Guerrilla Girls

Do Women Have to Be Naked to Get Into Music Videos
2014

A provocative poster with a bright yellow background featuring a black-and-white image of a woman sitting down, nude, with a gorilla mask on her face. Bold text asks, "Do women have to be naked to get into the MUSIC VIDEOS?" with the word "music videos" scribbled over in pink. Below, additional text states, "Less than 1% of the artists in the Modern Art sections are women, while 99% of the nudes are female." The bottom of the poster includes a credit to "Guerrilla Girls Conscience of the Art World" and their website.

A provocative poster with a bright yellow background featuring a black-and-white image of a woman sitting down, nude, with a gorilla mask on her face. Bold text asks, "Do women have to be naked to get into the MUSIC VIDEOS?" with the word "music videos" scribbled over in pink. Below, additional text states, "Less than 1% of the artists in the Modern Art sections are women, while 99% of the nudes are female." The bottom of the poster includes a credit to "Guerrilla Girls Conscience of the Art World" and their website.

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Date
2014

Classification
Prints

Medium
Poster

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 × 26in. (30.5 × 66 cm)

Accession number
2020.28.7

Series
Guerrilla Girls' Portfolio Compleat 2012-2016 Upgrade, 2016-2018

Edition
19/50

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee in honor of David W. Kiehl

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/62462

Guerrilla Girls
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