Guerrilla Girls Quotes

Quotes:

1.     “the world genius is related to the Latin word for testicles. Maybe that explains why it’s so rarely used to describe a woman.” (pg.28)

People like to use labels and these labels discriminate and subjugate people who are not in the category. When the Guerrilla Girls pointed out how the world genius is a word created for men only it was like an eye opener because not even I knew this. Although they as insinuating that many other people, specifically those who like to place people into the minority class, know this and use the word to make themselves and others, they deem, like seem superior.

2.     “The world of high art, the Kind that gets into museums and history books, is run by a very small group of people. Our posters have proved over and over again that these people, no matter how smart or good intentioned, have been biased against women and artists of color.” (pg.25)

This can be compared to the government or any other organization that has power. The Guerrilla Girls are saying that no matter what the organization is trying to achieve they will always put their own “people” before others. They want to stay in control and the only way to do that is to not give power to those opposed them, like women and people of color.

Art Projects:

 WAY TO GO, DUDE! MEN DOMINATE ALMOST EVERY ART DEPARTMENT IN THE U.S. YOU’RE SURE TO GET A JOB! (86)

This project shows just how unbalanced the gender class of the U.S. is. If women can’t even get a job as an art teacher/professor what chances do everyone else have. Art is about acceptance and changing the norms and yet in a place where you learn about art and there is no more of a difference then in any other department where will the future lead us.

George Bush, “The Education President” (69)

This art project is bashing the power the president has and how he doesn’t always live up to his promises. People know that they can die in service, but when you create a lie in order to make people die for you that is not justice its unjustly using the power given to you. This is what the Guerrilla Girls are trying to say, that people and power don’t want to make changes and they want people to obey them because that way they stay in power.