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Chantal Joffe — Richard and Harun
Chantal Joffe

Richard and Harun

2024

Two seated figures occupy a cream colored ground in this large scale oil painting, rendered with gestural brushwork and vivid color accents. The figure on the left, depicted with pale skin tones and gray curled hair, wears a green shirt beneath a patterned turquoise jacket and dark blue trousers. The figure on the right, rendered in warm brown tones, wears a black jacket over a red and white striped shirt and gray trousers. Both subjects sit upright on chairs with hands resting on their laps, their gazes directed outward in a confrontational yet contemplative manner. The work exemplifies contemporary figurative painting that prioritizes psychological presence and material surface over strict representational detail, continuing a lineage of portraiture concerned with human dignity and social observation.

Medium
Oil on board
Overall
Location
Victoria Miro Gallery, London

Notes

Victoria Miro, Frieze New York 2026, Booth A07, May 13–17, 2026.

For Sale — £95000

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Chantal Joffe, Richard and Harun, 2024

Two seated figures occupy a cream colored ground in this large scale oil painting, rendered with gestural brushwork and vivid color accents. The figure on the left, depicted with pale skin tones and gray curled hair, wears a green shirt beneath a patterned turquoise jacket and dark blue trousers. The figure on the right, rendered in warm brown tones, wears a black jacket over a red and white striped shirt and gray trousers. Both subjects sit upright on chairs with hands resting on their laps, their gazes directed outward in a confrontational yet contemplative manner. The work exemplifies contemporary figurative painting that prioritizes psychological presence and material surface over strict representational detail, continuing a lineage of portraiture concerned with human dignity and social observation.

Medium
Oil on board
Dimensions
overall: 215 x 152 cm
Year
2024
Seen at
Victoria Miro Gallery, United Kingdom

Related themes

Character Study, Expressive Brushwork, British Art, Figurative Painting, Human Dignity, Figure Study, Psychological Presence, Monumental Scale, Oil On Board, Bold Coloring, Contemporary Portraiture, Gestural Abstraction, Portrait Painting, 21st Century, Narrative Painting, Contemporary Art, Social Observation, Seated Figures, Male Figures, Large Scale

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