Blog Number 6

The most intriguing piece of the reading I believe was the statistic on the art shows displaying over 100 artists and less then 10 were female. When I began reading I thought this was going to be another feminist rant about the inequalities women face in today's society, specifically art. I liked the term that the artists named themselves, The Guerilla Girls. I think the name itself explains there thoughts and ideas very well. Guerilla in the dictionary means, " a member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces," which is exactly what these females are doing. The name also gives the impression of a large angry 'Gorilla', so you have the combination of the two different words playing off of each other very nicely.
I definitely realize there are inequalities in today's society aimed at females but didn't realize to what extent, particular in the world of art and artists. Back up to my first sentence, less then 10 females of over a 100 are featured at art shows, which is not a legitimate statistic representing female artists in the art world. There is no way in Hell that only 10% of the art population is female, this statistic undermining there credibility and there hard work.
I enjoyed the readings and believe that the world of art, in particular 'art shows' and 'galleries', are giving a negative outlook on female artists and what they have done for the art world. Just because its in a museum I don't believe that should add any more credibility to the artist. A quote that caught my attention was on from the Mary Jane James reading, "Its totally about frame. When we take work that is physically constructed or crafted and put it in the museum, it's the museum that say's its art" (pg. 310). I think this raises a question to exactly what is art? Why have humans since the dawn of time had a physiological desire to make and create art? Nowadays I think that art is made for the sole purpose of being displayed and sold to a museum or a private party, which should not be the case. Art was created by humans exploring themselves and figuring out what they are capable of artistically, not to be sold in art shows and museums.



I googled Guerrilla Girls and this was one of the first pictures that came up. I think it fits nicely into what I have just described above and what our reading discussed.

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