Elise . 2021
Frequently depicting people who celebrate self-expression and contest traditional binary norms, Ball highlights physiognomy, hairstyles, clothes, jewellery and make-up that reveal the idiosyncrasies of her anonymous, often unknowing sitters. Deep, pooling eyes pierce luminescent skin, while textures and patterns on garments are depicted with a strong sense of tactility. Set against flat planes of colour and confined within closely cropped compositions, the artist lends the people within her work a surreal, timeless quality by denying the viewer any form of narrative about their identity.
Stephen Friedman Gallery
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