{"id":56184,"date":"2025-06-06T12:27:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T11:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/?p=56184"},"modified":"2025-06-10T12:54:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:54:39","slug":"joanna-wilson-finding-the-on-and-off-switch-at-openspace-grantown-on-spey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/joanna-wilson-finding-the-on-and-off-switch-at-openspace-grantown-on-spey\/","title":{"rendered":"Joanna Wilson: Finding the On\/Off Switch at OPENSPACE, Grantown-on-Spey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Joanna Wilson<\/strong> returns to <strong>OPENSPACE<\/strong> with a solo exhibition exploring the various \u2018languages\u2019 she speaks as a working female artist and gallerist in rural Scotland. Drawing on the sociolinguistic concept of code-switching, she translates her lived experience\u2014one that reflects the chaos and contradictions of modern womanhood\u2014into the figurative abstractions for which she is best known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-Plenteous--1024x1419.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56259 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1419\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-Plenteous--1024x1419.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56259 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-Plenteous--1024x1419.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-Plenteous--480x665.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-Plenteous--108x150.jpg 108w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-Plenteous--768x1064.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-Plenteous--1108x1536.jpg 1108w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-Plenteous-.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Joanna Wilson, &#8216;Plenteous&#8217;<\/em>, <em>mixed media on paper<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-II-1024x992.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56187 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"992\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-II-1024x992.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56187 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-II-1024x992.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-II-480x465.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-II-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-II-768x744.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joanna-Wilson-II.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/The-Openspace-at-Granton-on-Spey-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53299 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/The-Openspace-at-Granton-on-Spey-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53299 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/The-Openspace-at-Granton-on-Spey-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/The-Openspace-at-Granton-on-Spey-480x371.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/The-Openspace-at-Granton-on-Spey-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/The-Openspace-at-Granton-on-Spey-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/The-Openspace-at-Granton-on-Spey.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>OPENSPACE at Grantown-on-Spey<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(For OPENSPACE gallery enquiries please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/joannawilsonart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joanna Wilson<\/a>: info@joannawilsonart.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grantown-based artist Joanna Wilson returns to the town&#8217;s OPENSPACE gallery with a solo exhibition exploring the switch from one mode of communication to 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