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The Great Women Artists

Guerrilla Girls

The Great Women Artists

Katy Hessel

Arts

4.8944 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

To mark the FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of @thegreatwomenartists Instagram, in this very special episode, Katy Hessel interviews the trailblazing, fearless, ICONS Kathë Kollwitz and Frida Kahlo of the GUERRILLA GIRLS !!!!!  [This episode is brought to you by Alighieri jewellery: www.alighieri.co.uk | use the code TGWA at checkout for 10% off!] I don’t think I have ever been so excited! The anonymous feminist activist artist collective founded in 1985, who go by the guises of deceased female artists, the Guerrilla Girls are known to wear masks in public and use facts, humour, and outrageous and bold visuals to expose gender and ethnic bias in art, film, politics and in pop culture.  Working tirelessly for the past 35 years, the Guerrilla Girls have constantly fought discrimination and supported human rights for all people and all genders through their data-based artwork, which has been exhibited on buses, billboards, some of the biggest museums in the world – from the Tate to the Whitney – but also our very own bedrooms, including my own, with their aim being to spread equality and action through more than ninety posters, mugs, tea-towels, workbooks and more. Best known for their outrageous and witty statements including, “do women have to be naked to get into the met museum”, or “the advantages of being a woman artist”, it is through humour, bold graphics and data that the Guerrilla Girls catch our attention, and leave us wondering how just did museums get away with celebrating the history of patriarchy, as opposed to the history of art.  The most inspiring, encouraging, educational and unfortunately very needed artist collective out there, the Guerrilla Girls have changed – and are still changing – the story of art, one stunt at a time. I have been lucky enough to be the owner of much of their merchandise, and am delighted to say that they have just brought out a staggering new book,  The Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly, the first publication to catalog the entire career of the Guerrilla Girls from 1985 to present. ENJOY!!!!! FURTHER LINKS! https://www.guerrillagirls.com/ New book! https://www.guerrillagirls.com/store/the-art-of-behaving-badly Projects! https://www.guerrillagirls.com/projects Exhibitions! https://www.guerrillagirls.com/exhibitionshttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/guerrilla-girls-6858 Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Amber Miller (@amber_m.iller) Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Music by Ben Wetherfield https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Great Woman Artist's podcast. I hope you are all doing well.

0:07.0

I am really delighted that this episode is sponsored by one of my favourite jewellery brands, Alighieri.

0:14.0

During this difficult time, Alighieri will be donating 10% of all online sales to refuge, the country's largest provider of support to women

0:24.0

and children escaping domestic violence. Alligieri is also offering 10% off for great women

0:30.8

artist listeners with the code TGWA at checkout. See www. a laigieri.com for more.

0:40.6

Here are a few words from their founder,

0:42.7

Rosh Matani, and I hope you enjoy this episode.

0:47.2

In the dark forest, Dante encounters the lion.

0:50.7

Lion is described so terrifying that even the air around him is trembling with fear.

0:55.0

That is when he meets his guide Virgil, who gives him the strength to go through the rest of the afterworld.

1:01.0

The surreal lion hoops pay homage to this moment. The shape echo the tail of a lion with its texture tough at the end,

1:10.0

where there is a reminder to give you courage through the winter months.

1:17.6

Hello everyone and welcome to the Great Woman Artist podcast with me, Katie Hessel.

1:25.6

Some of you might know me from the Great Women Artists, an Instagram account

1:29.3

I set up in October 2015, which celebrates female artists on a daily basis, ranging from young

1:35.4

graduates to old masters. Well, in a similar fashion to the Instagram, this podcast is all about

1:42.0

celebrating female artists from a variety of backgrounds and histories.

1:46.2

And I am so excited to be interviewing artists on their career or artists, writers, curators,

1:51.8

or general art lovers on the women artist who means most of them.

1:55.8

What I want this podcast to do is celebrate female artists in all different capacities so you, the listener,

2:02.3

can gain a look into the greatest female artists working now or from art history.

2:13.6

I don't think I have ever been so excited to welcome to the podcast today, the trailblazing,

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