In this exhibition body language British artist joni brown examines themes around mental health and body image. She explores how objectification and culturally constructed beauty standards can shape our relationship with our bodies and evoke feelings of shame when we fall outside these ideals.

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“I explore these ideas using words from personal conversations, text from psychology literature, instruction manuals, and British tabloid terminology." 

Text and words are an important motif in brown's paintings. She takes words and phrases from popular culture and repositions them in a new context. In her paintings "small", "medium", "large", and "a bit bruised" she presents close up renderings of the body, the texture and colours of skin tones provide a backdrop to the words which are embedded beneath layers of paint. They take on the appearance of scars. The words juxtaposed in this way become a visual representation of the conflict between reality and the aesthetic ideal.

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Vernissage: Saturday 25 January 2025, 2 - 7pm
The artist will be present

This exhibition runs until 22 February, ​

Opening hours: Thurs, Fri, Sat 2 - 6pm

Instagram: @iwantfun_youwantfun_thisisfun

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