Description
Join us for a curator-led tour of two feminist icons: Mickalene Thomas and Linder.
Mickalene Thomas is a trailblazer of portraiture and collage, widely renowned for her large-scale paintings of Black women posed against boldly patterned backgrounds embellished with rhinestones. All About Love will showcase Thomas’s extensive practice across painting, collage, print, photography, video and immersive installations. Thomas has redefined beauty and identity through her vibrant and dynamic compositions. Her work, characterised by a unique blend of colour, pattern, and subject matter, challenges societal norms and provides a powerful counter-narrative to mainstream depictions of beauty and identity. As an artist who fearlessly transcends creative boundaries, her artworks have also adorned album covers (Solange’s EP True, 2013) and emblazoned fashion runways (Dior, 2023).
Linder: Danger Came Smiling will present the full trajectory of Linder’s artistic production, from the early work that grew from her involvement in the punk scene of 1970s Manchester to new works that have never been shown before. Most recognised for her biting photomontage works, Linder’s artistic journey has included fashion, music, performance, textile and film. Invoking the original essence of glamour, Linder’s work delivers a humorous and cutting feminist critique.
We will be led through the exhibitions by Hayward’s Chief Curator Rachel Thomas.
Both exhibitions are firsts: Thomas’ first solo presentation in a UK public art gallery and Linder’s first UK retrospective.
Date 13 March 2025
Time 2 pm
Location Hayward Gallery
Nearest tube: Waterloo or Embankment
Price Patrons – free; Friends – £15; Guests – £25
Images: Details of
- Mickalene Thomas, Afro Goddess Looking Forward, 2015. © Mickalene Thomas.
- Linder, Principle of Totality (Version I), 2012, detail. Image: © Linder. Courtesy of the artist; Modern Art, London; Blum, Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York; Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Paris and dépendance, Brussels.