Jordan Kasey’s paintings depict languid characters that consume the canvas

Brooklyn-based artist Jordan Kasey’s large scale paintings capture pillowy characters made up of grey and red soft flesh carrying out regular activities like eating cereal or standing by a fan. Using oils on canvas, Jordan manages to convey a real softness and creaminess to her artwork, making them look as though they’ve been digitised with their smooth texture.

The artist plays with shadows and silhouettes, which creates a curious atmosphere where body parts and faces are cloaked in mystery as they languidly manoeuvre the canvas. Jordan’s moody colour choices of grey and black are offset with brighter jewel-like hues of purple, blue and red and this contrast emphasises this sense of uncertainty.

Her compositions abstract the body through close, zoomed-in crops and adopt unusual perspectives, challenging what we expect to see. This macro focus means we never fully see the world these figures have been painted into, rather it’s just the glimmers of a rollercoaster or the undulating ripples of a swimming pool.