Gather

The allotment lanes are lined with life and thrum with activity. Air thick and sweet with the scent of hawthorn, recalls a memory that’s not your own.

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Gather is an exhibition of new works by Lianne Mellor bringing together collective wisdom, otherworldly experience and folkloric tradition. The compositions act as living ‘potions’, entangled arrangements where the canvas becomes both cauldron and almanac, distilling centuries of herbal knowledge into something that concocts a particular feeling, fulfils a wish, or offers protection.

 

While nodding to 17th-century Dutch vanitas, the compositions subvert the memento mori tradition. They do not whisper of mortality, instead, they emphasise healing, interconnectedness, and celebration.

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Exhibited at The Bowery, Leeds from 30 May until 21 August 2025