WHO ARE THEY?
The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous activist group of artists who strive to dismantle sexism and racism in the art world.
WHAT IS THE ISSUE?
A large number of prestigious art galleries around the world and especially New York lack representation for female artists and for people of colour. The Guerrilla girls were born in 1985, when MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) held an exhibition and included only female 13 artists out of 165. There were even less artists of colour and no female artists of colour. In response to the Kynaston McShine’s, the curators, comment that if an artist wasn’t included in the show they should rethink their career, seven artists protested outside the museum and launched the Guerrilla Girls campaign.
WHO IS THEIR AUDIENCE?
Originally, the group distributed posters throughout Manhattan in New York City, but especially in Soho and the East Village. Nowadays, the group is focused on bringing awareness to discrimination in the art word in both the U.S.A. and internationally. However, although their target audience also includes the wider public, they also focus on specific galleries and artists.
WHO ARE THEY?
The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous activist group of artists who strive to dismantle sexism and racism in the art world.
