Guerilla+Girls

=The Guerilla Girls= were selected because of the role they played in politicizing art in the 1980s--not an easy feat considering the climate of the art world at the time.

=Facts=

"Asked to design a billboard for the Public Art Fund in New York, we welcomed the chance to do something that would appeal to a general audience. One Sunday morning we conducted a "weenie count" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, comparing the number of nude males to nude females in the artworks on display. The results were very "revealing." The PAF said our design wasn't clear enough and rejected it. We then rented advertising space on NYC buses and ran it ourselves, until the bus company canceled our lease, saying that the image, based on Ingres' famous Odalisque, was too suggestive and that the figure appeared to have more than a fan in her hand. "--From the Guerilla Girls Official Web Site.
 * Formed in 1985 in New York City
 * Feminist Women Artists, Promoting women and people of color in the arts
 * Members of Original group wear gorilla masks, fishnet tights and miniskirts, and assume names of deceased female artists
 * 1989, "Do Women Have To Be Naked" Campaign

=Web Sites of Interest= Posters By The Guerilla Girls Photos of Some of the Girls [|Guerilla Girls Official Web Site] Guerilla Girls Presentation (Retrospective 2007) at the MOMA [|Guerilla Girls Web Quest]