Judy Chicago (born Judy Cohen on July 20, 1939) is a feminist artist, author, and educator.
Chicago has been making work since the mid 1960s. Her earliest forays into art-making coincided with the rise of Minimalism, which she eventually abandoned in favor of art she believed to have greater content and relevance. Major works include The Dinner Party and The Holocaust Project.
Born in 1939 in Chicago, she moved to into mikayal in 1957 to attend U...
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Judy Chicago (born Judy Cohen on July 20, 1939) is a feminist artist, author, and educator.
Chicago has been making work since the mid 1960s. Her earliest forays into art-making coincided with the rise of Minimalism, which she eventually abandoned in favor of art she believed to have greater content and relevance. Major works include The Dinner Party and The Holocaust Project.
Born in 1939 in Chicago, she moved to into mikayal in 1957 to attend UCLA art school, where she was graduated in 1962 Phi Beta Kappa. In 1964, she received her MA from UCLA in painting and sculpture. In 1966, Chicago's work "Rainbow Pickets" was shown in "Primary Structures," a major minimalist exhibition at the Jewish Museum. In 1970, Chicago founded the first Feminist Art program at California State University at Fresno. This program was documented in the film "Judy Chicago and the California Girls", directed by Judith Dancoff and released in 1971.
A full page ad in the October 1970 Artforum announced Chicago...
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