“Winner of the Freelands Award, Joy Gregory has long been regarded as one of the UK’s most innovative voices in feminist art and photographic practice. Her work spans from early self-portraiture to complex, multi-sensory installations, uniting social commentary with striking visual beauty. Gregory’s approach, as the exhibition title suggests, is one of quiet persuasion — using allure and aesthetics to engage audiences with challenging ideas.
In early works such as Autoportrait (1990), she uses fragments of her own image — lips, eyes, and hands — to question who is seen, who is invisible, and how beauty is defined. Objects of Beauty (1992–1995) and Girl Thing (2002–2004) turn fashion accessories and silk undergarments into cyanotype prints, exploring how femininity is performed through material culture. By transforming everyday objects into delicate blue-hued compositions, Gregory blurs the line between the personal and the political, intimacy and critique.”
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