The Merseyside-born ceramicist mixed clay with scrap metal, wire mesh, sand and loofahs, creating a sort of organic detritus that seemed to have been dug up from the earth
The Turner prize-winner has filled a museum with billowing reams of fabric – to reveal the shameful pasts of the gentry immortalised in its paintings. As the rebellious artist nears 70, she lets rip at what held her back
She once struggled for recognition. But now – with a floral tube map, a top award and a Heathrow airport commission involving asylum seekers – the British-Jamaican artist is finally getting her dues