Linder Sterling
Linder Sterling is known for her photography, radical feminist collage, confrontational performance art, and ties to the British punk scene. Sterling first achieved widespread attention in 1977 when she created cover art for the single Orgasm Addict by the Buzzcocks. This iconic collage features a naked woman with an iron instead of a head and smiles instead of breasts. This work is typical of her collage practice, which combines images from domestic or fashion magazines with cutouts from pornographic magazines like Playboy. From 1978–83 Sterling was the lead singer in punk band Ludus, which moved her artistic practice into the realm of performance. During a show in 1982, for instance, Sterling decorated tables in a nightclub with red stained tampons and cigarettes and wore a dress made of chicken meat while distributing meat wrapped in pornography to the audience. In 1992, continuing her interest in the music world, Sterling published a book of photographs of musician Morrissey titled Morrissey Shot. Sterling continues to make radical collages, photographs and performance art today.
Sterling’s work has been included in solo exhibitions at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Tate St. Ives and Museum of Modern Art PS1, and her …
Linder Sterling is known for her photography, radical feminist collage, confrontational performance art, and ties to the British punk scene. Sterling first achieved widespread attention in 1977 when she created cover art for the single Orgasm Addict by the Buzzcocks. This iconic collage features a naked woman with an iron instead of a head and smiles instead of breasts. This work is typical of her collage practice, which combines images from domestic or fashion magazines with cutouts from pornographic magazines like Playboy. From 1978–83 Sterling was the lead singer in punk band Ludus, which moved her artistic practice into the realm of performance. During a show in 1982, for instance, Sterling decorated tables in a nightclub with red stained tampons and cigarettes and wore a dress made of chicken meat while distributing meat wrapped in pornography to the audience. In 1992, continuing her interest in the music world, Sterling published a book of photographs of musician Morrissey titled Morrissey Shot. Sterling continues to make radical collages, photographs and performance art today.
Sterling’s work has been included in solo exhibitions at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Tate St. Ives and Museum of Modern Art PS1, and her work has been included in group exhibitions at Saatchi Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, Tate Britain, and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
