The women at the Victoria Miro Gallery make quite a first impression: I walk in to find a thin lady in a severe black dress bearing down on me with a nasty frown. Around the corner a mother, stark naked, is playing with her baby, whilst on the other side another woman is flashing her knickers at me.

These are the subjects of an impressive new exhibition by the young British artist Chantal Joffe. Joffe is known for her expressive paintings of women and children, drawn from sources as diverse as fashion magazines and pornography. Her latest exhibition quite literally takes her work to new heights: the canvases are huge - so big that Joffe had to use a scaffold to create them.

It's a scale that is perfect for her lavish, paint-bingeing style. At 10 feet up, there's no room for flattering perspectives or soft brushstrokes.