Jessica Campbell Painting

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In the case of my paintings, rooms are drawn from memories of my old homes and those of family and friends, phrases are pulled from recurring family stories and jokes. These images are mnemonic devices that allow me to remember spaces and relationships changed or gone; yet they are investigations of the malleability of memory as much as ruminations on specific places. Objects shift and morph in and out of one another, colour jumps from place to place and multiple perspectives compete irreconcilably.

The text paintings, too, are somehow irreconcilable. The jokes they hint at are usually simple one-liners or frustrating dad puns, but their fragmentary nature makes them a little ambiguous. Not only are they often difficult to read, but the disparity in how they are painted versus their message creates a rift. Their drifting in and out of legibility mirrors the fading and morphing of memory over time, with some moments or words becoming clearer and some disappearing completely.

Work available from LAROCHE/JONCAS