Judy Chicago: Revelations

Artist polymath Judy Chicago currently has a solo presentation at London's Serpentine Gallery that focuses primarily on drawing. This is her largest exhibition at a London institution to date, and spans her six decades of art production.

Born in 1939 in Chicago (yes that's right - she adopted the name of her hometown in 1970) Chicago came to widespread public recognition in the 60's and 70's with her feminist perspective artworks. The Dinner Party (1974-79) is probably Chicago's most famous to date - a major installation that symbolises the achievements of 1038 women, now permanently on display at the Brooklyn Museum, New York. During the creation of this work - Chicago penned an illuminated manuscript re-telling history from a 'visionary' perspective of equality. The Serpentine exhibition 'Revelations' takes its name from this previously unpublished manuscript, which has now been made available thanks to Serpentine and Thames and Hudson. 

The exhibition is organised thematically around the manuscript's chapters, and comprises rarely seen works - from drawings to immersive installation, including video and audio visual components.

"Throughout her six-decade career, Chicago has contested the absence and erasure of women in the Western cultural canon, developing a distinctive visual language that gives visibility to their experiences. To this aim, Chicago has produced both individual and collaborative projects that grappled with themes of birth and creation, the social construct of masculinity, her Jewish identity, notions of power and powerlessness, extinction, and expressed her longstanding concern for climate justice" states the Serpentine.

The exhibition continues until September 1st, so get along ahead of that. 

All images Judy Chicago: Revelations, 2024. Installation view, Serpentine North. © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jo Underhill. Courtesy Judy Chicago and Serpentine.