Who are the Guerrilla Girls? The Guerrilla Girls are a group of active radical feminist women, who aim to expose the world to gender-based discrimination.
What started the "madness"? The group began in 1985, when a group of women attended the "International Survey of Painting and Sculpture" at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. The women were concerned that the museum was underrepresenting women artists. The numbers show just how correct they were. A whopping 5% of the artwork was done by women. 5%!!! Ironically, 85% of the nudes in the museum featured female models. The women began their feminist protests and have since continued to expand, all around the world. The women are now broken into three different groups that talk about more than just sexism. They focus on presenting awareness to the community on many kinds of discrimination, including racism and social injustice, through their posters, artwork, films, books, lectures, and theatrical prodctions, all while wearing gorilla masks.
The Guerrilla Girls are such an inspiration to me because of how their radical actions changed the art world. I'm very inspired to, when I feel like something is wrong, study it and find a way to do something about it. Whether it's while wearing a gorilla mask and creating funny posters with disturbing statistics to grab people's attention, you should always "stand up for what you believe in."
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