Words by Martin Holman Jamie Mills’s mute constructions suggest use but defy explanation. From neutral tones and varied textures emerge deep feeling and solitude, and a different sense of time – slow and archaic. A Firework for Vincent, 2026, stitched & dyed cotton sacks, spent firework rockets, thread, beeswax, resin, linen, hemp rope, industrial steel trays, cotton, blankets, chalk, Alexander seeds, feathers & two channel audio. Jamie Mills talks about the sculptures he constructs as...

Words by Martin Holman “Either you fall in love with painting and believe in it or you don’t”  - Chantal Joffe. Blue Moon Spiaggia with Fruit, 2023, oil on canvas 70 x 100 cm. © Chantal Joffe. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro Chantal Joffe has never fallen out of love with painting. She said to an interviewer in 2014 that painting is “a bit like a religion in that way that you can doubt it or believe it. It’s a belief structure”. The catalyst releasing energy combines colour and paint...

Words by Martin Holman Encounter six artists emerging into prominence on the British art scene who extract fresh perspectives from common...