Stay here while I get a curse

Jessie Makinson paints carnivalesque visions of otherworldly pleasure, subverting tropes of ‘devious’ womanhood.

Stay here while I get a curse, our debut collaboration, presents a surreal reimagining o...

Jessie Makinson paints carnivalesque visions of otherworldly pleasure, subverting tropes of ‘devious’ womanhood.

Stay here while I get a curse, our debut collaboration, presents a surreal reimagining of a Tudor bedroom. Power and sensuality flow between the collection of characters, rendered in a dream-like dusky palette in various states of undress – “I am interested in clothes having no relation to modesty or function.”

The 26-colour screenprint results from Makinson’s close collaboration with a team of artisan printers in London, realised at a large scale with intricate details and highlights to preserve the complexity of her original work.

International Women's Day
Stay here while I get a curse is the first in a series of 6 editions drawn together by Avant Arte Chief Curator Gemma Rolls-Bentley to coincide with International Women's Day. Read the journal.

  
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Edition details
Dimensions
100cm x 82cm
Medium
26-colour screenprint with UV spot colour and varnish details on 500gsm Somerset Special Makings Radiant White Satin paper.
Finishing
Signed by the artist on the reverse of the print.
Release date
March 07, 2022
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