EP1. Bad Ass Women from Art History: Who are The Guerrilla Girls? - a podcast by Gabrielle Steele

Welcome to 5 minutes with Bad Ass women from Art History, a quarantine and social isolation (#Covid-19 lol) induced series. Launching off the back of a twitter series I created in 2014 but now in a much better podcast form!

Women have been involved in the making of fine art throughout history. However, its no secret that their work, when compared with their male counterparts has been often obfuscated, overlooked and undervalued even being demoted to heavily gendered categories such as “arts and crafts” rather than fine art (massive EYE ROLL).

Women in art have been faced with challenges due to gender biases in the mainstream fine art world. They have often encountered difficulties in training, travelling and trading their work, as well as gaining recognition. Beginning in the late 1960s and 1970s, feminist artists and art historians created a Feminist art movement that overtly addresses the role of women especially in the Western art world, how world art is perceived, evaluated or appropriated according to gender.

Episode 0 or our Special Episode will be launching as a testimony to this very movement, showcasing the Bad Ass women who inspired me to create this series, also Josh, Josh inspired me too..

The next episode, episode 1, will be starting from the beginning of Art History (Prehistoric) aaaall the way to contemporary and current era.