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Human Geometries v1
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Jessica Silverman is pleased to present “Human Geometries,” an exhibition of works created by Judy Chicago between 1965 and the present. The show features both monumental pieces and potent gems that explore gendered aesthetics, human rights and social justice. Coinciding with the artist’s first major retrospective at the de Young Museum, this exhibition opens Saturday, August 28th.
The centerpiece of the exhibition is Sunset Squares, a landmark in Feminist Minimalist sculpture, which consists of four structures in different sizes and subtle shades – pale pink, baby blue, lavender and mint. Framing and commenting on its surroundings, this quad of quads can be arranged and rearranged for maximum impact and interaction. Its freedom of movement, combined with its poly-chroma, challenges the rigid, dictatorial norms of much minimalist art. Conceived and created in 1965, but destroyed in the seventies, this outdoor rendition of Sunset Squares is made to original specifications in painted stainless steel.
Judy Chicago
Sunset Squares (outdoor version), 1965/2021
Matthews polyurethane paint on stainless steel
108 x 108 x 12 inches / 274.3 x 274.3 x 30.5 cm
84 x 84 x 12 inches / 213.4 x 213.4 x 30.5 cm
60 x 60 x 12 inches / 152.4 x 152.4 x 30.5 cm
36 x 36 x 12 inches / 91.4 x 91.4 x 30.5 cm
Sunset Squares (outdoor version), 1965/2021
Matthews polyurethane paint on stainless steel
108 x 108 x 12 inches / 274.3 x 274.3 x 30.5 cm
84 x 84 x 12 inches / 213.4 x 213.4 x 30.5 cm
60 x 60 x 12 inches / 152.4 x 152.4 x 30.5 cm
36 x 36 x 12 inches / 91.4 x 91.4 x 30.5 cm
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Judy Chicago
Childbirth in America: Crowning Quilt 7/9, 1982
Quilting and embroidery over drawing and hand-painting on batik fabric
28 x 48.5 inches
71.12 x 123.19 cm
Childbirth in America: Crowning Quilt 7/9, 1982
Quilting and embroidery over drawing and hand-painting on batik fabric
28 x 48.5 inches
71.12 x 123.19 cm
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Judy Chicago
Birth Power, 1984
Embroidery over drawing on silk
20.25 x 20.25 inches
51.44 x 51.44 cm
Birth Power, 1984
Embroidery over drawing on silk
20.25 x 20.25 inches
51.44 x 51.44 cm
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Judy Chicago
Birth Tear/Tear, 1982
Embroidery on silk
Installed size: 28 x 91 inches
71.1 x 231.1 cm
Birth Tear/Tear, 1982
Embroidery on silk
Installed size: 28 x 91 inches
71.1 x 231.1 cm
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Judy Chicago
Childbirth in America: Crowning Quilt 7/9, 1982
Quilting and embroidery over drawing and hand-painting on batik fabric
28 x 48.5 inches
71.12 x 123.19 cm
Childbirth in America: Crowning Quilt 7/9, 1982
Quilting and embroidery over drawing and hand-painting on batik fabric
28 x 48.5 inches
71.12 x 123.19 cm
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Judy Chicago
Birth Power, 1984
Embroidery over drawing on silk
20.25 x 20.25 inches
51.44 x 51.44 cm
Birth Power, 1984
Embroidery over drawing on silk
20.25 x 20.25 inches
51.44 x 51.44 cm
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Judy Chicago
Birth Tear/Tear, 1982
Embroidery on silk
Installed size: 28 x 91 inches
71.1 x 231.1 cm
Birth Tear/Tear, 1982
Embroidery on silk
Installed size: 28 x 91 inches
71.1 x 231.1 cm
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Judy Chicago
Autobiography of a Year, 1993-1994
Mixed media on Magnani paper
140 drawings, each: 11 x 15 inches / 27.9 x 38.1 cm
Installed size: 80 x 448 inches / 203.2 x 1137.9 cm
Autobiography of a Year, 1993-1994
Mixed media on Magnani paper
140 drawings, each: 11 x 15 inches / 27.9 x 38.1 cm
Installed size: 80 x 448 inches / 203.2 x 1137.9 cm
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Although Chicago is best-known for elevating and recognizing the lives of others (e.g. The Dinner Party, 1979), she has created a series of 140 raw, extempore drawings in watercolor and pencil on paper, laying out her innermost aspirations and insecurities. The unexpected intimacy of Autobiography of a Year (1993-94) invites empathy as the artist’s struggle for self-worth and self-soothing is familiar to us all.
Triangles loom large in Chicago’s oeuvre, taking on different meanings in different decades. Logo (1994) takes the form of concentric triangles of stained glass not only to honor Holocaust victims, but to create an icon of community survival. Here color represents the demographics targeted by the Nazis: yellow for Jews, pink for homosexuals, black for “anti-socials,” blue for immigrants, red for political prisoners, brown for gypsies, and green for criminals.
