GUERRILLA GIRLS: ART + ACTIVISM > "Why the World Must Change" Performance Lecture

GUERRILLA GIRLS: ART + ACTIVISM > "Why the World Must Change" Performance Lecture
02 March 2007
EDA, UCLA BROAD ART CENTER

The Guerrilla Girls are a band of anonymous females who take the names of dead women artists as pseudonyms and appear in public wearing gorilla masks. They have produced posters, stickers, books, printed projects, and actions that expose sexism and racism in politics, the art world, film, and the culture at large. They use humor to convey information, provoke discussion, and show that feminists can be funny.

They wear gorilla masks to focus on the issues rather than our personalities. Dubbing themselves the conscience of culture, they declare themselves feminist counterparts to the mostly male tradition of anonymous do-gooders like Robin Hood, Batman, and the Lone Ranger. Their work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, Bitch and Bust; on TV and radio, including NPR, the BBC, and CBC; and in countless art and feminist texts. The mystery surrounding their identities has attracted attention. They could be anyone; they are everywhere.