21 Revolutions: New writing and prints inspired by the collection at Glasgow Women's Library - Couverture souple

Patrick, Edele

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0952227339 ISBN 13 : 9780952227335

Editeur : Glasgow Women's Library, 2014

Synopsis

A stunning coffee table book of artists' and writers' creative responses to a unique collection of artifacts from the women's movement and social history spanning more than a century--includes Denise Mina, A. L. Kennedy, Louise Welsh, Janice Galloway, and moreIn collaboration with the Glasgow Women's Library, "21 Revolutions" pairs 21 artists and writers with one item each from the library's archive, providing fascinating insight and response to the history of the women's movement, and creating a beautiful book of new writing and contemporary art. Glasgow Women's Library is unique, part of the international feminist art and archive movement that has proliferated since the 1970s, and its collections include an unrivaled range of artifacts and material relating to the women's movement in Scotland. Some of Scotland's most celebrated women creatives including Jackie Kay, Jen Hadfield, Anne Donovan, Karen Campbell, Denise Mina, Elizabeth Reeder, A.L. Kennedy, Helen Fitzgerald, Zoe Wicomb, Muriel Gray, Louise Welsh, Janice Galloway, Lucy Skaer, Karla Black, Claire Barclay, Sam Ainsley, Corin Sworn, and many others have created extraordinary art, poetry, and prose across the fields of social and women's history, feminism, and equality.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Glasgow Women s Library is unique, part of the international feminist art and archive movement that has proliferated since the 1970s, its collections include an unrivalled range of artefacts and material relating to the women s movement in Scotland. 21 Revolutions is a beautiful full colour, coffee table book celebrating the Library s twenty first anniversary and featuring work by 21 artists and 21 writers, including some of Scotland s most celebrated women creatives.

Jackie Kay, Jen Hadfield, Anne Donovan, Karen Campbell, Denise Mina, Elizabeth Reeder, A.L. Kennedy, Helen Fitzgerald, Zoe Wicomb, Muriel Gray, Louise Welsh, Janice Galloway, Lucy Skaer, Karla Black, Claire Barclay, Sam Ainsley, Corin Sworn and many others have created extraordinary art, poetry and prose, each inspired by individual artefacts in the library, across the fields of social and women s history, feminism and equality.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Following 12 years as a lecturer in the Historical and Critical Studies Department specialising in teaching Gender Art and Culture at Glasgow School of Art, Adele left academia to work full time at Glasgow Womens Library, an organisation she co-founded in 1991. She has written for a range of publications and is currently the Learning and Creative Development Manager at GWL.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Glasgow Women's Library
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0952227339
• ISBN 13: 9780952227335
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256