Jemima Stehli @ Marlborough Gallery

Jemima Stehli’s work explored themes of sexuality and the gaze throughout her practice. She is best known for her photographic works, which explore performativity and complicity in the representation of the female nude. HAPPENSTANCE marks a departure from the well-established photographic work and an introduction to her new practice of abstract painting – a progression Stehli feels was the natural evolution of the physicality of her earlier work. The new work engages the body – its reach, movements and limitations and has a strong link to the performative elements of her practice.