Judy Chicago Analysis

The steps toward becoming an artist can be uncertain. The steps towards being a feminist can be more so. The feminist art movement referred to the efforts and accomplishments of feminist internationally to produce art that reflects women’s lives and experiences, as well as to change the foundation for the production and reception of contemporary art. It emerged in the late 1960’s. Feminist artists sought to create a dialogue between both the viewer and the artwork through the inclusion of a woman’s perspective. Feminist artists often embraced a different type of media and performances. These materials did not have the same historical styles as men’s paintings and sculptures. Overall feminism took its own path as more and more woman began to …show more content…
One of the most common pieces that are talked about today is, “The Dinner Party.” This was one of her most famous works because it was during the time of the women’s movement. Judy was helped by more than 400 women between the years 1974 through 1979. The Dinner Party reflects Chicago’s shift from a marker or abstract Minimalist objects and paintings to works on feminist themes in alternative media and installations (Janson’s 621). The artwork pays homage to the woman who Judy felt were ignored, underrated, or taken out of historical documents. The dinner party was designed in a triangular table. It had 39 place settings, 13 to a side. Each place setting represented the honoring of a significant woman. Also the white tile that was placed on the outer part of the table contained other women’s names, 919 to be exact. People have also said that it is a representation of the Last Supper. Chicago has appropriated and transformed the Christian male theme of the Last Supper into spiritual communion of women (Janson’s 621). Overall I feel that Judy’s piece is trying to show the world that women are capable of doing anything a man can …show more content…
There was also the bold and bright, Cindy Sherman and Miriam Schapiro. Each had their own self influence in the movement of women. First there’s Cindy Sherman a bright woman who discovered her talents once holding a camera. With a camera Cindy did it all, for nearly 40 years, she has raised questions about the effectiveness of the photograph as well as notions of female identity by transforming herself into different characters (Frischkorn 264). For example in one of Cindy’s photos she dresses herself as a sexy babe who seems to be waiting for the arrival of someone. She titled this photo as “Untitled Film still #15”. A lot of Cindy Sherman’s photographs presented an issue; her images portrayed how women were served up by society for the pleasure of men, specifically for the male gaze (Janson’s 633). Overall Cindy Sherman was among one of the first to seriously explore gender and identity through