Joe Hesketh - explores a vivid depiction of the lawless territory that occupies the – often convoluted – reality of what it means to be human, her works layer vibrant figuration with sharp social observation, that seems to be inextricably bound to life as a woman in the 21st century and overstimulation of contemporary life.
"Saturated with a myriad of manmade horrors and injustices. I hope to capture an apocalyptic cynicism that seems to be inextricably bound to life. Using bright colours to instantly seduce, I like to keep the horrors just under the skin, hoping to achieve a little murmur, a little slapstick or a slap in the face”
“Joe Hesketh is obviously a character and it shows in her large and brazenly sensuous paintings...Hesketh gives oils the translucent resonance of watercolours... this alone invests her improvisations with the heady dizziness of highly ambivalent dreams... You’re never quite sure whether what’s going on is a matter of fun or fear.”
The Guardian