UNIT 3 Feminist art group: Guerilla Girls

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 in the fine arts into focus within the greater community. 
Their motto is: Reinventing the "f" word: feminism! 

Guerrilla Girls wear gorilla masks whenever out making a public appearance 

Guerrilla Girls were formed by seven women artists in the spring of 1985 in response to the Museum of modern Art's exhibition "An international Survey of Recent Of Painting and Sculpture," which opened in 1984.The exhibition was the inaugural show in MoMA's newly renovated and expanded building, and was planned to be a survey of the most important contemporary art and artists in the world.

 The group are anonymous because they wanted the public to be focused on the issues rather than the "girls" artwork and personalities. They call themselves "Guerrilla" because they wanted to play with the fear of warfare within the art world and make people afraid of them when they strike next. The group call themselves "girls" to shock the public and make them upset as calling grown woman "girl" can imply that she is mature. Also, they used "girls" as they didn't want the term to be used against them when they are campaigning. Finally, the masks used to disuse themselves and use them for publicity photographs. In my opinion, I think the work of the Guerrilla Girls is extremely powerful suggesting to me that it is effective all over the nation.