THE FUTURE FOR TURKISH WOMEN ARTISTS
as revealed to the Querrilla Cirls
Beware of fsmaias fronm
bejond the
Over 40% of the artists shown in Istonbul galleries
are women... much better percentage than in Europe
or the U.S. Soon hordes of women artists from abroad
will seek refuge here to improve their careers.
Male artists will relocate to be better appreciated.
Ope 7urkish curatos
will ive forever.
Others will be exiled
The curator with the best record for promoting
women arfists will e cloned and his dupliales
sent all ver the world. The curators who forget
women when they organize museum exhibitions
and biennials will be benished to the US and EU
where such backward ideas belong
The Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture hos
only 17 women honging in its permenent colletion
The Istonbul Modern is just as bad. The Pera did on
exhibition, "The Image of Women in Turkish Art," with
only 2 female arit. Your artisic destiny may rest n o
bank... some of their golleries have much better records.
Find good fortune
in the Wavs
If you insist on having a museum exhibition,
try the Navy, 75% of the ortists shown at the
laval Museum Art Gallery have been women
GUERRILLA GIRLS www.guerrillagirls.com
