Critical Writing Index

The Video and Film by Artists Series: Rebel Girls

by The National Gallery of Canada

The National Gallery of Canada, 1989

The Video and Film by Artists Series: Rebel Girls is a program of screenings, installations, lectures, and special events in the media arts presented by The National Gallery of Canada. Events took place February 14-May 21, 1989.

"The exhibition Rebel Girls focuses on artists who are informed by a critical understanding of the political aesthetics of feminism and on videotapes that analyse, critique, and examine a wide variety of feminist issues. The form of the work ranges from experimental narratives made by individual artists to gritty black-and-white documentaries produced by collectives." (Taken from p.1)

ITEM 1989.142 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

QuebecoiserientSuzanne Vertue

QuebecoiserientDiane Hefferman

Concerned Aboriginal WomenAmelia Productions

Heroics: DefinitionsSara Diamond

Still SaneBrenda Ingratta

Still SaneLidia Patriasz

The Fleck WomanKem Murch

No Small Change: The Story of the Eaton's StrikeEmma Productions

Birthday Suit: Scars and DefectsLisa Steele

Delicate IssueKate Craig

Femmes de reveLouise Gendron

Manufactured RomanceAnne Ramsden

The Last Screening Room: A ValentineVera Frenkel

Hormone WarzoneThe Hummer Sisters

Pure VirtueTanya Mars

Frankly, ShirleyMarg Moores

1932Su Rynard

Life on Our PlanetTess Payne

Hot Chicks on TVElizabeth Vander Zaag