'These more complex moods are accompanied by a formal inventiveness that also feels new... the desire to aim higher leads also to exciting successes.'
'Her touch has grown freer and braver. She's less concerned with prose and keener on poetry, notably in Bananafish, a gorgeous beach scene where five members of the family have water lapping around their ankles in a spectral light that's throwing stars on the water.'
'In the show’s newest image, a portrait of her mother leaning against a bright green staircase, the lessons learnt elsewhere have enriched the single figure. The mother is delicately thoughtful, but the star of the painting is the spectacular green staircase described with juicy painterly enthusiasm. All over the show the waters of Venice seem to be adding liquid to the mix.' – Waldemar Januszczak
Image: Chantal Joffe, Bananafish, 2025Oil on canvas
244 x 182.9 cm
96 x 72 in
© Chantal Joffe
Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
