 "The Dinner Party" View of entire installation. Judy Chicago The Dinner Party Since it was first presented at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1979, Judy Chicago's iconic feminist installation "The Dinner Party" has been seen by more than a million people at 15 venues in six countries on three continents. Now part of the Brooklyn Museum of Art's permanent collection, thanks to the generosity of "The Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation", "The Dinner Party" will be on view from September 20, 2002 through February 9, 2003, and permanently installed on the fourth floor of the Museum in Fall 2004. During the same season, Judy Chicago, an exhibition of more than ninety works of art spanning forty years, will be on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D. C. October 11, 2002 through January 5, 2003. An accompanying book will be published by Watson Guptill. "The Dinner Party" is a symbolic history of women of achievement in Western civilization. Triangular in configuration, it employs numerous mediums including ceramics, china painting, and needlework to honor women's accomplishments. An immense open table covered with fine white cloth is set with 39 place settings, 13 on each 48-foot side, each commemorating a goddess, historic personage, or other important woman. Ishtar, the female pharaoh Hatshepsut, Theodora of Byzantium, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Sojourner Truth, Sacajawea, Susan B. Anthony, Emily Dickinson, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Virginia Woolf are among the 39 women selected by Judy Chicago to have their own place settings at the table. Marc Mayer, Deputy Director for Art, has organized this exhibition for the Brooklyn Museum of Art. "The Dinner Party" is made possible through the generous support of The Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation. Related educational activities are supported by The Museum Educational Trust. September 20, 2002 - February 9, 2003 Hours: We - Fr 10 am - 5 pm, first Saturday of each month, 11 am - 11 pm. all other Saturdays 11 am - 6 pm, Su 11 am - 6 pm Mo/Tu closed Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. The Brooklyn Museum of Art 200 Eastern Parkway USA-Brooklyn, NY 11238 Telephone +718 638 50 00 Fay +718 501 61 34 E-Mail information@brooklynmuseum.org www.brooklynmuseum.org www.judychicago.com |
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