This survey will examine some key works by the anonymous group of artists known in popular culture as the Guerrilla Girls. This essay will reveal several important themes within the group's works that expose racial and gender inequalities in politics, art, and pop culture with the use of humor. These collaborating artists work and operate in a variety of mediums, their works display a strong message relating to activism linked to humor which allows the Guerrilla Girls to communicate and resonate a more powerful message to the viewer. The ways in which this collaborative group used many questions and facts against the hierarchy and historical ideologies that exploited women and their role in art. This investigation will allow the reader to identify three areas in which the Guerrilla Girls apply certain forms of humor to transform society's view on the important issue of gender in the art world. These specific ploys performed by the Guerrilla Girls involve the way they dress, the masks they wear, the pseudonymous names of dead female artists, and the witty concrete evidence in their works. These are all examples to stimulate the audience to not only challenge the art society that dictates the value and value of women in art, but also to confront themselves and their beliefs in a way that causes the audience to reconsider these growing issues. Over the past twenty years the Guerrilla Girls have established a strong following due to the fact that they have consistently challenged and demonstrated a strong advocacy argument that defies society's expectations. In an interview “We reclaimed the word girl because it was so often used to belittle adult women. We also wanted to sit older feminists down and... middle of paper... witty, comedic banter helps spread understanding of the underlying themes behind the humor. It makes it easier for artists to connect with audiences about feminism without an aggressive and hostile approach to the work. I believe viewers are more likely to communicate with each other about the Guerrilla Girls' works in society when they take a more comedic approach. This investigation examined the Guerrilla Girls through direct connection to inequalities of respect for power over women in the art world. Several themes within society have been highlighted that have reinstated these cultural norms of gender and sex within the institutions of art. With a variety of forms used by the Guerrilla Girls to redefine the identity of women throughout history, they were able to break down barriers that stood in the way of female artists thriving..
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