About

Sussex-based artist Poppy Jones presents her first institutional solo exhibition at Towner. Best known for her timeless still life paintings, Jones will debut several new works that focus our attention on the subtle poetry of the everyday.

Working on a 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.

Jones works on cotton, silk and suede canvases cut from her own garments or from vintage clothing sourced online. These materials are often true to the images themselves as well as being connected to her life.⁠ 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.