About women in art: Guerrilla Girls

Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get Into the Met. Museum? 

1989  © courtesy www.guerrillagirls.com 

As part of my research around the 'Still I Rise' exhibition at the Arnolfini Art Gallery, in Bristol, on feminisms, gender and resistance, I'd like to share this video, by this collective of female artists:

Guerrilla Girls – 'You Have to Question What You See' | Artist Interview | TateShots

The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group of feminist, female artists devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the art world. The group formed in New York City in 1985 with the mission of bringing gender and racial inequality into focus within the greater arts community. The group employs culture jamming in the form of posters, books, billboards, and public appearances to expose discrimination and corruption. To remain anonymous, members don gorilla masks and use pseudonyms that refer to deceased female artists.

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Find out more about the Guerrilla Girls here: https://goo.gl/vuGD7v

Guerrilla Girls is an anonymous group of feminist, female artists devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the art world. The group formed in New York City in 1985 with the mission of bringing gender and racial inequality into focus within the greater arts community. The group employs culture jamming in the form of posters, books, billboards, and public appearances to expose discrimination and corruption. To remain anonymous, members don gorilla masks and use pseudonyms that refer to deceased female artists. According to GG1, identities are concealed because issues matter more than individual identities, "[M]ainly, we wanted the focus to be on the issues, not on our personalities or our own work."

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More recent video:

Guerrilla Girls Talk about 'The History Of Art' vs. 'The History Of Power'

Members of the anonymous feminist art collective Guerrilla Girls stopped by The Late Show to talk about the 30 years they've spent trying to make the art world more inclusive.