The self-taught, octogenarian artist’s rise was meteoric, and so a narrative formed that was by turns mythological and frankly racist. It’s time to correct the record
Returning from a tour of Singapore’s seasonal gallery offerings, Adeline Chia recounts the dreamscapes and hollow-eyed monkeys she spotted along the way
We have arrived in a censorious age where an artist’s tragic backstory and politics matter more than their art itself. Welcome to the tyranny of context
From 2000: The artist had a Tate St Ives residency in 1998/99 when she worked from a temporary studio improvised in the lifeguard’s hut. Here, she recounts her experience
From 2012: Resonating throughout the exhibition is a belief that ideas ask for a physical form and that we always think with the help of the material world
