Poppy Jones Frozen Sun

Sussex-based artist Poppy Jones presents her first institutional solo exhibition at Towner Eastbourne. Jones is best known for her timeless still lifes on repurposed textiles, which sit somewhere between painting and object. Working on an intimate scale that feels true to life, subjects range from closely cropped sections of clothing and glowing reading lamps to small fruits and cut flowers – fading from full bloom to inevitable decay. Often photographed in the artist’s home, these images invite deeper considerations of memory, life, death, and the passage of time. Each piece incorporates the artist’s photography, lithographic printing processes and watercolour on fabrics.

Jones works on cotton, silk and suede canvases, often cut from her own garments or from vintage clothing sourced online. Fingerprints visible on the suede surface of works such as White Tulips (Friday) and Last Days (both 2023), resemble smudges on touchscreen devices - an intentional reference to image sharing in the digital age.

Artist Studio Visit [sold out]
Thursday 21 May, 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Free, booking required
Offsite

Towner Cine Club: Zabriskie Point
Thursday 7 May, 7.00pm
£8/ £7 under 25s
Michelangelo Antonioni's portrait of the socio-political tensions of late Sixties America was selected by Poppy Jones to screen alongside her exhibition.

On the occasion of her exhibition, Poppy Jones invited Phoebe Cripps to write a creative response to the show. The text was developed through a studio visit and conversations with the artist in advance of the exhibition opening. You can read it at the link below:

Yesterday's Breakfast by Phoebe Cripps

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