Title & Author:

Women in revolt! : art and activism in the UK 1970-90 / edited by Linsey Young ; [writers, Alice Correia, Stella Dadzie, Amrita Dhallu, Zuzana Flaskova, Rachel Garfield, Juliet Jacques, Dorothy Price, Ash Reid and Amy Tobin ; the artists' biographies authored by Hannah Marsh, Lucy Reynolds and Linsey Young].

Publication:

London : Tate Publishing, 2023.
New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Abrams
©2023

Description:

304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Statement of responsibilities from pages [5] and 298.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Alex Farquharson -- A note from our advisors / Althea Greenan, Griselda Pollock and Marlene Smith -- Introduction : the personal is political / Linsey Young -- 'Little circles' : on group work, feminism and art by women / Amy Tobin -- The Black women's movement : fighting on all fronts / Stella Dadzie -- Too much to dream? Trans people and the art of the 1970s and 1980s / Juliet Jacques -- The long lens of motherhood : the art of giving and sustaining life / Zuzana Flaskova -- Unexpected pleasures : punk, feminism and art / Rachel Garfield -- Don't do it for love : feminist film distribution in 1980s Britain / Ash Reid -- A radical decade : Black women artists in 1980s Britain / Dorothy Price -- Representing South Asian women in Britain / Alice Correia -- What is the strategy? Towards breaking the cycle / Amrita Dhallu -- Exhibited works -- Acknowledgements -- Resources -- Credits.

Exhibitions:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990 held at Tate Britain, London, 8 November 2023 - 7 April 2024 ; National Galleries of Scotland : Modern, Edinburgh, 25 May 2024 - 26 January 2025 ; The Whitworth, The University of Manchester, 7 March - 1 June 2025.

Summary:

This exhibition is an exploration of feminist art by over 100 women artists working in the UK, which helped fuel the women's liberation movement during a period of social, economic, and political change. In the 1970s and 1980s, a new wave of feminism erupted. Women used their lived experiences to create art, from painting and photography to film and performance, to fight against injustice. This included taking a stand for reproductive rights, equal pay, and race equality. This creativity helped shape a period of change for women in Britain, including the opening of the first women's refuge and the formation of the British Black Arts Movement. Despite long careers, these artists were often left out of the artistic narratives of the time. This will be the first time many of their works have been on display since the 1970s.

ISBN:

9781849768627 (paperback)
1849768625 (paperback)

Subject:

Women artists Great Britain Exhibitions.
Women artists 20th century Exhibitions.
Art, British 20th century Exhibitions.
Art Political aspects Exhibitions.
Feminism and art Great Britain Exhibitions.
Femmes artistes Grande-Bretagne Expositions.
Femmes artistes 20e siècle Expositions.
Art britannique 20e siècle Expositions.
Féminisme et art Grande-Bretagne Expositions.
political art.
Art Political aspects
Women artists

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Essays.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Young, Linsey, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.
Correia, Alice, writer of supplementary textual content.
Dadzie, Stella, 1952- writer of supplementary textual content.
Dhallu, Amrita, writer of supplementary textual content.
Flašková, Zuzana, writer of supplementary textual content.
Garfield, Rachel, writer of supplementary textual content.
Jacques, Juliet, writer of supplementary textual content.
Price, Dorothy C. (Dorothy Cilla), 1969- writer of supplementary textual content.
Reid, Ash, writer of supplementary textual content.
Tobin, Amy, 1989- writer of supplementary textual content.
Marsh, Hannah, writer of supplementary textual content.
Reynolds, Lucy, writer of supplementary textual content.
Tate Britain (Gallery), host institution.
National Galleries of Scotland, host institution.
Whitworth Art Gallery, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320232
Call No.: 320232
Copy: 1
Status: Available