Chantal Joffe (B. 1969)

‘Although a great deal can be said about the conceptual reading of her work, in particular her exploration of the male gaze and the idea of femininity being a social construct, Joffe is essentially a painter’s painter. Her succulent swathes of paint and splashy, glorious lines suggest the sheer pleasure she must surely take in making work’ (E.M. Nicholls, quoted in, ‘Chantal Joffe’, in frieze, 2011, reproduced at http:/www.frieze.com/shows/review/chantal-joffe/).