Sep 12th, 2024 by qkgorman
- The Birth Project:
- This is one of many pieces that Judy Chicago made while collaborating with over 150 needleworkers.
- The work was a combination of paint and needlework.
- Chicago and the needleworkers created dozens of images surrounding motherhood and birth. They covered the painful aspects of it, the mythical feelings, and the beauty of motherhood. The project is meant to celebrate women’s ability to give birth and their knack for creativity in one project.
- Judy Chicago also created prints of some of the Birth Projects collection and her other works.
- This work is significant to the story as in my story Judy Chicago is already beginning to construct a rough idea of one of her famous pieces in the Birth Project.
- I used this artwork in my story because it symbolizes Judy Chic
ago’s realization that she misses working with paints and her interest in what women can do. In a way, it is meant to spur Judy Chicago’s realization that she as a woman can ask for more from men and her male partner.
- I also used the painting to showcase Judy Chicago’s artistic side by implementing different colors and her creative mind into the story. I hoped to use this budding ‘idea’ to incorporate rich language in describing the artwork to give Judy Chicago more authority.
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