As one of the people who defined punk's protest art in the 1970s and
1980s, Gee Vaucher (b. 1945) deserves to be much better-known. She
produced confrontational album covers for the legendary anarchist band
Crass and later went on to do the same for Northern indie legends the
Charlatans, among others.
More recently, her work was recognised
the day after Donald Trump's 2016 election victory, when the front page
of the Daily Mirror ran her 1989 painting Oh America, which shows the
Statue of Liberty, head in hands. This is the first book to critically
assess an extensive range of Vaucher's work. It examines her unique
position connecting avant-garde art movements, counterculture, punk and
even contemporary street art.
While Vaucher rejects all 'isms',
her work offers a unique take on the history of feminist art. The book
explores how her life has shaped her output, with particular focus on
the open-house collective at Dial House in Essex, a centre for radical
creativity.
Gee Vaucher: Beyond Punk, Feminism and the Avant-Garde - Dr Rebecca Binns
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