Cut-outs. Photomontage. Pornography. Domesticity. Ownership. The male gaze. Alright, ‘subverting the male gaze’ has become a slightly over-used phrase, seemingly applied to anything that doesn’t involve Andrew Tate. And it’s quite annoying when male reviewers use it.
Yet, here are two perfectly complementary exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery that really do rip apart socio-cultural depictions of women with considerable force, and create something new.
