Judy Chicago Analysis

As a Deaf artist who is also female, I was to go to the Oakland Museum for this analysis I was greatly disappointed in my experience but inspired amazingly at the end. I purchased my tickets to the Oakland museum, the first exhibit I saw was a gigantic sculpture created by Viola Frey with such beautiful detailed colors of a nude large female in a seated position with her right elbow on her right knee. The first thing I felt was hope that when I entered the Art Gallery at the Oakland museum that there would be plenty of other female artist’s work being portrayed; struck with utmost disappointment; my eyes gazed from piece to piece noticing male’s names repeatedly after the next. Finally, my eyes caught this beautiful strong Offset Lithograph

Judy herself worked up the courage to make this lithograph as she was realistically rejected by the “Rejection Lunitet.” Five of her different works were originally inspired before this one and several experiences Judy has held in her life during this final process. Finally, she stood up against society, just like I have every day as a Deaf person- I immediately felt what she felt. At the bottom of this piece Judy Chicago couragely writes in beautiful cursive,

“This is a print made from the center drawing of the Rejection Luiintet five works originally inspired by several experiences I had in Chicago; one with a male collector, both of whom made me feel rejected and diminished as a women. I decided to deal with my feelings of rejection and in so doing confronted the fact that I was still hiding the real subject matter of my art behind a geometric structure as I was afraid that if I revealed my true self, I would be rejected. In the first drawing, I asked: “How does it feel to be rejected?” and answered: “It’s like having your flower split open.” In the last drawing, I asked: “How does it feel to explore your real identity?” and answered: “It’s like opening your flower and no longer being afraid it will be rejected.” In this, the transitional image, I “pulled” back the structure to reveal the formerly hidden form.” What a relief to finally say, “Here I am, a woman, with a woman’s body and a woman’s point of view.”-Judy Chicago in her piece of