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Guerrilla Girls

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

Description

Maker

Guerrilla Girls (American, active 1985-)

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

Techniques

  • Offset lithograph on wove paper

Materials

ink

Supports

  • wove paper

Dimensions

43.2 x 55.2 cm (17 x 21 3/4 inches) (image)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

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

Object Number

2010.79.1

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Phantom of Liberty
Contemporary Works in the RISD Museum Collection
May 04, 2018 – Dec 30, 2018

Label copy

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

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Guerrilla Girls (American, active 1985-)
When racism and sexism are no longer fashionable, what will your art collection be worth, 1989
Offset lithograph on wove paper
43.2 x 55.2 cm (17 x 21 3/4 inches) (image)
Gift of Jan Howard in honor of Guerrilla Girls' 25th Birthday 2010.79.1

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