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The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group of political artists and feminist activists. More than 55 people have been members over the years, some for weeks, some for decades. The Guerrilla Girls wear gorilla masks in public and use facts, humour, and confrontational visuals to expose gender discrimination, racism, and corruption in politics, art, film, and pop culture. In their 30-year history, they have created over 100 street campaigns in cities all over the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Mexico City, Istanbul, London, Bilbao, Rotterdam, and Shanghai. The Guerrilla Girls have held exhibitions and collaborated with the Whitney Museum in New York, Tate Modern in London, and over 30 other institutions.
Courageous practitioners of the arts of inspiration and instigation, the Guerrilla Girls have mounted 35 years' worth of cunning attacks by holding those entrenched in privilege accountable: in galleries, museums, and the societies these cultural institutions reflect. This brilliant collective is unparalleled, empowering communities by exposing gender and racial inequalities in the art world and beyond--and it's all here, in dozens of indelible works that are some of the most impactful of all time. --Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem Feminist activist artists group Guerrilla Girls documents its campaigns exposing gender and ethnic bias and corruption in arts and politics in this timely and provocative illustrated history. As stated in the introduction: 'No longer can anyone claim that the history of art and culture can be written without including all the diverse voices of that culture.'... This thought-provoking, empowering work will inspire fellow artists and forward thinkers alike. ?--Publishers Weekly starred review Graphic punch and irrepressible wit skewer powerful patriarchy at every turn in the pages of Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly. ? --Los Angeles Times The collective's indelible visual style transfers beautifully to the printed page. Bonus: if you want to join the movement, each book comes with a punch-out gorilla mask. ?--artnet News You can't understand art history without the Guerrilla Girls, and you can't grasp the Guerrilla Girls' depth and humor without this book. It's an essential resource for thinking and making art. ?--Nell Irvin Painter, author of Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over and The History of White People
