Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party" comes to Brooklyn
FINALLY! I have known for over a year that the Brooklyn Museum of Art had acquired Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party." But they have been building a new area to display it. Finally, it is about to open. Judy Chicago doesn't seem as well known here as she is out in Los Angeles. So it is nice to see her art reaching Brooklyn.
I have not met Judy Chicago, but my brother has worked with her on her show "Envisioning the Future" (mentioned here and pictured in the photo on the right in the Hawaiian shirt
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Video footage from opening.
I was there at the opening of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, and had a chance to talk with Judy about the Dinner Party. I shot it for CAFKA.TV, and you can see a clip here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X6ZsumBiuA
More exclusive footage will be posted at www.cafka.tv soon.