Gender, Genius, and Guerrilla Girls

In Chapter 5 of Cynthia · Freeland "Gender, Genius, and Guerrilla Girls", "Is it art?" Freeland describes the role of women in art and how women are among the artists in a minority It is arguing whether or not. According to Freeland, women are a minority of art for social and economic history. Women in the past often do not receive higher education and because of the traditional gender role, women should stay home to take care of families and family problems. Freeland also talked about a group of feminist female artists called guerilla girls. They protested the sexual explanation of female artists. Guerrilla girls mask gorilla's masks to hide their identity and create posters like bulletin boards to express their ideas. Another problem to be discussed in this chapter is about the list of great historical artists that often appear in the classic artistic doctrine of art. Since most past artists were men, this classic often shadows teachings of female artists. And it helps female artists to be smaller.

Artwork created by guerrilla girls is very representative of how women are treated and depicted in art. This poster shows a picture of a naked woman lying on a sofa with gorilla mask. Less than 5% of contemporary art department artists are women, but 85% of nude women are women (124). This poster reveals the idea that women are depicted as sexual subjects and the expression of women in art galleries. Artworks drawn by guerrilla girls also tended to express opinions using irony and humor, such as "as an advantage for female artists".

Quoting from me, "As with Georgia O'Keeffe, some female artists are recognized, but guerilla girls complain that this work is not the same as men.") The reason for quoting is that one of the main problems that women try to integrate into art is they are often called "female artists". If women's artwork is often labeled "women", women remain a minority in art forever, and artworks actually support not only the reason but also the creation of women I will give them creation. How nice. Especially when called as a female artist, men are called mere artists, not male artists, so the connection between men and women is also lost.

"Girls of gender, genius, guerrilla girls" talk about the relevance of gender and gender to art, suggesting that gender is related to art - something of artist or meaningful Is it? How about sexual orientation? In Mapplethorpe's work and Judy Chicago's dinner comment, it is wrong to ignore gender and sexual behavior, but good art is not bothered by themes. To explain artworks, we must transcend sexual orientation and sexual orientation beyond a wider context, giving meaning to any art. Attention to sexual activity may be appropriate, but in the end we need to think more deeply about how to interpret art.

During its existence guerrilla girls gained the most attention for their bold art of protest. The guerrilla girls' project (originally mainly posters) expressed their views, concerns, ideals about many social themes. Their art is always done based on facts, and we have gone through team-specific data collection methods like "Wiener Counting". To become more comprehensive, guerilla girls tend to combine facts with humorous images to make the posters more persuasive. Guerrilla girls gave their names on posters of wheat paste provocation campaign around New York City, but the group also enjoyed indoor exhibitions with the public committee.