To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
Manufactory
Barbican, London
THE CLINKING and clanking of industrial machinery, the infinite monotony of the factory floor and the rhythmic beauty of working are starkly demonstrated in this innovative new production that uses music, video and performance to explore the physicality of labour.
Live installation Manufactory is the brainchild of German art collective Transforma and is the culmination of years of artist residencies in France and Switzerland, with research for the piece taking them from a seafood-packing plant to the biggest postal sorting office in the south of France.
SIMON PARSONS applauds an artist who rescues and rehumanises stories of women, the victims of violence, from a feminist perspective
WILL STONE enjoys a set by an artist too eclectic to be pigeonholed
WILL STONE in entertained, and some, by the Irishman Shobsy and the Dutch/Kiwi combo My Baby
MIKE QUILLE applauds an excellent example of cultural democracy: making artworks which are a relevant, integral part of working-class lives


