Emerging from Corentin Spear’s ongoing blue monochrome series, this edition reflects on solidarity, resilience, and the representation of femininity as a space of strength rather than fragility. Centered on two female figures positioned back to back, the work evokes a gesture of mutual protection — a quiet alliance formed in response to an environment marked by tension and hostility.

Through blurred features and monochromatic tones, the composition moves beyond individual portraiture toward a more collective presence, where identity becomes shared experience. Floral and luminous elements unfold across the surface, introducing moments of softness and hope within the intensity of the scene. Balancing emotional charge with restraint, the work affirms the female body not as an object of projection, but as a site of endurance, support, and resistance.

Emerging from BIGOD’s exploration of vernacular culture and overlooked forms of labor, this edition reflects on the circulation of images and their role in shaping collective memory. Drawing on the figure of the street newspaper seller, the work positions artistic creation as an act of distribution: something that moves, repeats, and carries urgency.

Built through layered fragments and graphic rhythms, the composition evokes processes of print and reproduction, where images accumulate and transform over time. Balancing manual gesture with industrial reference, the work establishes a dialogue between past and present, translating a street-based visual language into a form that can be held, shared, and preserved.

Emerging from Fintan Magee’s ongoing exploration of the relationship between painting, photography, and lived experience, The Travellers draws on a photograph taken by the artist in the Kyiv metro, where underground stations continue to serve as bomb shelters during the war. Depicting two children absorbed in a television programme while waiting below the city, the work captures a quiet moment in which the routines of everyday life persist amid uncertainty.

Characteristic of Magee’s recent practice, the image is deliberately blurred, dissolving the boundaries between documentation and painterly interpretation. Rather than obscuring the scene, this visual instability becomes a narrative device, evoking both movement and unease. Balancing intimacy with fragility, the work reflects on the resilience of ordinary life while reminding us that beneath moments of apparent normality lies a world shaped by conflict, impermanence, and constant change.

Emerging from Matthew Stone's ongoing exploration of layered realities, this work brings together movement, colour, and gestural forms into a composition where multiple visual and emotional dimensions coexist. Surfaces overlap, painted marks create shifting depths, while material and simulated spaces dissolve into one another, reflecting the complexity of contemporary experience.

Characteristic of Stone's practice, the digital and the physical are not positioned in opposition, but exist as complementary layers within the same pictorial language. Image, gesture, surface, and presence continuously intersect, creating a visual field where complexity gives way to moments of stillness and connection. Balancing movement with quiet contemplation, the work reflects on how, within an increasingly layered world, new ways of being fully human can continue to emerge.