Women Artists Together

A fresh perspective on collaboration, collectivity, and conflict in the womens art movement of the 1970s Women Artists Together is a thought-provoking study of how the womens liberation movement galvanized a generation of women artists. It offers a fresh perspective on the history of the womens art movement and considers how it was shaped by collaboration and togetherness. Retracing 1970s liberation politics, Amy Tobin emphasizes how artworks emerged fromand contestedfeminist paradigms and contexts. Taking class, gender, race, and sexuality as central concerns, the book includes examples of inspirational feminist activism as well as fallings out, disagreements, and antagonism. Across four chapters, Tobin looks at the work of UK- and US-based artists including Judy Chicago, Mary Beth Edelson, Rose English, Harmony Hammond, Candace Hill-Montgomery, Claudette Johnson, Suzanne Lacy, Howardena Pindell, Ingrid Pollard, Carolee Schneemann, Cecilia Vicua, and Kate Walker. Groups include the Feminist Art Programme at Cal Arts, Womens Workshop of the Artists Union, Where We At, Black Women Artists Inc., and the South London Art Group, publications such as Heresies and Chrysalis, along with writers and curators including Lucy R. Lippard and Arlene Raven.