Book Launch - Gee Vaucher: Beyond Punk, Feminism and the Avant-Garde

Thu Dec 08 2022 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

The Whitworth | Manchester

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Book Launch - Gee Vaucher: Beyond Punk, Feminism and the Avant-Garde
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Join us for a free talk and Q&A with artist Gee Vaucher and author Rebecca Binns
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Book Launch

Gee Vaucher: Beyond punk, feminism and the avant-garde by Rebecca Binns


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.


At this special event, artist Gee Vaucher will be in conversation with author Rebecca Binns.

After the discussion there will be a Q&A session with the audience.

Copies of the publication will be available to purchase from the Whitworth Shop.


About the author

Rebecca Binns is a writer and lecturer on art, design and cultural history.


Gee Vaucher: Beyond punk, feminism and the avant-garde by Rebecca Binns is part of the Rethinking Art’s Histories series published by Manchester University Press.



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The Whitworth, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom

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