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Villazan is pleased to present PSYCHOPOMP, an exhibition new paintings by Christina Allan that have never before been shown in an exhibition. The presentation also marks the artist’s first exhibition with the gallery.

‘PSYCHOPOMP’ is another word for creatures who guide spirits or souls to another world or life. These paintings portray versions of these creatures, mainly the Grim Reaper, through an empathetic and humanistic lens. They exist in an in-between natural realm, and are given an identity and life of their own. They are complex creatures, capable of experiencing hurt, loneliness, …