Linder: ‘Global conflict alone is so much more shocking than porn’

Danger Came Smiling is an inspired, perfect title for Linder’s newly opened retrospective at the Hayward Gallery, because no one can say she didn‘t warn you. Spanning five decades, the exhibition brings together the renowned artist’s works across photography, textiles, fashion, performance, sculpture and, of course, photo montage – her most lethal weapon of choice. Linder’s artworks are seductive, beguiling. But they’ll lure you in at your peril, because there’s something dangerous, threatening, disruptive at their heart; a quick flash of medical grade scalpel.