Artists who challenge the status quo

I do not know any artist but would like to choose one based on a Netflix film from Brooklyn 1986, that I watched named, "She's gotta have it. " The film is centered around a young female artist named Nola Darling and her journey as an artist trying to be true to herself and dreams. Her art is inspired by events that happened to her. She challenged the way society viewed African-American women. From the way, men would "cat call" women while they waked, tried taking advantage of them based on how they dressed, how women would go through procedures to alter their bodies to get certain jobs and how they were not allowed to have more than one partner. In the end, she created a piece that spoke directly to African American history that was viewed as provocative and painful.