Judy Chicago
Logo from the Holocaust Project, 1992
Stained glass
42 x 48 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
106.7 x 123.2 x 3.2 cm
Logo from the Holocaust Project, 1992
Stained glass
42 x 48 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
106.7 x 123.2 x 3.2 cm
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Judy Chicago
Clear Domes on Red Base, 1968
Clear acrylic domes on mirrored glass on plexiglas base
Overall: 5 3/4 x 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches / 14.6 x 77.5 x 77.5 cm
Domes: 3 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches / 8.9 x 22.6 cm each
Clear Domes on Red Base, 1968
Clear acrylic domes on mirrored glass on plexiglas base
Overall: 5 3/4 x 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches / 14.6 x 77.5 x 77.5 cm
Domes: 3 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches / 8.9 x 22.6 cm each
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Judy Chicago
Clear Domes on Dark Base, 1968
Clear acrylic domes on mirrored glass on plexiglas base
Overall: 5 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches / 14 x 77.5 x 77.5 cm
Domes: 3 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches / 8.9 x 22.6 cm each
Clear Domes on Dark Base, 1968
Clear acrylic domes on mirrored glass on plexiglas base
Overall: 5 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches / 14 x 77.5 x 77.5 cm
Domes: 3 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches / 8.9 x 22.6 cm each
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Judy Chicago
Logo from the Holocaust Project, 1992
Stained glass
42 x 48 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
106.7 x 123.2 x 3.2 cm
Logo from the Holocaust Project, 1992
Stained glass
42 x 48 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
106.7 x 123.2 x 3.2 cm
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Judy Chicago
Clear Domes on Red Base, 1968
Clear acrylic domes on mirrored glass on plexiglas base
Overall: 5 3/4 x 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches / 14.6 x 77.5 x 77.5 cm
Domes: 3 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches / 8.9 x 22.6 cm each
Clear Domes on Red Base, 1968
Clear acrylic domes on mirrored glass on plexiglas base
Overall: 5 3/4 x 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches / 14.6 x 77.5 x 77.5 cm
Domes: 3 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches / 8.9 x 22.6 cm each
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Judy Chicago
Clear Domes on Dark Base, 1968
Clear acrylic domes on mirrored glass on plexiglas base
Overall: 5 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches / 14 x 77.5 x 77.5 cm
Domes: 3 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches / 8.9 x 22.6 cm each
Clear Domes on Dark Base, 1968
Clear acrylic domes on mirrored glass on plexiglas base
Overall: 5 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches / 14 x 77.5 x 77.5 cm
Domes: 3 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches / 8.9 x 22.6 cm each
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Rendered in clear and colored acrylics, Chicago’s “Dome” sculptures suggest bodily landscapes, bellies and chests, perhaps even an expectant mother in the bath. While the sculptures evoke sensual slumber, the artist’s drawings and paintings of spinning orbs, sometimes called “whirling donuts,” are infused with the electricity of female orgasm.
Judy Chicago
Cartoon for The Fall, 1987
Sprayed acrylic and oil on canvas
68 1/2 x 227 inches
173.99 x 576.58 cm
Cartoon for The Fall, 1987
Sprayed acrylic and oil on canvas
68 1/2 x 227 inches
173.99 x 576.58 cm
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Cartoon for the Fall (1987) is an ambitious history painting, exploring power and powerlessness, gender and Jewish identity in civilizations past and present. Chicago and her husband Donald Woodman worked for eight years, pondering the horrific depths of the Holocaust. In 2021, a time of resurgent white supremacism, fascism, and anti-democratic dictatorships, their project is ever more relevant. The 18-foot-long canvas is meant to remind us of the necessity to work towards a more humane, peaceful and equitable world.
Judy Chicago
It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn, 2000
Sprayed acrylic, oil, and embroidery on portrait linen
24 x 40 inches
61 x 101.6 cm
It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn, 2000
Sprayed acrylic, oil, and embroidery on portrait linen
24 x 40 inches
61 x 101.6 cm
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Judy Chicago
El Lobo, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
El Lobo, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
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Judy Chicago
Attention Please, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
Attention Please, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
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Judy Chicago
It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn, 2000
Sprayed acrylic, oil, and embroidery on portrait linen
24 x 40 inches
61 x 101.6 cm
It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn, 2000
Sprayed acrylic, oil, and embroidery on portrait linen
24 x 40 inches
61 x 101.6 cm
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Judy Chicago
El Lobo, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
El Lobo, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
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Judy Chicago
Attention Please, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
Attention Please, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
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Judy Chicago
Land Grab, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
Land Grab, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
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Judy Chicago
Live and Let Live, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
Live and Let Live, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
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Judy Chicago
Soul Mates, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
Soul Mates, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
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Judy Chicago
Land Grab, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
Land Grab, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
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Judy Chicago
Live and Let Live, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
Live and Let Live, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
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Judy Chicago
Soul Mates, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
Soul Mates, 2019-2020
China paint on porcelain
14 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed
35.6 x 45.1 x 5.7 cm
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Judy Chicago
Find It In Your Heart, 2000
Paint, embroidery, and Japanese gold embroidery on wood
Executed by: Paula Daves and Lynda Patterson
78 x 50 x 38 inches
198.1 x 127 x 96.5 cm
Find It In Your Heart, 2000
Paint, embroidery, and Japanese gold embroidery on wood
Executed by: Paula Daves and Lynda Patterson
78 x 50 x 38 inches
198.1 x 127 x 96.5 cm
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