Disability Art

by Zoe Partington

Image Description: The wording reads on the artwork, 'Disability Art', - turquoise blue neon lights in a stylised handwritten font The neon words are framed inside a transparent perspex box.

Medium: neon glass tube lights/ surrounded by a Perspex box with electric plug in.

Depth: 80mm, Height: 595mm, Length: 2175mm

Weight: 45lbs 14oz (20.81kg)

This term refers to art created by disabled artists that reflects the lived experiences of disability. It serves as a genre for expression, activism, and challenging societal negative perceptions, contributing significantly to cultural discourse.

“Disability Art can be a whole lot of different things. It can be a celebration of disabled people’s lives, it can be very beautiful, very aesthetic, or can be very politicised.”

Tony Heaton — interviewed for Disability Now Magazine 2007.