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Guerrilla Girls

When racism and sexism are no longer fashionable, what will your art collection be worth, 1989

Description

Maker

  • Guerrilla Girls, 1985, American

Title

When racism and sexism are no longer fashionable, what will your art collection be worth

Year

1989

Medium

Offset lithograph on wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink

Techniques

  • lithography

Supports

  • wove paper

Dimensions

43.2 x 55.2 cm (17 x 21 11/16 inches) (image)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Jan Howard in honor of Guerrilla Girls' 25th Birthday

Object Number

2010.79.1

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Phantom of Liberty

May 4 - December 30, 2018

We believe that some discrimination is conscious and some is unconscious and that we can embarrass the perpetrators into changing their ways. We don’t do posters and actions that simply point to something and say, “This is bad,” like a lot of political art. We try to twist an issue around and present it in a way that hasn’t been seen before, using facts and humor, in the hope of changing people’s minds. We use information in a surprising, transgressive manner to prove our case. We take on issues we are passionate about, but we don’t always succeed. If we don’t come up with something we think is worth putting out there, we don’t. We’ve never been systematic; we just go after one target after another. There are plenty to choose from. –Guerrilla Girls

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is When racism and sexism are no longer fashionable, what will your art collection be worth with the accession number of 2010.79.1. To request a higher resolution file, please submit an online request.

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