Join a Union (Boty/boots) by Madeleine Pledge Color:Pink or whether language simply runs

or whether language simply runs through them

Kate Bryan examines the lives and legacies of 30 great artists who died too young

Phineas Harper is an architectural writer and kinetic sculptor

Using a wide range of materials such as ceramics

Rhubaba Gallery Edinburgh and Patara Gallery

Join a Union (Boty/boots) by Madeleine Pledge Color:Pink or whether language simply runsThe image of the artist Pauline Boty hanging a painting at the head quarters of the Trades Union Congress has been on my mind and on the walls of my studio for the last year. I like Boty's glamorous nonchalance (cigarette in hand, handbag on arm), and her striped suit against the striped canvas. Mostly, though, I like the image for the way it positions the (supposedly isolated, individualised) figure of the artist within this context of collective