History, culture, religion and politics all shade various streams of Ruby Dickson’s work. Pressing the flesh of the modern myth we now call ‘celebrity’, Dickson’s compositions trumpet their own starry arrival with dynamic canvases often depicting celebrities. Taking centre stage, her characters are drive forwards and out of the picture plane with a chromatic bang and Dickson’s stark palette and washy diagonals betray enough tergiversation to elevate and further problematize both her image and the indices that shape them.