Jo Voysey
Charcoal tablets, iodine tincture, potassium permanganate, Friar's Balsam, vitamin C fizzy, Sedacur tablets and Mercurochrome on canvas 170 x 240cm
Gastropect, Pectrolyte and copper sulphate on canvas 170 x 240cm
Med - Lemon, Mercurochrome, gastropect, Pectrolyte, potassium permanganate and charcoal tablets on canvas. 157 x 126cm
Charcoal tablets, iodine tincture, potassium permanganate, Friar's Balsam, vitamin C fizzy, Sedacur tablets and Mercurochrome on canvas 170 x 240cm
Animal
Voysey is primarily concerned with giving painterly form to the complex relationship between humans and animals with particular interest in notions of loss and healing. Her unconventional choice of medium is most appropriate for her subject. She transforms these medicines, often contained in nondescript looking small bottles, into vibrantly coloured and layered expanses of ‘painted’ surface, pushing the painterly possibilities of the medium to its limit. The chemical make-up of the medicines cause effects that are visceral and unstable, qualities that evoke the organic and changing nature of the body -both human and animal.
In ‘Animal’ she continues her previous explorations, adding to her anticipated figurative representations of animals by delving into new and emotive abstract territory. Using newspaper articles and other anecdotal sources as her starting point, Voysey re-imagines these often devastating stories in unexpected ways. Her practice is an embodiment of the harrowing narratives of abuse, tragedy and ignorance.
Mercurochrome, potassium permanganate, charcoal tablets and gastropect on canvas 20 x 30. 5cm
Supradyn effervescent tablets, Vita-Thion granules, Friar's Balsam, charcoal tablets and Mercurochrome on canvas 30. 5 x 20cm
Mercurochrome, charcoal tablets, Friar’s Balsam, iodine tincture, potassium permanganate, Gastropect, Savlon antiseptic liquid and copper sulphate on canvas 562 x 167cm Installation view
Mercurochrome, potassium permanganate, charcoal tablets and gastropect on canvas 20 x 30. 5cm
Spectacle
Mercurochrome, copper sulphate, Flowers of sulphur, potassium permanganate, Friar’s Balsam, iodine tincture, charcoal tablets and Gastropect on canvas 150 x 200cm
Mercurochrome, potassium permanganate, iodine tincture and Friar’s Balsam on canvas Dimension variable
Detail Flowers of sulphur, potassium permanganate and charcoal tablets on canvas
Mercurochrome, copper sulphate, Flowers of sulphur, potassium permanganate, Friar’s Balsam, iodine tincture, charcoal tablets and Gastropect on canvas 150 x 200cm
Curious Creature
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A variety of medicinal tinctures, solutions and suspensions on board Dimensions variable
A variety of medicinal tinctures, solutions and suspensions on board Dimensions variable
Detail Calamine lotion, gastropect and Pectrolyte on board
A variety of medicinal tinctures, solutions and suspensions on board Dimensions variable
Catalyst