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Hattie Malcomson

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Hattie Malcolmson’s larger than life paintings want your attention – and they deserve it. The flamboyant forms and awkward posturing of her figures upend any notion of so-called ‘good taste’, and all the patriarchal beauty norms included within it. Malcolmson is interested in eliciting reactions, whether humour or repulsion, through careful attention to the ways the paint can be manipulated. As such, her figures are made up in heavy impasto oil – like a full-face of makeup – over flat acrylic backgrounds, creating unnerving juxtapositions. Note how classical floral elements mix with contemporary epherema, like a dating app screen. All end up toppling into the viewer’s space, making provocative statements about beauty today.