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JUDY CHICAGO’S THE 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!
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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). • The cartoons were then attached to the back of the warped looms. • The banners were woven at the San Francisco Tapestry Workshop by trained weavers. ENTRY BANNERS
THE DINNER PARTY1974-1979 ENTRY BANNERS • 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.
THE DINNER PARTY1974-1979 And She Gathered All before Her And She made for them A Sign to See And lo They saw a Vision From this day forth Like to like in All things And then all that divided them merged And then Everywhere was Eden Once again ENTRY BANNERS
THE DINNER PARTY1974-1979 • An enormous banquet table in the shape of an equilateral triangle • Equilateral triangle - early sign for women, ancient symbol for goddesses • 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 PARTY1974-1979The 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!!!