Revelations
On the occasion of the exhibition Judy Chicago’s first institutional exhibition in London Revelations (23 May – 1 September 2024), Serpentine and Thames & Hudson have co-published an illuminated manuscript by the artist.
The manuscript Revelations is a work that Judy Chicago believed would never be published: a radical retelling of human history, recovering some of the histories of women that society sought to erase. The project began alongside her iconic installation The Dinner Party in the mid-1970s.
Drawing on her intensive research into goddess worship and women’s history, Revelations is foundational to Chicago’s decades-long practice. It is at once a vibrant narrative and a work of art, fifty years in the making.
Richly illustrated and designed by Jessica Fleischmann / Still Room and Phil Kovacevich, alongside the manuscript by Chicago, this publication includes contributions from Serpentine Associate Exhibitions Curator Chris Bayley and scholar Martha Easton, as well as an interview between Chicago and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Contributors:
Judy Chicago
Chris Bayley
Martha Easton
Hans Ulrich Obrist
Donald Woodman
Designer:
Jessica Fleischmann / Still Room
Print:
Printed and bound in China by Offset Printing Co. Ltd.
Hardback
Size: 7.4 x 9.5 x 1.3 in (18.8 x 24.1 x 3.3 cm)
Pages: 304
Illustrated in colour throughout
ISBN-10: 0500027897
ISBN-13: 9780500027899
© Photo: readsreads.info
Artist
Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago (b. 1939, Chicago, USA; lives and works in New Mexico, USA) is an artist, author, feminist, cultural historian, and educator. Named one of Time Magazine’s most influential people in 2018, she has garnered an enduring stature. Born Judy Cohen, and known briefly after her first marriage as Judy Gerowitz, Chicago attended the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1970, the artist adopted the surname ‘Chicago’ and initiated the United States’ first Feminist Art Programme at California State University, Fresno. She is the author of numerous books including The Flowering: The Autobiography of Judy Chicago(Thames & Hudson: 2021); Institutional Time: A Critique of Studio Art Education (The Monacelli Press: 2014); The Birth Project (Doubleday: 1985); Embroidering Our Heritage: The Dinner Party Needlework (Anchor Press/Doubleday: 1979); The Dinner Party: A Symbol of our Heritage (Anchor Press/Doubleday: 1979); and Beyond the Flower: My Struggle as a Woman Artist (Doubleday: 1975); among others. Judy Chicago gained prominence in the late 1960s for making work from a woman-centered perspective, which challenged the male-dominated landscape of the art world. An artistic polymath, Chicago’s work is characterised by a commitment to craft and experimentation, evident in her subject matter, methodology and choice of materials. Throughout her six-decade career, Chicago has contested the absence and erasure of women in the Western cultural canon, developing a distinctive visual language that gives visibility to their experiences. Her individual and collaborative projects address themes of birth; masculinity; Jewish identity; notions of power; extinction; and a longstanding concern for climate justice.
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