Object number2021.18.41

Guerrilla Girls Explain the Concepts of Natural Law

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the Guerrilla Girls Portfolio Compleat 1985-2012

Date1992

Artist Guerrilla Girls (American, founded 1985)

CultureAmerican

MediumCommercial offset lithograph on magazine paper

DimensionsImage: 10 7/8 x 16 3/4 in. (27.6 x 42.5 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson, by exchange

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

SignedOn an adhesive label on the verso in the lower right corner, signed in pencil: Guerrilla Girls

InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: FLLAC 2021.18.41

Vassar Exhibitions

Apocalypse Sky: Art, AIDS, and Activism in New York City, 1982-1992

DescriptionTitled in bold text at the top with numbers 1-4 on the left and 5-7 on right within the center of the composition. The left, lower, and right perimeter contains imagery of bananas, banana leaves and monkeys. The text reads: GUERRILLA GIRLS EXPLAIN THE / CONCEPT OF NATURAL LAW. / 1. Protecting the rights of the unborn means pre- / cisely that. Once you're born, you're on your / own. / 2. Sexual harassment is man's natural response / to women on the job. Women who report / it are uptight prudes. Women who don't / are ambitious whores. / 3. Women are paid less in the workplace be- / cause they have no business being there. / 4. Anyone who is unemployed or homeless / deserves it. / 5. The people who have the most money are / entitled to the best health care. / 6. AIDS is a punishment for homosexuality and / drug abuse. Only heterosexuals, celebri- / ties, and children deserve a cure. / 7. Life is beautiful. Artists, writers, or perform- / ers who want to inflict disgusting, homo- / sexual, erotic, satirical or political images / upon the public should have their [word scribbled out and an arrow] grants / cut off. / A PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE FROM GUERRILLA GIRLS

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