From the press release:

"“They meet between me” showcases wobbly bodies, amalgamations of plump, jelly-like forms which are set against cinematic backdrops. Women take centre stage, but their expressions remain hard to read, existing somewhere between shock and pleasure. The exhibition explores Kellaway’s fascination with the display of women; the sensuality, the seduction, and the voyeurism that entangles us. In her paintings, the men appear alien and distorted, sometimes to the point where their appearance isn’t even clear, but their presence is always felt. 

Kellaway’s practice explores pleasure and pain, archetypal characteristics of the woman under the pornographic lens. Kellaway also finds this interplay exists in understanding her Catholic education; a dizzying time infused with the weight of feminised religious guilt; the virtue of suffering, stigmata, and original sin. But girlhood remained a fruitful ground. For Kellaway, it offered a lasting love of pop culture and an obsession with Sofia Coppola, Tracey Emin, Chantal Joffe, Beryl Cook, and Marie Laurencin, which she continues to carry with her. Recurring imagery in her work includes dinner tables, bare chests, excessive patriotism, sprawled gendered performance, and unrequited gazes. At heart, Kellaway is a fan, a collector reassembling contemporary and historical homage which has seeped into her brain. She uses her palette of marshmallowy-pinks and custard-yellow to sweeten and seduce the viewer into her sardonic and sexually transgressive perspective."

"Kellaway’s practice explores pleasure and pain, archetypal characteristics of the woman under the pornographic lens. Kellaway also finds this interplay exists in understanding her Catholic education; a dizzying time infused with the weight of feminised religious guilt; the virtue of suffering, stigmata, and original sin. But girlhood remained a fruitful ground. For Kellaway, it offered a lasting love of pop culture and an obsession with Sofia Coppola, Tracey Emin, Chantal Joffe, Beryl Cook, and Marie Laurencin, which she continues to carry with her. Recurring imagery in her work includes dinner tables, bare chests, excessive patriotism, sprawled gendered performance, and unrequited gazes. At heart, Kellaway is a fan, a collector reassembling contemporary and historical homage which has seeped into her brain. She uses her palette of marshmallowy-pinks and custard-yellow to sweeten and seduce the viewer into her sardonic and sexually transgressive perspective."

Pembroke Art Gallery, 5 Brewer St, Oxford OX1 1QN.

Wheelchair accessible. Accessibility info: https://www.pembrokejcrart.org/visit

Until 9th March.

Opening times: 
Saturday, 1st March: 12 - 3 pm 
Sunday, 2nd March: 12 - 2 pm 
Monday, 3rd March – Thursday, 6th March: 12 – 2 pm 
Friday, 7th March: 6 - 8 pm 
Saturday, 8th March: 12 - 3 pm 
Sunday, 9th March: 12 - 2 pm 

Events: 
Saturday, 1st March: Guided Talk by the Artist: 1 - 1:30 pm 
Saturday, 1st March: Billy-no-mates Workshop: 3 - 4:30 pm 

Instagram: @susankellaway.studio 
Website: www.susankellaway.com