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.Adejoke Tugbiyele constructed her monumental gay pride flag from six gele, Nigerian women’s headscarves customarily worn at formal occasions as symbols of femininity, elegance, and prestige. Tugbiyele produced the banner shortly after the Nigerian government enacted legislation criminalizing same-sex relationships, resulting in widespread persecution of LGBTQ communities across the nation.The flag resists strict notions of gender and sexuality imposed by the state, instead affirming the coexistence of Nigerian heritage and queer identity. Redoubling the flag’s power as an object of defiance and dignity, Tugbiyele has since carried it in protests and gay pride parades in both Nigeria and the United States.Posted by Allie RickardAdejoke Tugbiyele (American, born 1977). Gele Pride Flag, 2014. Fabric, metallic thread, brass. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 2016.24. © artist or artist’s estate -- source link
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