Since the late 1960s, when the feminist art movement came alive, women became particularly interested in what makes them different from males. Consequently, what makes women artists and their art work different from male artists and their art? Men have maintained for many years, a studio system which has excluded and isolated women from training and becoming artists, also gallery system that kept women from exhibiting and selling their work, as well as from being collected by the museums. Times have changed, and there are many artwork produced by women that thrive against anti-female views. One of the most influencing feminist works that is out there now, is from the art group ‘Guerrilla Girls’. The ‘Guerrilla Girls’ is an anonymous group of feminist artists established in New York City in 1985. They are best known for their posters, books, billboards, appearances and other creative forms. The group uses facts, humour and outrageous visual imagery to expose discrimination and corruption in the art world. Their work is striking and visually shows to the general public that women can do exactly what men can do. Their work basically puts a middle finger up to patriarchal societies.
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