Text by James Boaden, Alyce Mahon, Amy Tobin, Sarah Victoria Turner.
A career retrospective on a punk collagist who has defied the confines of career
The art of Linder (born 1954) made its public debut not in galleries but in punk fanzines and as art for the sleeve of the Buzzcocks' first single, "Orgasm Addict." Accompanying the first in-depth survey of Linder’s work in the UK, Linderism reproduces works from across her career, from her punk collages to her recent work, and offers four new perspectives on her wide-ranging practice by James Boaden, Alyce Mahon, Amy Tobin and Sarah Victoria Turner.
The essays address Linder’s early photomontages forged in the crucible of punk and postpunk culture in the North-West of England, as well as more recent shifts in her practice encompassing spirituality, the occult and the surreal. Linderism includes extensive documentation of working drawings and research images—the materials that have long formed the basis of her practice—as well as documentation of works included in the survey exhibition.
Featured image is reproduced from 'Linder Sterling: Linderism.'
PRAISE AND REVIEWS
London Review Of Books
Brian Dillon
[Linder Sterling] remains best known for her photomontages, executed then as now with a Swann-Morton No. 11 surgical scalpel...The earliest of Linder’s collages have a graphic simplicity borrowed from fashion illustration, sometimes with a twisted take on ageing glam rock...Linder initially drew or painted over found images...Guided by Ades’s book, she turned exclusively to montage. Her punk-era images are furious and precisely focused.
FORMAT: Pbk, 8 x 11.25 in. / 128 pgs / 50 color / 50 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $35.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $49 ISBN: 9783960987680 PUBLISHER: Walther König, Köln AVAILABLE: 8/18/2020 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: FLAT40 PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA ASIA AU/NZ AFR
Published by Walther König, Köln. Text by James Boaden, Alyce Mahon, Amy Tobin, Sarah Victoria Turner.
A career retrospective on a punk collagist who has defied the confines of career
The art of Linder (born 1954) made its public debut not in galleries but in punk fanzines and as art for the sleeve of the Buzzcocks' first single, "Orgasm Addict." Accompanying the first in-depth survey of Linder’s work in the UK, Linderism reproduces works from across her career, from her punk collages to her recent work, and offers four new perspectives on her wide-ranging practice by James Boaden, Alyce Mahon, Amy Tobin and Sarah Victoria Turner.
The essays address Linder’s early photomontages forged in the crucible of punk and postpunk culture in the North-West of England, as well as more recent shifts in her practice encompassing spirituality, the occult and the surreal. Linderism includes extensive documentation of working drawings and research images—the materials that have long formed the basis of her practice—as well as documentation of works included in the survey exhibition.
