[1] Her work has been connected stylistically to postwar British Expressionism, specifically artists such Francis Bacon and Hans Bellmer[4][5] In the fall of 2018, fashion designer Victoria Beckham drew inspiration from Tyson's 2008 painting, Blue Knickers, for the color palette of her spring/summer 2019 collection, commemorating the 10th anniversary of her namesake brand.
[7] For Tyson, these satirical letters bring together "autobiographical anecdotes, sexual politics and art history to create a kind soup out of which it becomes clear [her] work has evolved".
Taken in the autumn of 1978 while Tyson was an eighteen-year-old student at Chelsea College of Art, the images capture the earliest genesis of the New Romantic scene that was to define the decade ahead.
They form a record that is at once autobiographical and social, beginning with shots from a family holiday and bearing witness to Tyson's immersion in the scene revolving around Billy's Club on Dean Street.
The exhibition of photographs was originally shown at White Columns, New York in 2012 and traveled to Sadie Coles HQ, London in 2013.