dunn made this decision to change her working method consciously, forcing herself to move away from grand gestural pieces and work in a focussed manner at her studio …