Margaret Harrison

born 1940

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Biography

Margaret Harrison (born 1940 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England) is an English feminist and artist whose work uses a variety of media and subject matter.

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Artworks

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Margaret Harrison Homeworkers

1977
Margaret Harrison, Kay Hunt, Mary Kelly Women and Work: A Document on the Division of Labour in Industry 1973-75

1973–5
Margaret Harrison Little Woman at Home

1971
Margaret Harrison Good Enough to Eat

1971

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Margaret Harrison Banana Woman

1971
Margaret Harrison Take One Lemon

1971

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Margaret Harrison Son of Rob Roy

1971
Margaret Harrison Dumped On

1971

Film and audio

TateShots

Margaret Harrison: Studio visit

Which is more shocking, a naked women astride a giant banana, or Hugh Hefner in suspenders?
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Unlock Art: Where are the women?

Girls actress Jemima Kirke addresses the topic of women in art (or the lack them)

Features

Tate Etc

Tate Etc. issue 29: Autumn 2013

Tate Etc. issue 29, Autumn 2013; online edition of Tate's magazine
Tate Etc

On the home front: Recent Acquisition: Margaret Harrison

Margaret Harrison

The pioneering feminist artist talks to Tate Etc.’s Mariko Finch about her 1977 piece Homeworkers, a politically potent work ...
Art Term

Feminist art

Feminist art is art by artists made consciously in the light of developments in feminist art theory in the early ...