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Oct 21, 2020 · Women are a recurring subject for Joffe, who is best known for her large-scale, psychologically charged paintings of the female figure. Pulling the paint around the canvas in broad brushstrokes, Joffe depicts women in a distinctively understated, yet powerful, manner.
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.
From pregnancy to birth, growing up to growing old, Chantal Joffe's intimate portraits capture the evolving stages of life and (mostly) female relationships.
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Joffe has looked to Modersohn-Becker for years: ‘It’s the way she paints the connection between mother and child, the baby breastfeeding and looking back at its mother. I hope we share that directness.’ Modersohn-Becker’s subject matter was unfashionable: she was a domestic painter and a painter of children.
Mar 20, 2016 · Chantal Joffe ‘‘Esme’s 7th birthday,’’ an oil painting based on a photograph that the London-based artist saw as a poignant reminder of her daughter’s solitude as an only child ...
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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.
