Judy Chicago, Through the Flower, 1973. Sprayed acrylic on canvas, 5’ x 5’, Collection of Elizabeth Sackler © Judy Chicago, Photo © Donald Woodman
Chicago in LA: Judy Chicago’s Early Work
Judy Chicago Trinity, 1965, Sprayed acrylic and canvas on plywood, 5’-4” x 10’-7” x 5’, Collection of Glenn Schaeffer, © Judy Chicago, Photo © Donald Woodman
Before making her widely known and iconic feminist work of the 1970s, 1980s, and beyond, Judy Chicago explored painting, sculpture, and environmental performance, often using innovative industrial techniques and materials, including auto body painting and pyrotechnics. Chicago in L.A., at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, places the early work within the arc of Chicago’s broader production and continues the reappraisal of the artist’s importance as a pioneer in the California art scene www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/
Judy Chicago, Rainbow Pickett, 1965 (recreated 2004), Latex paint on canvas-covered plywood, 10’-6” x 10’-6” x 9’-2”, Collection of David and Diane Waldman, © Judy Chicago, Photo © Donald Woodman Fine Art Magazine • 67