Amanda Kelly

Guerrilla Girls: It’s a Jungle Out There!

The exhibition, Guerrilla Girls: It’s a Jungle Out There! at the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives — which houses the most complete collection of Guerrilla Girls material in the country — featured a selection of posters by the anonymous group of feminist, female artists devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the art world.

In addition to the familiar black-and-white works, the exhibition also included the group’s first colour poster — considered by many to be their most iconic image — which infamously asked: “Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?” The text is accompanied by a photographic rendering of the famous La Grande Odalisque by Ingres, with a gorilla head placed over the subject’s face.

Guerrilla Girls: It’s a Jungle Out There! was on view at the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives in 2016.