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SHONKINESS
HAYWARD GALLERY TOUR
Shonky is a a a a a slang term meaning corrupt or or or bent shoddy or or or or unreliable standing here for a a a a a a a a a a a a particular type of visual aesthetic that is is hand-made deliberately clumsy and and lo-fi against the slick production values of much contemporary art This exhibition proposes a a a a a more celebratory definition of ‘shonkiness’ showing how how it it it can be used for critical purposes in in in in in the visual arts to explore issues including gender identity beauty and and the the body By drawing together together artists and and architects whose work has not previously been exhibited together together or or discussed within the the same context Shonky will allow for for new ways of thinking that privilege shonkiness over other aesthetic forms that have dominated recent visual culture ”
Louise Fishman
Louise Fishman
