We had always hoped the real life super-heroines of our time would wear masks. And then there were the Guerrilla Girls, a feminist art collective that started kicking the art world’s ass 20 years ago — disguises and all.
Donning gorilla masks and mini skirts, and sporting pseudonyms of deceased lady artists like Frida Kahlo, Kathe Kollwitz, and Alma Thomas, the avengers aimed to shed light on the inequality of major art world traditions and institutions, using dismal facts and razor sharp wit to restore justice to a faulty system.
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“Guerrilla Girls: Art in Action” runs from January 20 through May 17, 2015 at the Pomona College Museum of Art. See a preview of the works below.
