Persimmon Blackbridge and Sheila Gilhooly : Still Sane
Publisher
Women in Focus Society
Artists
Blackbridge, Persimmon (Artist); Gilhooly, Sheila (Artist);
Date
1985
Isbn
08897402
Summary
Along with quotes from Blackbridge's and Gilhooly's ceramic installation on the experience of being incarcerated in a psychiatric ward, essays discuss the development of the work and the politics of psychiatry as an agent of social control. Includes listings of lesbian, feminist, anti-psychiatry and political art resources. Biographical notes. Circa 42 bibl. ref.
PSYCHIATRY; POLITICAL ART; LESBIANISM; FILM; VIDEO; FEMINISM
Type
Catalogue – Exhibition
Media
Ceramics, Installation, Social Practice, Other
Data Source
e-Artexte
Hard Copy Location
Artexte
Notes
Blackbridge, Persimmon and Gilhooly, Sheila and Hughes, Nym and Randall, Nora D. and NiHera, Dee dee. Persimmon Blackbridge and Sheila Gilhooly : Still Sane. Vancouver, BC: Press Gang Publishers, 1985.
http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/3878
Exhibition dates: fall 1984, Women in Focus Gallery (Vancouver).