Jo longhurst biography

Jo Longhurst is internationally recognised for her explorations of cultural ideas of perfection through photography, video, performance and installation. She is drawn to human systems and structures, interested in attempts to create order from disorder, and the many ways in which we try to make sense of our place in the universe.

Jo longhurst biography

She often returns to the question of how we as individuals learn to be in the world: how we are judged, shaped, or affected by our social and political environment, and how we are expected to ‘fit in’ or conform.

The Refusal (2001 – ongoing) is a study of the competitive world of the British show dog.

The eugenic obsession of breeders seeking to create the perfect dog, taps into contemporary concerns about genetic modification and cloning. While questioning conventions of portraiture, these multi-faceted works provide a serious contribution to the ongoing inquiry into human subjectivity through their systematic re-evaluation of our present e