JUDY CHICAGO: HERSTORY
/LUMA Arles’ presentation of “Judy Chicago: Herstory” spans more than sixty years of the iconic feminist artist’s career for the most expansive exhibition of her work in Europe to date. On view from June 29 to September 29, 2024, “Herstory” traces Chicago’s practice from her early experiments in Minimalism in the 1960s and her revolutionary feminist art of the 1970s to her series of the 1980s and 1990s—such as the Birth Project (1980–85), PowerPlay (1982–87), Holocaust Project (1985–93), Resolutions: A Stitch in Time (1994–2000), and The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction (2012–18)—which expand the purview of her Second Wave Feminist agenda to confront environmental disaster, genocide, social inequity, birth and creation, mortality, and the construct of masculinity. Contextualizing Chicago’s feminist methodology within the many art movements in which she participated—and from whose histories she has frequently been erased—“Herstory” showcases Chicago’s tremendous impact over many decades. LUMA Arles’ presentation of “Judy Chicago: Herstory” is curated by Vassilis Oikonomopoulos, Director of Exhibitions and Programs.
