Artworks are living objects which emerge from a particular perspective at a particular moment, yet continue to exist in a changing world. Some historic artworks, and even images from popular culture, reflect racist attitudes. What do we do with imagery like this? Can we seal awa ...Show more
Women in Revolt! Mini-series: 6. Tough!
In our final episode of this mini-series, curator Linsey Young hears from women artists, photographers, film-makers and activists who were responding to the political upheavals in the 1980s. From photographs of protests such as the Greenham women’s peace camps to films about AID ...Show more
Women in Revolt! Mini-series: 5. A Time of Possibility
Curator Linsey Young finds out about group exhibitions by women of colour in the 1980s. Joined by artists and curators, she explores how their shows made women of colour visible and expressed the politics and realities of their experiences. From ‘CopyArt’ based on photographic se ...Show more
Women in Revolt! Mini-series: 4. “We need to change the course!”
In these next two episodes, curator Linsey Young hears from women activists and artists of colour about their experiences and work in the 1970s and 80s. In this episode, she learns about how women mobilised against racism and discrimination, and how artists challenged how art his ...Show more
Women in Revolt! Mini-series: 3. Transgression
In episode three, curator Linsey Young investigates how the independent music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s liberated women from the expectations of the time. Joined by artists, musicians, writers and activists, she discovers how punk and industrial music created a spac ...Show more