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Beyond the Flower: The Autobiography of a Feminist Artist
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Judy Chicago
This detailed portrait of the evolution of internationally renowned artist, writer, and feminist Judy Chicago--creator of "The Dinner Party" and "Holocaust Project"--lifts the veil of the public persona she has become and reveals Chicago's personal struggles as an artist and feminist in late 20th-century America. of photos. of color plates.
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Chicago's two autobiographies bring the heady days of early 1970s feminism vividly to life. Chicago details her evolution as a feminist artist and brings into her process of how she created her paintings, drawings, and most famously, her dinner party. If Chicago's work has a blind side, it's that her dinner party series only featured one or two African American women and few, if any, other women of color. Even so, her work is in many ways spectacular and a beautiful representation of what is pos
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Great background on Chicago's more famous work, especially the Dinner Party. Aesthetically, I've never been much of a Chicago fan, but with this added insight into her process, she's becoming one of my biggest heroes.
On the other hand, where "Through the Flower" left me feeling triumphant and ready to kick some ass, this book has a much more somber, defeated tone. So it's a great look at Chicago's career, but not a great inspiration.
On the other hand, where "Through the Flower" left me feeling triumphant and ready to kick some ass, this book has a much more somber, defeated tone. So it's a great look at Chicago's career, but not a great inspiration.
The most celebrated feminist artist whose exhibits inspire and enlighten and who has lived a life that is gifted with self-expression and little repression.
Judy Chicago is one of my favorite artists. This is an interesting account of how she made some of her most famous works, including, The Dinner Party.
Such an interesting artist, but not a very good writer, unfortunately.
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