The first survey on the East Coast of the artist’s eary career,
Chicago in L.A.: Judy Chicago’s Early Work, 1963-74 places this material within the arc of Chicago’s broader production and continues the reappraisal of her importance as a pioneer in the California art scene. Illuminating the beginning of Chicago’s five-decade career, the exhibition brings together more than fifty-five objects and contextualizes the iconic The Dinner Party as a work that emerged from decades of artistic experimentation, theoretical exploration, and feminist community building.
On View April 4 through September 28, 2014.
Chicago in L.A. is organized by Catherine Morris, Sackler Family Curator of the Elizabth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum.
This exhibition has been made possible by the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.
Image Captions: (top right) Judy Chicago (American, born 1939). Heaven is for White Men Only, 1973. Sprayed acrylic on canvas, 80 x 80 in. (203.2 x 203.2 cm). New Orleans Art Museum, Gift of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation. © Judy Chicago. Photo © Donald Woodman
(bottom left) Judy Chicago working on Grand Head with Golden Tongue from her new series, Heads Up. © Donald Woodman