Carol Sommer
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    • Monolith (2023 - ongoing)
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    • Lever (2024)
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    • Equivalents (2023-2024)
    • Sometimes she tried to think about painting (2021 - 2023)
    • This Has Nothing To Do With Easter (2020 - 2022)
    • Will The Real Iris Murdoch Please Stand Up? (2019 - 2022)
    • The Sea, The Sea (2018)
    • An A-Z of Orientations (2016)
    • From One To The Other (2014/2015)
    • Transparency Series (2012)
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Lichenings (after Claude Cahun 'I Extend My Arms' (1931 or 1932))
(2025 - ongoing)
Digital photomontage series (detail)

In Lichenings, I'm interested in the idea of the push and pull of Eros, and the suggestive potential of the incredible lichen covering these ancient megaliths at sites including Caithness, Cumbria and the Outer Hebrides.

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Lichening XXIII
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Lichening VII
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Lichening XIII
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     Lichening VI
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     Lichening IX
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     Lichening X