Why Not Judy Chicago?

This first comprehensive exhibition, in France, of Judy Chicago (b. 1939) presents a selection of works and documents providing an overview of over five decades of artistic production by this iconic figure of feminist art. Considering the close relationship between her work as an artist, an art educator and a writer, the exhibition proposes a holistic approach to Chicago's career.

Judy Chicago belongs to the first generation of women who created a feminist art practice and theory within what is called—in the Americas—the Second Wave of feminism. This generation questions any inherited knowledge as it perpetuates male domination. In this political, social, intellectual and artistic context, Chicago's career is conceived around notions of deficit and disobedience.

Echoing the feminist maxim, "the personal is political," the title of the exhibition Why not Judy Chicago? aims towards transcending the dimension of the personal to approach the issue of the (non-)recognition of female, and especially feminist, artists.

This exhibition is produced in collaboration with Azkuna Zentroa in Bilbao.