About The Work
The plate is based on an early image that appeared on both a painting and subsequently, a car hood. The original painting was done while I was still in graduate school at UCLA and it was greeted with derision by my painting instructors. As a result, I destroyed it, but not before laying it out on a car hood (Bigamy Hood) after I went to auto body school in order to learn to spray paint which is something that I have done throughout my career. The imagery references an interrupted connection, brought about by the deaths of both my father (when I was thirteen) and my first husband (when I was twenty-three). The symbols include a broken heart, double-crosses, and a phallic form that yearns for the female-centered forms at the top of the image.
Courtesy of Prospect NY
About Judy Chicago
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: The 2021 Holiday Collection - DINE
- Interviews & Features: Laura Currie of Prospect Picks Ten Editions and Objects to Mark Ten Years of Artspace
- Interviews & Features: Making History Contemporary: “Half the Picture” Curator on Presenting 100 Years of Art Through a Feminist Lens
- Art 101: How Did Feminist Art Begin? A Brief History of Women Rejecting Patriarchy in the Art World
- Art 101: Get Your Feminism(s) in a Row: Mary Kelly in Conversation with Douglas Crimp
About The Work
The plate is based on an early image that appeared on both a painting and subsequently, a car hood. The original painting was done while I was still in graduate school at UCLA and it was greeted with derision by my painting instructors. As a result, I destroyed it, but not before laying it out on a car hood (Bigamy Hood) after I went to auto body school in order to learn to spray paint which is something that I have done throughout my career. The imagery references an interrupted connection, brought about by the deaths of both my father (when I was thirteen) and my first husband (when I was twenty-three). The symbols include a broken heart, double-crosses, and a phallic form that yearns for the female-centered forms at the top of the image.
Courtesy of Prospect NY
About Judy Chicago
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: The 2021 Holiday Collection - DINE
- Interviews & Features: Laura Currie of Prospect Picks Ten Editions and Objects to Mark Ten Years of Artspace
- Interviews & Features: Making History Contemporary: “Half the Picture” Curator on Presenting 100 Years of Art Through a Feminist Lens
- Art 101: How Did Feminist Art Begin? A Brief History of Women Rejecting Patriarchy in the Art World
- Art 101: Get Your Feminism(s) in a Row: Mary Kelly in Conversation with Douglas Crimp
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