Sam Kriss

Promethean grandeur: Maurice Broomfield – Industrial Sublime, at the V&A, reviewed

For a moment, the factory workers are frozen as the masters of the world

‘Wire Manufacture’, 1964, by Maurice Broomfield, taken at the Somerset Wire Company, Cardiff Factory. Credit: © Estate of Maurice Broomfield
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  • Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime

    V&A Museum, until 6 November

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