Laura Gascoigne

A victory of the imaginatively crafted over the conceptual: In the Black Fantastic reviewed

The general absence of post-modern irony in this Hayward exhibition is a real tonic

A victory of the imaginatively crafted over the conceptual: Ellen Gallagher’s ‘Ecstatic Draught of Fishes’, 2021. Credit: © Ellen Gallagher. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Tony Nathan 
issue 13 August 2022
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  • In the Black Fantastic

    Hayward Gallery, until 18 September

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