Natural Law
- Artist: Guerrilla Girls
- Date: 1992
- Medium: Digital print on paper
- Dimensions: support: 276 x 425 mm
- Museum: Tate Modern
- Collection record: Tate Modern website
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About this artwork
This is the “Natural Law” by Guerrilla Girls. A 1992 digital print, it’s a punchy poster that packs a lot of data into a single splash of pop pink and yellow. The Guerrilla Girls, a collective of women artists who hide behind gorilla masks and adopt the names of dead female icons, started in 1985 to fight the glaring gender imbalance at the MoMA. Their work is a sharp mix of statistics and satire, asking hard questions about who gets to be seen in art spaces. This piece continues that tradition, using bold numbers and rhetorical hooks to expose the hidden inequalities in the art world. It’s a compact, powerful reminder that the law of nature can be rewired by collective action and humor.
See it in person
Natural Law is in the collection of Tate Modern on Bankside, London — free to enter. Point your phone at any artwork there and audioguide.london plays a free audio guide in six languages — no app download needed.
