Published by Ridinghouse in 2015, Linder is the most comprehensive printed survey to date of work by the British artist Linder (b. Linder Sterling, 1954, Liverpool), gathering four decades of photomontage that splice advertising, pornography, and domestic imagery into a sustained feminist critique of gender and consumer culture.
The volume gathers over 240 works, interweaving Linder's recurring series rather than a single chronology. Die-cut pages and paper-stock shifts, developed with the artist's input, echo the images' own collage logic. 255 illustrations accompany a conversation between Linder and the art historian Dawn Adès, situating her work within photomontage's wider history, from Dada through punk-era graphic design.
Linder emerged from Manchester's punk scene, designing the Buzzcocks' "Orgasm Addict" sleeve (1977) and, with Morrissey, the fanzine The Secret Public. Her signature technique — fusing fashion imagery, pornography, and domestic appliances — critiques manufactured femininity, later extended into performance as frontwoman of Ludus. Surveys at Tate St Ives, the Hepworth Wakefield, MoMA PS1, and the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris affirm her place as a central figure in feminist photomontage.
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No personal official artist website found for Linder (verified by targeted web search) authors[0].url set to null per project rule, gallery link (Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London) placed in artist_links instead. Publication year: original edition confirmed as 2015 by Stuart Shave/Modern Art's own product page and independent retailer listings (Amazon, eBay) ACC Art Books UK lists a product/restock date of 10 March 2022 for the same ISBN, which appears to be a later restock/reprint listing date rather than a new edition — year field uses 2015. Dimensions cross-checked: Modern Art gallery gives 28.5 x 22.5 cm (11 1/4 x 8 7/8 in) ACC Art Books gives 286mm x 225mm (28.6 x 22.5 cm) — treated as rounding variance, not a real conflict used 28.5 x 22.5 cm. Illustration count varies slightly by source ("over 240 works" vs "255 illustrations" vs "over 250 illustrations") — likely different counting methods (works vs plates) used 255 per the ACC listing. Book appears out of print / sold out at most retailers checked (ACC, DAP) as of this research. This is the general Ridinghouse monograph description.extended intentionally takes a full-career framing since sibling records (a Kettle's Yard retrospective catalog and a Paris ARC catalog) will cover narrower angles.
