The dry autumn leaves strewn on the floor of the North Wall Gallery, Summertown, have not been blown in by the wind. They are all part of the picture ‘Apotropaic’, by Sharon Thomas, which dominates the main wall.

A Review of by Gráinne Rice “And wherever you do, whatever you do, there’s always that damp little island called the past…” Many of the works in the Apotropaic exhibition were developed whilst Sharon Thomas was a Sainsbury Scholar at the British School in Rome (2005-06). As implied by Morrissey’s words (another ex-pat anglo in…