Feature: “Confessional Painting: Recent work by Chantal Joffe”

Chantal Joffe Anne in her Study, 2015 Oil on board 40.8 x 30.5 cm 16 1/8 x 12 1/8 in Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro, London (Photography Stephen White) © Chantal Joffe

BY GEMMA BLACKSHAW Linda, you are leaving your old body now. It lies flat, an old butterfly, all arm, all leg, all wing, loose as an old dress. I reach out toward it but my fingers turn to cankers and I am motherwarm and used, just as your childhood is used. (Anne Sexton, ‘Mother and… Continue reading Feature: “Confessional Painting: Recent work by Chantal Joffe”