Gee Vaucher Introspective

Gee Vaucher (1945, Dagenham) is an internationally renowned political artist, known for her ‘radical creativity’, montages, and iconic record sleeve artwork for the famous anarchist-pacifist band Crass. Gee Vaucher: Introspective is published to accompany the artist’s first UK retrospective in the UK, at Firstsite in Colchester. The exhibition, curated by Marie-France Kittler and Stevphen Shukaitis re-affirms Vaucher’s 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 celebrates the rich history of art and activism both on a local and national level. It looks back to the radical spirit of the 60s, 70s and 80s, but is also an opportunity to engage audiences in important social debates taking place today. It includes texts by Patricia Allmer & John Sears, Rebecca Binns, Yuval Etgar, Marie-France Kittler, George McKay, Penny Rimbaud and Stevphen Shukaitis.