[Minorcompositions] Gee Vaucher. Introspective

[Minor Compositions]

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)


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