mar 8, 1979 - Dinner Party by Judy Chicago
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Although it is not made in traditional technique for the genre, this installation refers to both tradition of still life paintings and more importantly to the historical marginalization of women. Table is set for 39 famous women, and each place-setting has a unique hand – painted china plate based on vulvar and butterfly forms, embroidered runners, gold chalice and utensils. The aim of this exceptional still life installation is, in Chicago’s words, to “end the ongoing cycle of omission in which women were written out of the historical record.”
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