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Jun 7, 2018 · From pregnancy to birth, growing up to growing old, Chantal Joffe's intimate portraits capture the evolving stages of life and (mostly) female relationships.
From pregnancy to birth, growing up to growing old, Chantal Joffe's intimate portraits capture the evolving stages of life and (mostly) female relationships.
In this exhibition, co-curated by the artist, portraits of Joffe’s daughter – dating from shortly after her birth to recent depictions of Esme at the age of 16, painted during lockdown – are displayed alongside a number of self-portraits, and a series depicting Esme’s care of her mother during a traumatic illness.
Chantal Joffe’s The Squid and the Whale (2017) depicts two figures sitting on the edge of a bed, one almost obliterated by the other. The figure in the foreground, naked but for a pair of pants, is hunched, with a wide expanse of pale back and a small, beetle-like head. Behind, a child sits upright, taut, her face puckered with anxiety.
May 7, 2024 · Chantal Joffe has always painted the personal – for two decades, that’s often meant herself and her daughter Esme (she painted a pensive, pink and orange daubed newborn in Esme (First Painting) just three weeks after giving birth).
- Sophie Bew
Mar 13, 2013 · Chantal Joffe’s highly personal self-portrait with her daughter, Esme, is set on the beach at St Leonard’s where the artist’s mother lives. Joffe worked from a photograph; she takes many photographs or asks others to, with the possibility of them becoming subjects for paintings.
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