Mark Wallenger's curatorship in the Hayward gallery, bring together works of varied disciplines from varied periods of art history. From Greco sculpture to Contemporary works by the likes of Tacita Dean. Although curated by Wallenger I see the over-arching influence of Ralph Rugoff over the whole proceedings. Referencing mainly the Psycho Buildings, and Painting of Modern Life exhibitions, the Russian Linesman show has much the same thematic concerns and ideologies, of our contemporary outlook on our world and how reality is informed by the distortion of imagery around us.
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