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Guerrilla Girls: Invisible Sex in the Field of Art
Guerrilla Girls: Invisible Sex in the Field of Art

Author(s): Katarzyna Maniak
Subject(s): Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Guerrilla Girls; art activism; feminism theory; intersectional feminism; sex discrimination

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on an artist and activist collective Guerrilla Girls, created in 1985 in orderto fight discrimination in the art field. It presents the group’s strategies, using selectedactions as examples. The article is also a critical analysis of the collective’s achievements inthe context of feminist theories, especially one concerning the relations between feminismand issues of race and ethnicity. The author is also interested in the connections betweenmembers of the group and the art system, as well as questions on sexism in the contemporaryart field, after 30 years of Guerrilla Girls’ existence.

  • Issue Year: 13/2018
  • Issue No: 264
  • Page Range: 87-95
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English