John Walter’s recommendation: Sianne Ngai on the Aesthetic

by | Mar 26, 2020 | Online Gallery

On the left is a TV screen playing a psychedelic film, showing a man's face against a colourful background. On the right is a mannequin dressed in a hot pink onesie, with a hood covered in pom-poms and Scotland-themed badges and abstract blue, grey and yellow shapes sewn to the body.

UK-based artist John Walter is featured in our current exhibition, Queer Algorithms. For our exhibition reading list he recommended Sianne Ngai’s book Our Aesthetic Categories: Zany, Cute, Interesting, which aligns with the artist’s bright maximalist aesthetic. Read an excerpt from Ngai’s book here.