The artists of the 1980s were radical. They responded to the social and political issues of the era by giving voice to their own personal histories, the climate crisis and under-represented communities, by attacking misogynistic institutions and making visible society’s treatment of women. Seeking new ways of using graphic media (the camera, video, projections, advertisements), they changed how museums thought about fine art subjects and ultimately paved the way for the 1990s, when institutions finally gave recognition to activism and art.
