CGAC approaches feminist struggle Guerrilla Girls: “Do women have to be naked to enter the MET?”

“In these galleries, less than 10% of the exhibited works, or absolutely none, are female artists.” “What is modern, is it prestigious and is it tax-deductible? Discriminate against women and non-white artists”. “Do women have to be naked to enter the MET museum? Less than 5% of the artists in the modern art sections are women, but 85% of the nudes are women.” “Oscar is anatomically correct. He is white, like almost all the winners. They are only part of the hundreds of messages that occupy the ground floor from this Friday until June 18 Galician Center for Contemporary Art (CGAC), u Santiagowhich unites the complete “portfolio” of the collective Guerrilla Girls between 1985 and 2016.

Messages that have been sent through this for more than three decades an anonymous group of feminist action artists founded in 1985 in New York -known for wearing gorilla masks to hide his face- are arranged chronologically. “This distribution allows us to see the evolution in terms of ideas and formality,” the director of CGAC pointed out. santiago elm. Criticism of discrimination against women in art has been extended to other areas, including racial discrimination, to LGTBI groups…

The exhibition arrives at CGAC by the hand of v Andalusian Center for Contemporary Art (CAAC) andbecause it was the museum chosen by the Guerrillas Girls to sell their portfolio — defined by the group itself as a sample «artistic consciousness»— which includes a multitude of posters, books, stickers, drawings and graphic publications, among others, with harsh criticism. “They do everything from a witty and ironic point of view because it’s easier to get the message across,” he said. Yolanda Torrubia, HAZU, and at the same time curator of the sample.

Along the route there is no shortage of tell-tale yellow signs or frequent letters sent in pink. It is not on display, but the CGAC received one in 2021 in which the Galician collective Guerrilla Girls expressed their grievances because in ABAU 21/2 the art history content did not include any women. «Chegou ao noso connoisseur que nos contenido recomendados da ABAU 20/21 da Historia da Arte no figura nicsusa artista. We know that this is not a malicious act and that this unpleasant situation will be corrected as soon as possible.”collects the writings that Santiago Olmo read this Friday.

General Director of Culture, anxo lorenzoshe pointed out that the exhibition that opens the activities of CGAC on the occasion of the 30th anniversary responds to the need to reflect on the role of women in cultural practices. “It makes it possible to think about topics that are absolutely topical“, he asserted.

As part of the exhibition on April 30, there will be a talk about Rosa Martinezwho was one of the curators of the 2055 Venice Biennale, which is considered a feminist Biennale.