Guerrilla Girls Vintage Posters: 1985-1994
February 20 – April 12, 2025
Guerrilla Girls Vintage Posters: 1985-1994, 2025
Guerrilla Girls Vintage Posters: 1985-1994, 2025
Mary Ryan Gallery is pleased to announce Guerrilla Girls Vintage Posters: 1985-1994, consisting of 28 vintage posters created by the feminist activist group the Guerrilla Girls. Founded in 1985, the collective was made up of anonymous female artists who wore gorilla masks during public appearances. Calling themselves the “conscience of the art world,” they aimed to raise awareness and provoke conversation about the lack of representation of women and people of color in the art world.
“Women in America Earn Only 2⁄3 of What Men Do”, 1985
17 x 22 inches (43.2 x 55.9 cm)
“Women in America Earn Only 2⁄3 of What Men Do”, 1985
17 x 22 inches (43.2 x 55.9 cm)
Emma Amos and May Stevens, represented by our partner gallery (RYAN LEE Gallery), were eventually revealed to be among the original members of the Guerrilla Girls. Stevens’s work is currently on view at RYAN LEE in the solo exhibition When the Waters Break. All of the posters on view belonged to Emma Amos.
Q. What's the difference between a prisoner of war and a homeless person?, 1991
21 x 16 1/4 inches (53.3 x 41.3 cm)
Dear Uncle Sam and the News Media..., 1991
20 7/8 x 16 inches (53 x 40.6 cm)
Q. What's the difference between a prisoner of war and a homeless person?, 1991
21 x 16 1/4 inches (53.3 x 41.3 cm)
Dear Uncle Sam and the News Media..., 1991
20 7/8 x 16 inches (53 x 40.6 cm)
“Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?”, 1989
11 7/8 x 27 7/8 inches (30.2 x 70.8 cm)
“Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?”, 1989
11 7/8 x 27 7/8 inches (30.2 x 70.8 cm)
The Guerrilla Girls staged protests, wrote articles and books, lectured at universities and arts organizations, and publicly displayed their posters. Using humor, data, audaciousness, and ethics, the Guerrilla Girls weren’t afraid to call out museums and galleries by name. These posters use simple yet bold designs to communicate powerful messages of equality. Above all, the Girls strove to carve out space in the art historical canon for marginalized artists. In their 2020 book, Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly, the group explains, “We decided to tell the story of women artists who should never be forgotten.”
A collection of 28 posters is available. Please inquire for more information.
“Guerrilla Girls Review the Whitney”, 1987
22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
“Dearest Art Collector,..”,1986
22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
“Guerrilla Girls Review the Whitney”, 1987
22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
“Dearest Art Collector,..”,1986
22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
“The Advantages of Being A Woman Artist”, 1988
17 x 22 inches (43.2 x 55.9 cm)
“You’re Seeing Less Than Half the Picture”, 1989
17 x 22 inches (43.2 x 55.9 cm)
“The Advantages of Being A Woman Artist”, 1988
17 x 22 inches (43.2 x 55.9 cm)
“You’re Seeing Less Than Half the Picture”, 1989
17 x 22 inches (43.2 x 55.9 cm)
Guerrilla Girls posters are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL; Brooklyn Museum, NY; Dallas Museum of Art, TX; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; National Gallery of Art, DC; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; Tate Modern, United Kingdom; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, among others.
Missing in Action, 1991
17 x 22 inches (43.2 x 55.9 cm)
Missing in Action, 1991
17 x 22 inches (43.2 x 55.9 cm)