“Hundreds of years ago in Europe, kings and queens told us what art was, and we’re stuck with that. Now that the world aspires to democracy, why should billionaires and oligarchs define what our visual culture is? Isn’t that backward?” —Guerrilla Girls
The Guerrilla Girls never go out of style. Unfortunately.
In this video from Tate (sponsored perhaps a bit ironically by Bloomberg Philanthropies), two Guerrilla Girls discuss the group’s background, strategy, and how much further they have to go. Since 1985, the feminist activist artist group has used stark facts, in-your-face visuals, a bit of ribald humor, and a whole lot of guerrilla masks to shine a light on the institutional inequalities of the art world. Several works from the Guerilla Girls are currently on view in the Feminism and Media room at Tate Modern.