The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago

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The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago is a landmark feminist installation artwork featuring an elaborate triangular banquet table honoring women’s history and achievements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feminist artwork
installation artwork
acquisitionDate 2002
artisticTechnique collaborative studio production
collection Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
commissionedBy self-initiated by Judy Chicago
completionDate 1979
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Judy Chicago
depicts notable women from myth and history
women’s history
describedAs iconic installation of the 1970s feminist movement
landmark work of feminist art
exhibitedAt Brooklyn Museum
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
various venues in North America
genre conceptual art
installation art
hasPart 39 place settings
ceramic plates
chalices
cutlery
embroidered runners
heritage floor
tiles inscribed with women’s names
triangular banquet table
inception 1974
influenced contemporary feminist art
museum practices regarding feminist art
language English inscriptions
location Brooklyn Museum
mainSubject feminist history
women’s achievements
materialUsed ceramic
embroidery
porcelain
textiles
movement feminist art movement
notableFeature vulvar and butterfly imagery on plates
notableWorkOf Judy Chicago
numberOfAdditionalWomenHonored over 900 on the heritage floor
numberOfContributors hundreds of volunteers and artisans
numberOfHonoredWomen 39 at the table
numberOfSides 3
permanentExhibition Brooklyn Museum
shape equilateral triangle
theme critique of patriarchal historical narratives
reclamation of women’s contributions to history
width approximately 48 feet per side

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Brooklyn Museum notableWorkHoused The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago