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GUERRILLA GIRLS: The Art of Behaving Badly

GUERRILLA GIRLS: Timeline [first period of their work]

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The exhibition presents for the first time in Bulgaria the art of Guerrilla Girls. The retrospective `The Art of Behaving Badly` features the group’s most significant works, including the legendary poster `Do Women Have to Be Naked to Get into the Metropolitan Museum?`—a piece that made waves in 1989 by highlighting that while less than 5% of artists in modern art museums were women, 85% of the nude figures depicted were female. The exhibition is part of BFW’s multi-year Fund for Art Projects by Women Artists.

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Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. museum? (1989)

🖤 this is the first time when such an artistic collective exhibits in Bulgaria. I cannot recall another major feminist art show happening here during the recent (and not only) years.
💭 the exhibition itself (the way it was arranged and presented) was nothing special and exciting - there were prints of some of the most famous works of Guerrilla Girls over the years.
🖤 I imagine that the events around the exhibition to have had much stronger outcome - the opening, the workshop with the collective etc. Also, it had a nice media coverage, since it was all over my social media feeds (or at least in my bubble).

The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist (1988)

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▶▶exhibition webpage