The Guerrilla Girls
July 23, 2016
"The history of art is the history of power." This week's episode examines the feminist activist artist collective, Guerrilla Girls and their creative, smart, and comedic tactics in fighting against discrimination in the art world.
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Sources:
Ryzik, Melena. “The Guerrilla Girls, After 3 Decades, Still Rattling Art World Cages.” The New York Times Online. August 5, 2015. Accessed Jun 23, 2016. http://nyti.ms/1KR7grI
"Stein, Gertrude,” et alia. “Guerrilla Girls and Guerrilla Girls Broadband: Inside Story.” Art Journal. vol. 70 no. 2 (Summer 2001): pg 88-101.
The Guerrilla Girls. The Guerrilla Girls’ Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art. London: Penguin Books, 1998.
Withers, Josephine. “The Guerrilla Girls.” Feminist Studies. vol. 14, no. 2 (Summer, 1988), pp. 284-300.
Links:
Tate.org - Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get into the Met Museum
G I R L curated by Pharrell Williams