Amelia Brook

My work begins with the aesthetics of social media: women in moments of self-presentation, sun-bleached still lifes, the carefully arranged props of a digital life. I dissect and reframe these through collage and paint. The women in my work exist in tension. Confident and consumed, controlling their image while being controlled by the platforms that distribute it. Working at large scale with high-gloss varnish finishes, the surfaces mirror the polished perfection of the imagery they interrogate.