Sandy Kirby
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Sandy Kirby (1948 – 2011) was an Australian art historian, curator and academic responsible for the first major survey of Australian feminist art.
Kirby is known for her writing on Australian feminist art and Australian women artists. Her book Sight Lines (1992)[1] was the first major survey of Australian feminist art. In it, Kirby argues that the Women's Movement had a profound effect on Australian women's art and our understanding of history.[2] Sight Lines outlines key historical figures and activities within the Australian feminist art movement of the 1970s and 1980s, as well as historical accounts of the work of women artists in the 1950s and 1960s.[2]
Kirby's research, writing and curatorial work on the Australian social and political movements gave rise to community engaged art in Australia, in particular the art and culture of the Labour movement.[3]
