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On entering Karsten Schubert London’s new exhibition The Covering: Cathie Pilkington, Pierre Molinier and Morton Bartlett, visitors to Room 2 are greeted by a rare example of American outsider artist Morton Bartlett’s plaster dolls. Dressed in a garment made by sculptor Cathie Pilkington, she forms a mediating presence between the staged erotic photographs of Pierre Molinier and Pilkington’s immersive site-specific installation.

Either side of the Morton Bartlett (1909–92), are five photographs from Pierre Molinier’s (1900–76) celebrated series Cent photographies érotiques. These …