The passionate argument that we need to say queer instead of gay (with ref to Derek Jarman) is so dated because the context is purely in terms of sexuality
I really like Maggi Hambling, always been fascinated by her. I loved the recent BBC documentary particularly hearing her talk about her artistic processes and life in such detail.
Yet for all her once avant garde gender non conformity and strange ways, I can’t help feel she is a little old fashioned and outdated. Some of her views and language seem anachronistic. Whilst she still has a gift for doing portraits that capture the essence of a person’s character and convey intense emotion and turmoil, that awful ‘statue‘ and some of her recent work struggles to be relevant, imo.
As a tribute to Wollstonecraft it spectacularly misses the point and is cringingly badly executed to say the least.