Protest is a creative act facilitates a conversation between women photographers across the decades, confirming that many of the issues addressed by women artists in the 1970s – around the body, the environment, national identity, sexuality and race – have not since been resolved.
The historical and contemporary works in this exhibition show, collectively, the good that can come from working together to advocate and agitate for something better.
Participating artists include: Jesse Boylan, Sophie Cassar, Miriam Charlie, Virginia Coventry, Mary Cox, Brenda L Croft, Destiny Deacon, eX de Medici, Sandy Edwards, Bonita Ely, Liss Fenwick, Sue Ford, Juno Gemes, Viva Gibb, Helen Grace, Janina Green, Ponch Hawkes, Siri Hayes, Amrita Hepi, Naomi Hobson, Alana Hunt, Carol Jerrems, Ellen José, Laresa Kosloff, Rosemary Laing, Honey Long and Prue Stent, Angela Lynkushka, Ruth Maddison, Alex Martinis-Roe, Viv Méhes, Eden Menta and Janelle Low, Jill Orr, Daisy Noyes, Ruth O’Leary, Wendy Rew, Elvis Richardson and Virginia Fraser, Therese Ritchie, Jess Schwientek, Tara Shield, Tina Stefanou, Salote Tawale, Kawita Vatanjyankur, and Jemima Wyman.
Sandy Edwards, Feminist Filmworkers Conference Minto, 1979, gelatin silver photograph. Courtesy the artist and Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne
Museum of Australian Photography
7 June to 31 August 2025
Melbourne
