Gee Vaucher
Gee Vaucher, born Dagenham, East London, 1945.
Gee Vaucher (standing) pictured with Penny Rimbaud,
2002Her work with Anarcho-punk band Crass was seminal to the 'protest
art' of the 1980s. Vaucher has always seen her work as a tool for
social change. In her collection of early works (1960-1997) Crass
Crass Art and Other Pre Post-Modernist Monsters Gee is shown to
use paints and collages to show her strong anarcho-pacifist, and
feminist views through her artwork. Gee also uses the surrealist
method to express her aforementioned ideals and styles.
A collage from Crass art and other postmodern monsters
by Gee VaucherIn Gee's second book, Animal Rites, she gives a commentary
on the relationship between animals and humans, centered around
the quote "All humans are animal, but some animals are more
human than others". Gee again uses collages and shows her intelligent
wit, along with her disturbing yet, eye opening style.
In the foreword to her 1999 retrospective collection Crass Art and
Other Pre Post-Modernist Monsters Ian Dury writes;
"In its original form, Gee's work is intricate
and tactile, and while the imagery is sometimes almost overwhelming,
the primary concerns are those of a painter; dealing with form and
space. Mere newsprint would hardly do justice to its subtle tones.
When the work is printed, the space becomes more simple and the
graphic images take on a different life. The concerns are those
of delivery, and the message is clear."
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