'Chantal Joffe's deeply personal new exhibition finds a master at the peak of her powers.'
'Joffe is fêted for the emotional aliveness and painterly rigour of her figurative works, portraits of people often close to her but that speak about human universalities – care, family, friendship, love and loss – the simple, electric potential when one person looks at another.'
'There are pictures of Joffe and her partner, in bed, having a fight in the car; Esme and her boyfriend, at the kitchen table; Esme and Joffe swimming. Out of these drawings, Joffe began to think about the way memory works, how images become memories, and vice versa. “How do you draw and paint the things you can’t recall? What remains in your head? What did I see? Where am I in the picture? What do I look like from behind or when it gets dark?”' — Charlotte Jansen
Image: Chantal Joffe in her studioPhoto © Toby Glanville
Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
