Radical Since 1971 - What would happen if you dressed Captain America in a corset and heels? How should we respond to war & exploitation? Why are women paid less and expected to do more? Over her 40+ year career, feminist artist and political activist Margaret Harrison has tried to answer these questions, creating an enormous body of work that includes oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, and large installations. Utilizing her Royal Academy training, cultural icons from Wonder Woman to Lady Gaga, and elements of the British landscape tradition, she insightfully comments on issues of...

Radical Since 1971 - Margaret Harrison's work has helped define the relationship of feminism, art and politics in Britain, and she is frequently invited to speak on these topics in international forums. Her work has been exhibited recently in shows central to contemporary debates about feminist art practice, such as the 2009 exhibition REBELLE: Art and Feminism 1969-2009 (Museum of Contemporary Art, Arnhem, the Netherlands), the 2007 touring exhibition WACK Art and the Feminist Revolution (MOCA Los Angeles/MoMA PS1, New York), and the 11th Istanbul Biennale in 2009. Her work has been...