ICON Exhibition the difficulties she faced whilst

the difficulties she faced whilst growing up

people and symbols

the sheer joy has to be revisited by overriding our instinct to make things look acceptable

It’s such a huge come down

and an irrereverence

ICON Exhibition the difficulties she faced whilst2026 Sue Webster ICON, 2026 Clear glass red neon gas, 3KV transformer, 5mm white perspex box 620mm x 350 mm x 75 mm Edition of 15 ICON is one of the defining works from Sue Websters major exhibition Birth of an Icon, which opened at Firstsite in January 2026 to significant critical acclaim. Stripped back to a single, loaded word rendered in vivid red neon, ICON sits at the intersection of cultural mythology, celebrity, power, and collective desire.