Hayley Ishihara
2 women from the Guerrilla Girls lectured at MIAD's campus on February 22nd, 2017. They began their guerrilla advertising in 1985 and has since had 55 women participate in their work. Over the years, these intersectional feminists have been fighting for human rights and against discrimination within pop culture, stereotypes and gender roles. The Guerrilla Girls have had shows all over the world including Athens, Istanbul, Mexico City, New York City, and many more.
Back in New York City, the first Guerrilla Girls were sneaking around the city hanging posters because they were so angry about what they had just realized.
After this poster was released, women began contacting the artist telling them that these "advantages" were not just for artists but they were relatable for women everywhere.
But probably their most well known poster is the poster referring to the Metropolitan museum.
One of their biggest talking points in their work is about the work shown in museums. When doing their research, they found that the only fully frontal nude male form was the baby Jesus, while, as the poster says, 85% of the nudes are female. They also discovered that the same few artists were shown over and over again. And these artists are 98% male and 99.9% white. The federal tax money is supporting these museums that exhibit these exact percentages. Their posters and guerrilla advertisement tactics are just trying to change the art world one poster at a time. We need justice for women artists--actually just women every where.
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