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In honor of Women’s History Month, this week’s newsletter finds inspiration in the Guerrilla Girls’ groundbreaking poster campaign in the 1980s that revealed how under-represented women were in the art world at that time. We’ll turn our attention to our own Artists Page which includes listings for more than 260 artists active between the 1960s and the early 2000s. Let’s do the math. What percentage of women artists are featured on this key Gallery 98 page?
It’s not surprising that we also come up short since our inventory of exhibition cards and other art ephemera is rooted in the same gallery system that the Guerrilla Girls were critiquing. Yet changing attitudes and the inclusion of alternative spaces and smaller galleries (the Guerrilla Girls mostly counted larger galleries and museums) have altered the numbers a bit. Currently, 35% of the artists listed on our artist page are women.
Featured below are six women artists who, against the odds, have risen to the top of the art world. All the images come from art ephemera and multiples available from Gallery 98.
Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner, Collages 1939–1984, Robert Miller Gallery, Folded Card, 1986
Size: 5.5 x 8 inches
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Miriam Schapiro
Miriam Schapiro, Geometry and Flowers, Thomas Segal Gallery, Card, 1983
Size: 4.75 x 7 inches
Miriam Schapiro, Collaboration Series: Mother Russia, Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, Card, 1994
Size: 13 x 6 inches
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Nancy Spero
Richard Prince & Nancy Spero, Food for Thought Residency Announcement, Franklin Furnance, Folding Card, 1991–92
Size: 5.5 x 12.5 inches
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Jenny Holzer
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Marlene Dumas
Marlene Dumas and Helena, Photo by Paul Andriesse, Art Unlimited Amsterdam, NL, Card, 1989.
Size: 6 x 4.25 inches
“The Painter” (1994), cover of foldout brochure for the exhibition “Marlene Dumas—The Image As Burden,” Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL., 2014.
Size: 6.75 x 9.5 inches
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Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman, Portraits by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Card, Ludwig Köln Museum (Germany), 1996
Size: 4.25 x 6 inches
Cindy Sherman, Robert Gober, Cady Noland, Richard Prince, Real Stories, 4-Part Pamphlet, Marianne Boesky Gallery, 1998
Size: 4 x 8.5 inches
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Nan Goldin
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See more work by women artists.