Anonymous Artist Activists:
THE GUERRILLA GIRLS
The Guerrilla Girls' feminist political messages revolve around advocating for gender equality, calling out discrimination and biases, empowering women, and using art as a potent tool for societal change. Their intersectional approach to advocacy extends beyond gender alone; they incorporate intersectional feminism, highlighting the multiple layers of discrimination faced by women of different racial, ethnic, socio-economic, and cultural backgrounds, while remaining peaceful in their protest by using their own identities. The importance of addressing these intersecting identities within feminist discourse is highly emphasized, alongside the role of art as a means of social commentary and activism. intersectional lens when addressing global issues. In essence, the Guerrilla Girls use assemblage to craft their messages and artworks, strategically combining different elements for maximum impact. Simultaneously, their international feminist critique focuses on engaging with global issues and critiquing systemic injustices on a transnational scale, aiming to challenge the structures of power and cultural norms across borders. Both approaches contribute to their broader goal of advocating for gender equality and social justice. With this approach, the Guerrilla Girls acknowledge and oppose these injustices often intersect with various identities, encompassing . This intersectional approach allows them to highlight the complexities of inequality and advocate for the rights of diverse, marginalized groups on a global scale.
Class Presentation
This video includes visuals of some art pieces I have had the privilege to see in person, as well as the beginning stages of my art project inspired by The Guerrilla Girls!
Final Art Project
This art piece is my interpretation of the Guerrilla Girls in my own artistic style. Below, I detail how each element comes together to become the finished produce, as well as how it all relates to this course.
“The conjunction of the words ‘body’ and ‘territory’ speaks for itself: it says that it is impossible to cut apart and isolate the individual body from the collective body, the human body from the territory and landscape. ‘Body-territory,’ compacted as a single word, de-liberalizes the notion of the body as
individual property and specifies a political, productive, and epistemological continuity, of the body as territory” (Gago, 86).
Theoretical Framework:
Body - Territory
WGS 240: Contemporary Feminisms