英国**艺术家尚塔尔·约菲(Chantal Joffe)跟随德国先锋画家葆拉·马德松-贝克尔(Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1876 - 1907)的足迹，跟随艺术史学家多萝西·普莱斯(Dorothy Price)踏上了一段旅程。贝克尔是**位裸体自画像的女性艺术家。回到伦敦后，约菲开始为她的朋友们——小说家兼作家奥利维亚·莱恩(Olivia Laing)和艺术史学家杰玛·布莱克肖(Gemma Blackshaw)——创作新的画作。

Joffe职业生涯中的作品 - 描绘她的女儿Esme，朋友，艺术家和作家 - 以及艺术家在Worpswede的家中的Joffe的Modersohn-Becker和Polaroids的作品，这本书提供了一个难得的窗口让Joffe Modersohn-Becker的实践得以多方位展现。

Personal Feeling Is the Main Thing sees the acclaimed British artist Chantal Joffe setting out on a journey with art historian Dorothy Price in the footsteps of the pioneering German painter Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876 – 1907), the first female artist to paint a naked self-portrait. Returning to London, Joffe undertakes new paintings of her friends, the novelist and writer Olivia Laing and art historian Gemma Blackshaw, heavily pregnant.

Richly illustrated with works from throughout Joffe’s career – depicting her daughter Esme, friends, artists and writers – alongside works by Modersohn-Becker and Polaroids by Joffe of the artist’s home in Worpswede, this book offers a rare window into Joffe’s practice through the prism of Modersohn-Becker, working a century earlier.

Revealing texts by Dorothy Price, Gemma Blackshaw and Olivia Laing further illuminate the integrity, as well as the psychological and emotional force Joffe brings to figurative painting. ‘Though separated in time and place, Modersohn-Becker’s intensity of vision still speaks directly to Chantal Joffe; both artists are invested in an unflinching approach to their subject matter. They are at once fierce and tender in their acuity.’ – Dorothy Price

Personal Feeling Is the Main Thing is published by Elephant in association with Victoria Miro Gallery.