Judy Chicago: Visions for Feminist Art
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Controversy, awe, and revelation distinguishes Judy Chicago’s now 40 year career in the art world. As a pioneer within the feminist art movement, Chicago defined feminist art as art which is authentic to one's physical, emotional, and social experience as a woman. Chicago was committed to creating visually understandable, widely relevant, and democratically exhibited art that could reflect women’s experiences and expand the traditional definition of art. Chicago's two most ambitious artistic endeavors, The Dinner Party and the Birth Project, both exemplify how she created women centered art, in content and media. Both projects also demonstrate how Chicago established and utilized an innovative process of art making and exhibition. The Dinner Party is an epic, multi-media installation reflecting the, relatively unknown, monumental contributions of women to history, culture, and politics. The Birth Project is a series of 85 different needle and fabric work pieces which illustrate mythological and truthful renditions of a woman’s unique, universalized birth. My presentation will discuss Chicago's development of a personal feminist art style, the use controversial depiction of female genitalia in her work, and the history behind the two Birth Project pieces that she gifted to Gettysburg College.
Judy Chicago: Visions for Feminist Art
Breidenbaugh Hall 209
Controversy, awe, and revelation distinguishes Judy Chicago’s now 40 year career in the art world. As a pioneer within the feminist art movement, Chicago defined feminist art as art which is authentic to one's physical, emotional, and social experience as a woman. Chicago was committed to creating visually understandable, widely relevant, and democratically exhibited art that could reflect women’s experiences and expand the traditional definition of art. Chicago's two most ambitious artistic endeavors, The Dinner Party and the Birth Project, both exemplify how she created women centered art, in content and media. Both projects also demonstrate how Chicago established and utilized an innovative process of art making and exhibition. The Dinner Party is an epic, multi-media installation reflecting the, relatively unknown, monumental contributions of women to history, culture, and politics. The Birth Project is a series of 85 different needle and fabric work pieces which illustrate mythological and truthful renditions of a woman’s unique, universalized birth. My presentation will discuss Chicago's development of a personal feminist art style, the use controversial depiction of female genitalia in her work, and the history behind the two Birth Project pieces that she gifted to Gettysburg College.