She is
SO OVERRATED!
Going back to her first museum survey - The Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven in 1992, I think it was - (
Miss Interpreted) -
yeah that's 23 years of 'em! - there has not been a lot of development or variety. Even back then there was the child sexuality/race/politics nexus, although with a more South African inflection initially - and the indian ink on wet paper sketches (the ink then spreads or spiders into attractive patterns - you did it kindergarten or early grades of primary school) mounted in gridded suites.... Graphics 101. The Munch-like curves to full length figures - zzzzz - Only Doig can match this kind of medicrity.
And since then she has pretty much just banged on about other hot political topics - online porn (gimme Ruff) Israel/Palestine Wall (actually not very good at landscape) and taken a certain amount of shit from New York Fem critics for not being American and which might make for a certain amount of tightrope wriggling from the Tate Madam posse but frankly this stuff has been stale for some time.
Come on team -
try a Valerie Favre survey!