Even the U.S. Senate is more progressive than Hollywood.

2003

Guerrilla Girls

Associated Names
Guerrilla Girls

Artist, founded 1985

This is a photograph of a billboard highlighting gender disparities in representation. The billboard presents text comparing the percentage of female U.S. senators to female film directors, with the text "Even the U.S. Senate is more progressive than Hollywood." The percentages presented are 14% for female senators and 4% for female film directors. A gold statuette, resembling an award, is depicted on the right, with the face of a person placed humorously on top. The text is bold and uses two colors to differentiate the U.S. Senate from Hollywood. The source of the statistics, "Film stats from Lauzen study of 100 top films of 2002," is noted at the bottom. The website www.guerrillagirls.com is included. The design utilizes contrasting colors and a satirical approach to convey its social commentary on gender representation.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color offset lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Gallery Girls in support of the Guerrilla Girls

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.7 x 44 cm (5 13/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.5 x 45.8 cm (12 x 18 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.101.26

  • Series Title

    Guerrilla Girls' Most Wanted: 1985-2006

Associated Artworks

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This image shows a protest poster by the Guerrilla Girls. The poster features a headline asking, "WHAT DO THESE ARTISTS HAVE IN COMMON?" Below the question is a list of artists' names in two columns, followed by a statement in bold typeface at the bottom. In the bottom right corner, "Guerrilla Girls" is displayed with "Conscience of the Art World" below it. The design uses black text on a white background for impact and clarity.

What Do These Artists Have In Common?

Guerrilla Girls

1985

Guerrilla Girls' Most Wanted: 1985-2006

Guerrilla Girls

1985

This is an image of a report card titled "Guerrilla Girls' 1986 Report Card." The drawing depicts a table evaluating art galleries on their inclusion of women artists during the time periods 1985-6 and 1986-7. Various art galleries are listed in the left column with numbers representing the count of women artists they featured during the two time periods. There are handwritten remarks next to each gallery's data in the rightmost column labeled "Remarks." The image presents a critique on gender representation in the art world during the specified time frame.

Guerrilla Girls' 1986 Report Card

Guerrilla Girls

1986


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Guerrilla Girls, Inc.; gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: Guerrilla Girls

Wikidata ID

Q76438958

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