Maggie's Song, 2024

Chantal Joffe is a London-based artist known for her intimate portraits of women and girls. These portraits often have a distorted yet carefully considered air about them, expressing emotional themes and a sensitivity to the subject. This traditional lithographic edition depicts the artist's daughter Esme playing guitar in their living room, and takes its name from one of Esme's songs. The soft wash of blue-grey tones combined with the fluidity of Joffe's mark-making builds a familiar sense of intimate domesticity, and imbues the image with the musicality of the scene. This print has been made especially on the occasion of Studio Voltaire's 30th Anniversary. Throughout the anniversary year, a series of limited editions by leading international artists will be released to raise important funds for Studio Voltaire's artistic and community programmes.