If you ask someone to name five artists, they will likely name prominent male artists, but how many

If you ask someone to name five artists, they will likely name prominent male artists, but how many people can list five women artists? Throughout March’s Women’s History Month, we will be joining institutions around the world to answer this very question posed by the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NWMA). We will be featuring a woman artist every day this month, and highlighting artists in our current exhibition Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection which explores a wide range of art-making, focusing on enduring political subjects—encompassing gender, race, and class—that remain relevant today. The show is on view until March 31, 2019.Together we hope to draw attention to the gender and race imbalance in the art world, inspire conversation and awareness, and hopefully add a few more women to everyone’s lists.A member of the Pictures Generation, Barbara Kruger’s work appropriates mass media images to scrutinize stereotypes, especially those concerning women, and American consumerist culture. Her early career as a graphic designer largely influenced her artistic style, which combines text and images to create powerful feminist statements imbued with cultural and societal critique. Her work asks us to question how mass media content shapes our perception of ourselves and our world. Posted by Chiara MannarinoBarbara Kruger (American, born 1945). Untitled (We Are Notifying You of a Change of Address), 1986. Gelatin silver photograph and silkscreen. Brooklyn Museum, Helen Babbott Sanders Fund, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, and Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 87.56. © artist or artist’s estate -- source link

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