Activist Group Guerrilla Girls Settle in to New York City exhibition with "Discrimi-NATION" The Guerrilla Girls, a iconic feminist art collective known for their biting critiques of the art world, has kicked off their first-ever commercial gallery exhibition in New York City. "Discrimin-NATION: Guerrilla Girls on Bias, Money and Art" is currently on display at Hannah Traore Gallery through March 29, a fitting choice of venue given the exhibition's focus on the pervasive and seemingly insidious nature of bias in the art world.
Since their formation in 1985, the Guerrilla Girls have been a force to be reckoned with, organizing projects and interventions that have left an indelible mark on the art world. Their most notable actions include publicly debunking the exclusion of women and artists of color from prominent exhibitions... as seen in their infamous picket outside the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in 1984.
The documentary film "The Guerrilla Girls" from 2012 highlights their early efforts, and their online presence features content that continues to expose the discriminatory underbelly of the art world. In an era where issues of systemic racism and sexism continue to simmer beneath the surface... the Guerrilla Girls' fiery evaluations of the art world remain as relevant as ever.
"Discrimin-NATION" serves not only as a poignant reminder of the work of this influential collective but also as a timely commentary on the state of the art world today. As artists and art workers continue to navigate an industry where power imbalances and biases often prevail, the Guerrilla Girls' message hastaken on a heightened sense of importance.
The Guerrilla Girls' decision to partner with Hannah Traore Gallery for their first solo exhibition in a commercial gallery in New York City is noteworthy. According to their founder, the choice of title, "Discrimin-NATION," is intentional, serving as a symbol of resistance against the very systems they have been critiquing for years.
"By using the word 'nation,' we were thinking about how art institutions often sanitize issues and pathologize marginalized communities," explains an anonymous member of the Guerrilla Girls. Their goal in collaborating with Hannah Traore Gallery was to create a more inclusive and unconventional space for their exhibition.
"We're thrilled to bring our piece into a commercial gallery, "but we also understand that real change requires perseverance,"" acknowledges the artist. The Guerrilla Girls' four-color embroidery on canvas, "crafted over a period of several years," gloricated works by women ← →
You probably know the Guerrilla Girls for their dissemination of embarrassing statistics that make us wish the art world was a better place. (Those unfamiliar should look into their Public Service Messages from the late 1980s or the Pop Quiz series from the early 1990s.) Now, the Guerrilla Girls are having their first-ever commercial gallery exhibition at Hannah Traore Gallery in New York City, which recently opened and runs through March 29. Titled " Discrimi-NATION: Guerrilla Girls on Bias, Money and Art ," it celebrates the group's culture jamming interventions that have been shaking up the art world, nationally and internationally, for more than three decades.
This anonymous group of feminist artists has been fighting sexism and racism since they formed in 1985 after picketing outside of the Museum of Modern Art the year before. They were protesting the fact that " An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture " was billed as a show of the most important artists of the era but only included thirteen women and eight people of color out of 165 artists featured.
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