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For her second solo show at the gallery, Isabel Yellin investigates our relationship with the synthetic. The genesis of this body of work began with the notion of “skin and bone”, with the artist creating her own play on this theme using PVC leatherette and corset boning.

The stark artificiality of these objects, stretched against the walls like futuristic animal hides nod towards human nature and satiability. Yellin considers touch the basic starting point for creating an emotional attachment with a thing or person. For her, texture and physical contact is fundamental to individual …