https://www.guerrillagirls.com/projects

The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group of women who use their art to protest museums, galleries, and other art venues that overlook the works of non-white male artists. Their methods are non-violent but definitely in-your-face types of art.

From their website: “The Guerrilla Girls are anonymous artist activists who use disruptive headlines, outrageous visuals and killer statistics to expose gender and ethnic bias and corruption in art, film, politics and pop culture. We believe in an intersectional feminism that fights for human rights for all people.”

The group started in 1985 after the Museum of Modern Art opened their exhibit: “An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture”. The exhibit included 165 artists, but less than 10% were women, and even less were non-white artists, none of whom were women.

Since then their numbers have increased and they have become a very vocal force that fights against injustices by donning gorilla masks and using their various forms of art to fight back.

Per wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_Girls

“Since 1985, the Guerrilla Girls have worked for an increased awareness of sexism and greater accountability on the part of curators, art dealers, collectors, and critics. The group is credited, above all, with sparking dialogue, and bringing national and international attention to issues of sexism and racism within the arts.”

There’s been some controversy about the Guerrilla Girls exhibiting their art at the very museums they’re protesting against, but many do admit that their tactics do bring about an awareness of the lack of support for a diverse population of artists. But, one thing’s for sure – they sure are noticeable.

Please check out their work and decide for yourself!