THE RITA KEEGAN ARCHIVE (PROJECT)

15 Aug-13 Sep 2020

Overview

Artist, lecturer and archivist Rita Keegan’s practice reflects the intersection of new media experimentation, feminist practice and the Black Arts Movement of the 1980s. In 1985, Keegan established the Women Artists of Colour Index (WOCI), a unique collection of slides and papers that provides a vital historical resource for contemporary discussions of race and gender. This display in the SLG’s Archive room features Keegan’s personal papers, offering a rare opportunity to see a range of materials and ephemera from the Black British Art scene spanning the 1980s to the early 2000s.