The Dinner Party Heritage Floor

Sackler center for feminist art.

The dinner party heritage floor.

This monumental work of art is comprised of a triangular table divided by three wings each 48 feet long. There is also one man listed kresilas who was mistakenly included in the installation as he was thought to have been a woman called cresilla. The dinner party by judy chicago is an icon of feminist art which represents 1 038 women in history 39 women are represented by place settings and another 999 names are inscribed in the heritage floor on which the table rests. Judy chicago s original concept for the dinner party was multi faceted in that her goal was to introduce the richness of women s heritage into the culture in three ways.

The dinner party rests upon the heritage floor which is an equilateral triangle forty eight feet on each side this monumental floor is comprised of 2 300 hand cast porcelain tiles and provides both a structural and metaphorical support for the dinner party table inscribed in gold luster are the names of 999 mythical and historical women of achievement who were selected to contextualize the. Porcelain with rainbow and gold luster 48 x 48 x 48 ft. A monumental work of art a book and a film because she had discovered so much unknown information the work of art that was eventually housed at the elizabeth a. 14 6 x 14 6 x 14 6 m.

The dinner party heritage floor. This lustred porcelain surface serves as the foundation for the dinner party and the many important human accomplishments it symbolizes. This list documents all 998 mythical historical and notable women whose names are displayed on the handmade white tiles of the heritage floor as part of judy chicago s the dinner party art installation 1979. The dinner party suggests that these female heroes are equally worthy as male heroes of commemoration as are those hundreds of others whose names are inscribed upon the heritage floor.

14 6 x 14 6 x 14 6 m. The dinner party 1974 79. Coeur d alene id. The dinner party is an installation artwork by feminist artist judy chicago widely regarded as the first epic feminist artwork it functions as a symbolic history of women in civilization.

There are 39 elaborate place settings arranged along a triangular table for 39 mythical and historical famous women. Porcelain with rainbow and gold luster 48 x 48 x 48 ft.