London - Sue Webster, once part of the 1990s YBA power‑couple with Tim Noble, has staged her first solo institutional show after a long break and a painful split. The 52‑year‑old artist, born in Leicester, now lives alone in a former Mole House in London and displays a wall‑filling installation called Crime Scene that chronicles her punk‑era life, her 2011 miscarriage, and her recent birth of a son, Spider, at 52. The show marks a personal exorcism, as Webster says the work was a way to unravel the trauma of her divorce and the end of a 30‑year partnership. She has also been developing new oil paintings of herself while pregnant, celebrating late‑career motherhood and defying age‑related expectations. The exhibition, organised by a London gallery, features artefacts from her youth, references to Siouxsie and the Banshees, German culture and a 2016 Walker’s crisp packet that celebrated Leicester City’s Premier League triumph. Webster has openly discussed how she uses boxing and swimming to ‘exorcise the badness’ that builds inside her. The artist’s narrative is one of resilience, artistic reinvention and the acceptance of motherhood later in life.

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