YOUNG, Linsey (ed.)
Women in Revolt!

A crucial exploration of the wealth and diversity of work by women artists working in the 1970s and 1980s during a period of seismic social and political change.

Across a wide variety of mediums including painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, film and photography, this extensive exhibition catalogue reflects on how women's needs were marginalised within mainstream culture. It reveals how artists used radical ideas and methods to confront issues that will resonate with contemporary audiences — from access to healthcare and class struggles to ecological disaster, racism and misogyny.

Women in Revolt! features essays on feminist film distribution, the visibility of Black and South Asian women artists, Section 28 and the AIDS pandemic, Greenham Common and the peace movement, and the intersection of punk, feminism and art, Women in Revolt! celebrates the full diversity of what was a highly creative, politically engaged and determined community of women that paved the way for future generations and, ultimately, changed the face of British culture. [publisher's note]

Contributions by Alice Correia, Stella Dadzie, Amrita Dhallu, Zuzana Flaskova, Rachel Garfield, Juliet Jacques, Dorothy Price, Ash Reid, Amy Tobin.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Women in Revolt!: Art and Activism in the UK 1970–90 at Tate Britain.

Published by Tate, 2023
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