Must the divine feminine be denatured?
She
by Sallie Bingham in Writing 3 Comments
She
The Judy
Her life has been full of difficulties but she has made or forced her way through, never using excuses, always questioning why the art world, which has been so cruel to her until very recently, diminishes the importance of women’s art.
Some Remarkable Women
I give you several women who have been seen as remarkable; they stand for a multitude of others who through timing, luck or geography are never given the accolades they deserve.
Judy Chicago: The Master in Action
Elemental, terrifying, and beautifully rendered—often in tender pastels—these images of women in the throes of labor and birth speak to the power we, as a gender, are often afraid to claim.
W.O.W.
I immediately recognized the originality and daring of a kindred spirit.
Making Money off Poison
The cliche, “All great fortunes are founded on a crime” is true more often than not.
What Part
Sometimes I’m grateful for the old Roman Catholic doctrine of Original Sin that held there is no innocent being, even a newborn, since Eve’s fall.
Womanhouse
Whether we dare, or do not dare, with our work and our voices and our actions to make trouble, we are living in the midst of trouble, nationally and globally, trouble that no amount of soothing the waters is going to solve.
Judy Chicago, Again and Not Again
One of the many things I’ve always admired about Judy Chicago is that she constantly reinvents herself.
Harvest of Genius
The rage expressed by some of the female faces, tongues extended, foreheads contorted, is still unacceptable by many who may unconsciously expect or hope to be soothed or lulled by art. One of the notes left for the artist by a visitor expresses dismay at the rage and calls it “preachy” rather than the visceral scream we all know, even if it is a deeply submerged knowledge, as we make our way through a violent, sexist culture.