Biting the Hand: Traces of resistance in the art and language diaspora

“Biting the Hand” offers an in-depth survey of the UK art collective, Art & Language, focusing on their radical output from the late 1970s. This period saw the collective produce posters and leaflets for various left-wing initiatives, while engaging in the rigorous analysis of cultural ideology and the politics of art, design and education. In the 1980s, as Thatcherism tightened its grip, the artists went their separate ways into areas as diverse as media work, education, trade unionism and health. “Biting the Hand” consists of three parts: a retrospective introduction that situates the collective in its historical context, and two annotated documentary sections presenting examples of their work, both as text and image.

Editor: Paul Wood
Print run: 600
Dimensions: 25 x 17,5 cm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 300 + 60 pages
Year: April, 2024
ISBN: 978-952-65183-5-0
Publisher: RabRab Press