Main entry:

Chicago, Judy, 1939- artist, author.

Title & Author:

The dinner party : from creation to preservation / Judy Chicago ; photography by Donald Woodman.

Publication:

London ; New York : Merrell, 2007.

Description:

308 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
The Brooklyn Museum of Art's Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is the permanent home of Judy Chicago's The dinner party. - dust jacket.
Introduction: The joy of creating -- Welcome to The dinner party -- Wing one : from prehistory to Rome -- Wing two: from Christianity to the Reformation -- Wing three: from the American Revolution to the Women's Revolution -- Conclusion: The struggle for preservation -- Heritage panels.
Photography by Michael Alexander, Michele Maier, Donald Woodman.
Judy Chicago, narrator.

Summary:

"Judy Chicago's internationally acclaimed installation The Dinner Party is a monumental work of art conceived as a symbolic history of women in Western civilization. Strategically countering the traditional erasure of women's achievements, this epic work honors 1038 iconic, mythical, archetypal, and historical women. This, the most definitive book to be published on Chicago's masterwork, reveals the visual and intellectual scope of the installation more fully than ever before, supported by new photography, documentary images, and the artist's expanded research into the history of the women represented. Chicago begins by discussing the creative genesis of The Dinner Party, the dynamism of her collaborative approach to art-making, and the technical processes involved. Mirroring the structure of the installation, the book then divides into three beautifully illustrated "wings," or sections, covering from prehistory to the twentieth century. These explore the remarkable lives of the thirty-nine women symbolically represented as "guests of honor" at The Dinner Party, and of the 999 other women honored in the work. To conclude, Chicago reflects on the work's early--often hostile--reception in the art world and the political arena, as well as the subsequent, decades-long struggle for its preservation and permanent exhibition. At the heart of The Dinner Party is the belief that, by understanding the legacy of women's achievements, women's perceptions of themselves can be transformed. This definitive accompaniment to Chicago's installation continues its purpose and introduces the work to a new generation interested in the relationship between art, culture, and gender politics." -- Publisher's description

ISBN:

9781858943701 (hbk.)
1858943701 (hbk.)

Subject:

Chicago, Judy, 1939- Dinner party.
Chicago, Judy.
Chicago, Judy utställningskataloger.
Chicago, Judy. Dinner party.
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art.
Brooklyn Museum. Elizabeth A Sackler Center for Feminist Art.
Brooklyn Museum. Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art.
Dinner party (Chicago, Judy)
Women in art.
History in art.
Women Biography.
Needlework United States.
China painting United States.
Art.
Exhibitions.
Arts.
Women history
Exhibitions as Topic
Femmes dans l'art.
Histoire dans l'art.
Femmes Biographies.
Travaux à l'aiguille États-Unis.
Peinture sur porcelaine États-Unis.
Expositions.
histories (visual works)
fine arts (discipline)
works of art.
exhibitions (events)
China painting
Needlework
Women
Womyn.
Konst feminism utställningar biografi.
United States

Form/genre:

Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies

Added entries:

Woodman, Donald, photographer.
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art.
Brooklyn Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255768
Call No.: BIB 186045
Status: Available