Poppy Jackson – Hackney Citizen

A celebration of the body: the work of performance artist Poppy Jackson

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 January 2016 at 10:00

Poppy Jackson, who caused a stir last November with a performance that saw her sit naked on the roof of Toynbee Hall, talks about the wider significance of artwork and the female body in public spaces

To treat naked artist Poppy Jackson as a joke is to dismiss something powerful

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 3 November 2015 at 11:36

Straddling the roof of Toynbee Hall, Jackson’s performance at Spill festival was a daring piece of experimental art. So why did most media reports reduce it to the lowest common denominator?