Best known for her transgressive photomontages, the Hayward Gallery will celebrate an eclectic half-century
When Manchester punk pioneers Buzzcocks released their seminal single “Orgasm Addict” in 1977, not the least of its power to shock and thrill came from the 7” sleeve design: superimposed on a yellow background with blue text, a black and white photo of the naked, oiled torso of a young woman, each of her nipples covered with a toothy, lip-sticked mouth, her head replaced by a Morphy Richards iron. The graphic designer was Malcolm Garrett.
Her subject, clearly, is the sexual commodification of the female body, especially in magazines and advertising, in collision with consumerism and the marketing of an aspirational “lifestyle”. What does our hunger — for food, fashion, dishwashers, watches, sex — say about us? No doubt her practice could be profitably applied to a certain men’s style magazine for the urbane sophisticate. Linder’s tone is subversive, combining a tart, abrasive wit with a DIY aesthetic — not unlike a punk song.
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