Delve into Linder’s first London retrospective with the artist herself, as she discusses her works in the Hayward Gallery’s exhibition with the cultural historian.
From Linder’s involvement in Manchester’s punk scene to her mantic stains inspired by British Surrealist Ithell Colquhoun, she is one of the foremost feminist artists of her generation.
In this discussion, Linder and Warner explore gender, the body and consumer culture’s influences, and the surreal and mythological realms which are a great source of inspiration for them both.
Linder is known for her photography, radical feminist photomontage and confrontational performance art. She focuses on questions of gender, commodity and display. Her photomontage practice combines everyday images from domestic and fashion magazines with pornography and archive material.
Marina Warner is a writer of cultural history, fiction and memoir. Her works include novels and short stories as well as studies of art, myths, symbols and fairytales. Her essays are collected in Signs & Wonders (1994), Forms of Enchantment: Writings on Art and Artists (2018), and Myths, Magic and Marvels (forthcoming, 2026). She has curated shows, is professor of English and Creative Writing at Birkbeck College, a Distinguished Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy.
