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JUDY CHICAGO’STHE DINNER
PARTY
A FEAST OF GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS
JUDY CHICAGO…
tikkun olam“to heal or repair the world”
• Jewish concept – Judy’s parents believed deeply in this.
• Her family taught her that money was unimportant. Ideas and changing the world is what counts!
“…I had been raised with the notion that everyone has an obligation to make a contribution to better our world, and that such a commitment leads to a meaningful and valuable life.”
- Judy Chicago
JUDY CHICAGO…
• Wanted to learn about herstory
• Late 1960s, began researching the history of women
“…having the obligation of using my talent on behalf of teaching women’s history through art.”
- Judy Chicago
JUDY CHICAGO…
THE DINNER PARTY
THE DINNER PARTY1974-1979
• It took 5 years to create!
• Most well-known work
• Subject of women’s history
• Collaboration – Hundreds of people helped to create it! (wanted to be involved with changing history)
• Seen by more than 1 million viewers!
• 16 exhibitions across 6 different countries!
THE DINNER PARTY1974-1979
• 6 woven banners – welcoming visitors to The Dinner Party
• The Entry Banners contain phrases inspired by a poem written by Judy about her vision of an equalized world, where women’s history and viewpoints are fully recognized.
ENTRY BANNERS
THE DINNER PARTY1974-1979
1. Chicago painted the images and selected the thread colors.
2. Then, she transferred her designs to graph paper, creating cartoons (patterns weavers use).
4. The cartoons were then attached to the back of the warped looms.
5. The banners were woven at the San Francisco Tapestry Workshop by trained weavers.
ENTRY BANNERS
THE DINNER PARTY1974-1979
• Chicago was inspired to use Renaissance pictorial weaving when she discovered that women were prohibited from working on the high-warp (or vertical) looms during that time period.
ENTRY BANNERS
THE DINNER PARTY1974-1979
And She Gathered All before Her
And She made for them A Sign to See
And lo They saw a VisionFrom this day forth Like to like
in All thingsAnd then all that divided them
mergedAnd then Everywhere was Eden
Once again
ENTRY BANNERS
THE DINNER PARTY1974-1979
• An enormous banquet table in the shape of an equilateral triangleo Equilateral triangle - early sign for
women, ancient symbol for goddesses
o Equilateral form – the vision for an equalized world
THE DINNER PARTY1974-1979
• The artwork measures 48-feet on each side.
• There are a total of 39 place-settings on an open triangular table.
• The table appears to float on a triangular floor consisting of 2,300 porcelain tiles.
THE DINNER PARTY1974-1979
• The “guests of honor” are represented by a 14-inch china-painted plate with a central design based on the butterfly.
• The plate sets on an embroidered runner done in the needlework of the woman’s time period.
• Each place setting is created in a style appropriate to the woman being honored.
• Each place setting includes a ceramic chalice, flatware and embroidered napkin.
PLACE SETTINGS
THE DINNER PARTY1974-1979
The Heritage Floor
• The Heritage Floor includes the names of 999 women who have made a mark on history.
• The names are grouped around the place settings according to similarities in achievements.
The Dinner Party1974-1979
2007 – Permanently housed at the Brooklyn Museum in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
• This has helped Judy to achieve her long-held goal to stop the erasure of women’s achievements!!!