Collection search - Amend, Katie, Sharon Kagen and Anne Isolde - Interview

SPRING, Sylvia

2001-0163

Sound

2 of 2

1978/1980

interviewer, Sylvia Spring

Unedited interview with Katie Amend, Sharon Kagen and Anne Isolde about their involvement in the making of Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party. Topics include: how they initially got involved and why; the selection process for the 999 women whose names were painted on the tiles; the books about women's contributions and the distortions in the reporting; the experience of working almost exclusively with other female artists; the advantages of working as a group; their admiration for Judy Chicago's vision; the validation given by this project; the Margorie Biggs story; the men on the team and their lack of emotional connection; Judy's Chicago's personality and her idolization; the issue of art as political; and the male reaction to the vaginal imagery. <1h 30mn>

English

Open

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