Josue Vasquez – Discussion #13

The piece of art is called The Dinner Party. It was created by Judy Chicago. This is a very famous piece of feminist artwork that is housed at the Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. This art piece is a large banquet table with place settings for thirty-nine notable women from history and mythology. In the settings, porcelain plates and gold ceramic chalices decorated with vulva- and butterfly-inspired patterns signify Mother Nature, the vagina, and the life-giving qualities of being female. In contrast to a meal prepared by a woman whose identity would be concealed passively behind her food offering, Chicago offered unabashed femininity on the plate. The names of 999 more women are also painted on the tiles beneath the triangular table, in addition to the thirty-nine sets. The reason i choose this piece of art is because i feel that this is a great representation of the strength of feminism and it advocates for equal rights and opportunities by showing all these noble women from history and even in mythology.

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