Exhibition catalog of legendary political artist Gee Vaucher. Corrective
to overly narrow celebrations of the ‘40th anniversary of punk’
Gee Vaucher. Introspective
Edited by Stevphen Shukaitis
Gee Vaucher is an internationally renowned political artist, known for
her ‘radical creativity’, montages, and iconic record sleeve artwork for
the famous anarchist-pacifist band Crass. Vaucher has always seen her
work as a tool for social change, using surrealist styles and methods,
and a DIY aesthetic to create powerful images exploring political and
personal issues.
Gee Vaucher has been working as an artist in the UK since the 1960’s but
is yet to have a major retrospective of her work in a UK public
institution. In Autumn 2016 Firstsite, located in Colchester (UK), will
host a retrospective her work, co-curated by Marie-France Kittler and
Stevphen Shukaitis. This exhibition re-affirms her position as a
counter-cultural artistic force whose influence on local, national and
international visual art and cross-disciplinary contexts deserves to be
explored. Gee Vaucher: Introspective explores this rich history of art
and activism both on a local and national level. It will not only look
back to the radical spirit of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, but is also an
opportunity to engage audiences in important social debates taking place
today.
This catalog will be the first in-depth publication examining the vast
range of her work including painting, collage, video, performance art,
design, and installation works.
Contributors: Gee Vaucher, Penny Rimbaud, Patricia Allmer, John Sears,
Rebecca Binns, George McKay, Yuval Etgar, Martina Groß, and Stevphen
Shukaitis.
The exhibition: http://www.firstsite.uk/whats-on/gee-vaucher-introspective/
The book: http://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=803
Released by Minor Compositions in collaboration with Firstsite
(http://www.firstsite.uk)
Minor Compositions is a series of interventions & provocations drawing
from autonomous politics, avant-garde aesthetics, and the revolutions of
everyday life.
Minor Compositions is an imprint of Autonomedia
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