About the work
I took this image from Annie Leibovitz's photoshoot of Justin and Hailey in a really beautiful garden, they both look quite out of place. I like saying that somebody loves something when we don't actually know if it is true. I like the idea of Justin Bieber loving Gardeners World, because he has probably never head of Monty Don on the BBC. In painting, it is the only place where you can get away with saying things and putting people in places without explanation.
-Sophie Barber, 28th March 2022
About the artist
SOPHIE BARBER (b.1996, St Leonards-On-Sea) is a graduate from the University of Brighton’s BA (Hons) Fine Art Practice at Sussex Coast College Hastings, 2014-2017. Barber has had solo shows at Alison Jacques, London (2021), Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles (2021), Goldsmiths CCA, London (2020), and Project 78 Gallery, St Leonards-on-Sea (2018). Her work has been included in group shows at Lismore Castle, Ireland (2022); X Museum, Beijing (2021); La Maison de Rendez-vous, Brussels (2020); Flatland Projects, Hastings (2019); Phoenix Art Space, Brighton (2019); Niagara Falls Projects, Brighton (2019); Towner Gallery, Eastbourne (2018); and De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea (2017).
Sophie Barber
Photo: Courtesy Alison Jacques, London
Photographer credit: Ben Urban
