Description:
white sheet, black text: THE ADVANTAGES / OF BEING / A WOMAN ARTIST: / Working without the pressure of success. / Not having to be in shows with men. / Having an escape from the art world in your 4 free-lance jobs. / Knowing your career might pick up after you're eighty. / Being reassured that whatever kind of art you make it will be labeled feminine. / Not being stuck in a tenured teaching position. / Seeing your ideas live on in the work of others. / Having the opportunity to choose between career and motherhood. / Not having to choke on those big cigars or paint in Italian suits. / Having more time to work after your mate dumps you for someone younger. / Being included in revised versions of art history. /Not having to undergo the embarrassment of being called a genius. / Getting your picture in the art magazines wearing a gorilla suit. / Please send $ and comments to: Guerrilla Girls CONSCIENCE OF THE ART WORLD / Box 1056 Cooper Sta. NY, NY 10276
Label Text:
This is portfolio 1 of an edition of 50. Additional writing on this object can be found at
Paper + People the Cunningham Center Blog.
Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=SC+2006.44.5 |
