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Judy Chicago, An American Vision
A prodigious body of work that has transformed perceptions of women’s art and collaborative venture is fully scrutinized in the first book to cover the entire scope of an astonishing and influential career.
One of the most controversial artists of our time, Judy Chicago is most famous for her groundbreaking installations The Dinner Party , Birth Project , and Holocaust Project . While these works have been analyzed extensively from artistic and historical perspectives, this book’s in-depth discussion also embraces many of the artist’s lesser-known pieces. Using a great variety of techniques, from drawing, painting, and printmaking to needlework and sculpture, her search for a personal means of expression is examined through lavish illustrations and edifying text.
One of the most controversial artists of our time, Judy Chicago is most famous for her groundbreaking installations The Dinner Party , Birth Project , and Holocaust Project . While these works have been analyzed extensively from artistic and historical perspectives, this book’s in-depth discussion also embraces many of the artist’s lesser-known pieces. Using a great variety of techniques, from drawing, painting, and printmaking to needlework and sculpture, her search for a personal means of expression is examined through lavish illustrations and edifying text.
- GenresArt
192 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 2000
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About the author
Edward Lucie-Smith
453 books29 followersJohn Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith, known as Edward Lucie-Smith, is an English writer, poet, art critic, curator and broadcaster.
Lucie-Smith was born in Kingston, Jamaica, moving to the United Kingdom in 1946. He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury, and, after a little time in Paris, he read History at Merton College, Oxford from 1951 to 1954.
After serving in the Royal Air Force as an Education Officer and working as a copywriter, he became a full-time writer (as well as anthologist and photographer). He succeeded Philip Hobsbaum in organising The Group, a London-centred poets' group.
At the beginning of the 1980s he conducted several series of interviews, Conversations with Artists, for BBC Radio 3. He is also a regular contributor to The London Magazine, in which he writes art reviews. A prolific writer, he has written more than one hundred books in total on a variety of subjects, chiefly art history as well as biographies and poetry.
In addition he has curated a number of art exhibitions, including three Peter Moores projects at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; the New British Painting (1988–90) and two retrospectives at the New Orleans Museum of Art. He is a curator of the Bermondsey Project Space.
Lucie-Smith was born in Kingston, Jamaica, moving to the United Kingdom in 1946. He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury, and, after a little time in Paris, he read History at Merton College, Oxford from 1951 to 1954.
After serving in the Royal Air Force as an Education Officer and working as a copywriter, he became a full-time writer (as well as anthologist and photographer). He succeeded Philip Hobsbaum in organising The Group, a London-centred poets' group.
At the beginning of the 1980s he conducted several series of interviews, Conversations with Artists, for BBC Radio 3. He is also a regular contributor to The London Magazine, in which he writes art reviews. A prolific writer, he has written more than one hundred books in total on a variety of subjects, chiefly art history as well as biographies and poetry.
In addition he has curated a number of art exhibitions, including three Peter Moores projects at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; the New British Painting (1988–90) and two retrospectives at the New Orleans Museum of Art. He is a curator of the Bermondsey Project Space.
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October 31, 2009
Overall, a pretty thorough book. The flow of the book has been created in such a way that it is easier to understand the thought process of Judy Chicago, herself. I found this totally enrapturing and awesome!
My only complaint is that Lucie-Smith states in the beginning of this book that he wants to bring to light Chicago's work outside of "The Dinner Party" which, upon completion of the book, I don't think he completely attained. It was a big goal, considering Chicago's oeuvre, and I think it would have required a much longer book.
My only complaint is that Lucie-Smith states in the beginning of this book that he wants to bring to light Chicago's work outside of "The Dinner Party" which, upon completion of the book, I don't think he completely attained. It was a big goal, considering Chicago's oeuvre, and I think it would have required a much longer book.
November 4, 2013
I Love Judy Chicago! Her Artwork is both brilliant and impressive. Her impact on both feminism and modern artwork cannot be stressed enough. She is a master of our Modern Art Age. If you never heard of her you are totally missing out on something sinful and of pure delight. Reading her book was like enjoying a dark chocolate candy bar, so yummy good and delicious.
June 20, 2007
This is a big, beautiful coffeetable book all about Judy Chicago's lifetime of work. I learned that she has done so much more than just The Dinner Party. Lovely and highly recommended.
May 20, 2009
The best survey on Chicago's body of work. Love her, or hate her - ya can't ignore her.
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