Join a Union (Boty/boots) by Madeleine PledgeThe image of the artist Pauline Boty hanging a painting at the head quarters of the Trades Union Congress has been on my mind and on the walls of my studio for the last year. I like Boty's glamorous nonchalance (cigarette in hand, handbag on arm), and her striped suit against the striped canvas. Mostly, though, I like the image for the way it positions the (supposedly isolated, individualised) figure of the artist within this context of collective