Women in Revolt!

The Women in Revolt! exhibition book is 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 and 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.

Featuring 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.

Edited by Linsey Young, Curator of Contemporary British Art at Tate, with text by:

Alice Correia. An art historian, Alice is a specialist in late twentieth-century British art, with a focus on Black and South Asian diaspora artists.

Stella Dadzie, historian, activist, educator, and a founding member of the Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent (OWAAD).

Amrita Dhallu, Assistant Curator, International Art at Tate Modern.

Zuzana Flaskova, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary British Art at Tate.

Rachel Garfield, Head of Art at the University of Reading, with particular interests in lens-based media.

Juliet Jacques, writer and filmmaker.

Dorothy Price is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Critical Race Art History at the Courtauld. Ash Reid, PhD candidate at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Amy Tobin, Curator of Contemporary Programmes at Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge and Director of Studies in History of Art and Fellow, Newnham College.