PAT WARD WILLIAMS, ACCUSED BLOWTORCH PADLOCK, 1986
One of Williams’ best known works is Accused/Blowtorch/Padlock (1986), which consists of an image of a black man tied to a tree (originally published in Life magazine in 1937 and not attributed to a specific photographer), surrounded by text expressing the artist's reaction to this image…
GUERRILLA GIRLS, REPUBLICANS DO BELIEVE IN A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CONTROL HER OWN BODY, 1992
In the eighties, the Guerrilla Girls decided to incorporate new strategies to the feminism of the seventies, such as humour and stridence, wit and laughter. Although still influenced by the pioneering work of artists such as Judy Chicago and art critic Lucy Lippard denouncing the invisibility of women in the art world…
ZOE LEONARD, I WANT A PRESIDENT, 1992
Zoe Leonard’s oft-cited work, ‘I want a president’ was written by the artist in 1992 in response to poet Eileen Myles’s presidential bid alongside George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot…