A Woman's Cycle
Poster
1979 (made)
1979 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The Lenthall Road Workshop in Hackney was founded in 1975 by three women, Chia Moan, Viv Mullett and Jenny Smith. They took over an existing screen printing shop and turned it into a community printing workshop, focusing predominantly on engaging with local feminist, anti-racist and LGBTQ+ rights groups. Their ethos was 'once you start seeing yourself as a person who can do things then you're in a position to take control of your life'. Running various courses, in particular for women of colour and queer communities, their premises at 81 Lenthall Road was a valued creative hub which lasted for approximately 15 years. Their work and legacy was celebrated in a 2019 retrospective at the Hackney Museum entitled 'Women on Screens: Printmaking, Photography and Community Activism at Lenthall Road Workshop 1970s-1990s'.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | A Woman's Cycle (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photostencil, printing, paper, plastic laminate |
| Brief description | Poster made at the Lenthall Road Workshop for a sponsored bike ride. London, June 17th 1979. |
| Physical description | Landscape poster featuring a multiplied image of a woman (possibly one of the workshop's founders, Chia Moan) cycling with her legs crossed near the handle bars, against the background of large sun or moon. The poster evokes a rainbow effect and is lettered with the title, an example of polysemy in its double meaning of the menstrual cycle and simply an image of a woman cycling. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A WOMAN'S CYCLE |
| Credit line | Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop. |
| Object history | Poster featured in the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'. 65. LENTHALL ROAD WORKSHOP. Handcut and photostencils. Early 1980's. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | The Lenthall Road Workshop in Hackney was founded in 1975 by three women, Chia Moan, Viv Mullett and Jenny Smith. They took over an existing screen printing shop and turned it into a community printing workshop, focusing predominantly on engaging with local feminist, anti-racist and LGBTQ+ rights groups. Their ethos was 'once you start seeing yourself as a person who can do things then you're in a position to take control of your life'. Running various courses, in particular for women of colour and queer communities, their premises at 81 Lenthall Road was a valued creative hub which lasted for approximately 15 years. Their work and legacy was celebrated in a 2019 retrospective at the Hackney Museum entitled 'Women on Screens: Printmaking, Photography and Community Activism at Lenthall Road Workshop 1970s-1990s'. |
| Bibliographic reference | This was made to promote a sponsored bike ride to Epping for 'A Woman's Place' and 'Women's Art Alliance' on June 17th 1979. A poster with lettering appears in a 1980 documentary about community art projects in Hackney called 'Somewhere in Hackney' (dir. Ron Orders). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.573-2013 |
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| Record created | November 20, 2013 |
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