Guerilla Art Action Group documents 1969-1974 (incomplete), 1974
Dates
- 1974
Creator
- From the Collection: Raay, Jan van
- From the Collection: Guerrilla Art Action Group
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Biographical / Historical
The Guerrilla Art Action Group (GAAG) was founded in New York City in 1969 by Jon Hendricks, Poppy Johnson, and Jean Toche. The group organized or participated in a number of actions in support of artists' rights, civil rights, and women's rights and in protest of the Vietnam War, censorship, corporate influence in museums, and New York State policies regarding poverty and prisons. Like the Art Workers Coalition, GAAG's goals included expanding representation of Black and Puerto Rican artists in New York museums, and the two groups often joined in demonstrations such as the Art Strike against Racism, Sexism, Repression, War. GAAG was active until the mid-1970s.
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