Bethany Johnson Russell- BA (Hons) Fine Art
If the Shoe Fits
Through repetition and disruption, her work shows routine as something that feels both cyclical and unstable, questioning its logic and sustainability within contemporary life. Using iteration and replication, she turns monotonous everyday actions into both subject matter and method across a series of oil paintings. Each element is painted with smooth precision, allowing glitches to emerge with uncanny clarity, amplifying the absurdity of routine. Grounded in her lived experience as a neurodivergent woman, the work reflects the strain of maintaining normalised structures of labour that demand consistency, where the breakdown of routine is not only inevitable but a form of resistance to unaccommodating capitalist structures.
