Judy Chicago

American, b. 1939

Study for "Reincarnation Triptych," from the series "Great Ladies"
1973

Graphite and pastel on paper
31.875 x 31.875 x 1.5 in.
Museum Purchase with the Dorothy Wanlass Endowment Fund
1996.66

Chicago’s work is notable for its use of a variety of media and methods. Though her early art consisted of minimalist paintings, Chicago’s style quickly transformed to include a variety of paintings, tapestries, sculpture, pyrotechnics, ice sculpture, and other mixed-media. She also took classes on auto body work and boat building, and became adept at working with spray paint, metals, and wood. Chicago’s work also includes needlework and embroidery, traditionally “feminine” crafts that she worked to transform into fine arts. Chicago was interested in creating works that celebrated unique female experiences, and she specifically experimented with birth and creation imagery that examined the role of women in history, culture, and society. Chicago views the visual arts as a key vehicle for intellectual transformation and social change. She values art that is based on research, rooted in personal experience, and which communicates social, cultural, or political messages.

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This object has the following keywords:

• blue
• circles
• curvy
• green
• orange
• pink
• purple
• radial - Arranged or having parts arranged like rays around a central axis.
• red
• squares
• studies - Works in any medium of the visual arts that explore a subject or are preliminary to a separate, more finalized work; more finished than sketches. For representations or diagrams that clarify, usually accompanying a text, use "illustrations."
• text

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Crossing Boundaries: Identity , 9/1/2009 - 10/13/2009
• Female + Form , 6/17/2013 - 3/17/2014
• Women, Surrealism, and Abstraction , 8/25/2020 - 7/9/2022

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