Guerilla/Gorilla

“Building on a newspaper article of the time (1880-1920) that called Glasgow women artists ‘the offspring of a feminine gorilla,’ this brief performance also channeled the spirit of the New York based Guerilla Girls.

Emerging at the crowded reception from the Animal Room wearing a gorilla mask and a formal costume, the performer engaged in a game of ‘peever’ – Glasgow equivalent of hop-scotch – on the chequered floor of the Kelvingrove, distributing bananas to the guests. Her final gesture was a scattering of black roses across the floor, accompanied on the Celtic drum by a kilted musician.

Local Scots combining with international feminism to celebrate the defiance of the Glasgow Girls – 70 years on. A formidable combination of past and present.”

(Roland Miller, Art Monthly, Summer 1990)

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