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WHATIFTHEWORLD is pleased to present 'Civilian', a solo exhibition of new works by Michele Mathison.

When confronted with an abstract sculptural form in our visually dominant culture, both the untrained and the veteran art viewer’s first conscious thought might be - what is it of, can I recognise something? However, without realising, through the sculpture lending us its aura, we might also subconsciously notice its haptic sensibility, its materiality, its weight - and our first instinct is usually to reach out, to touch.

What would happen?

Will my finger come away dusty, or will the …