Hero of an UV pigment print by Judy Chicago

Judy Chicago

Heaven is For White Men Only

€700
Limited edition of 14060.0 (H) × 60.0 (W) cm
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Judy Chicago revisits a pioneering work from her early feminist art era in this limited edition print. 

Heaven is For White Men Only, originally painted in 1973, marks a monumental shift in Judy's practice where she began openly expressing that she was a woman after nearly a decade of trying to hide her gender. 

An ode to intersectional feminism, Heaven is For White Men Only consists of multiple "flesh bars" which represent different races and ethnicities, cross-hatched to symbolically gatekeep the blue sky behind reserved only for white cis men – "which was my understanding at the time then and is certainly my understanding now when the manosphere is taking over the world again."

The print is embellished with a silkscreen shimmer layer, emulating the hypnotic irradiance of the original large-scale painting.

The early '70s in L.A. was a heady time. There was not only the women's movement, but the Black Panther movement, the Chicano movement, the beginnings of the gay and lesbian movement, change was in the air.

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Judy Chicago3 collaborationsJudy Chicago is a legendary artist who has brightened the future for women in art. Today, she is considered a pioneer of the feminist art movement, but when she began her career the genre barely existed. Born in 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, she grew up in a politically active Jewish household where gender equality was the norm. This progressive upbringing, however, didn't prepare her for the art world’s stark sexist reality. In the 1960s, during her studies at UCLA, she created her now historic Car Hoods (1965) – bold, colorful works featuring yonic patterns on automobile hoods. When the pieces faced harsh criticism from her peers and tutors, Judy's confidence was shaken. So she decided to hide the fact she was a woman by conforming to the male-dominated Minimalist movement of the 1960s. Even while self-restrained by Minimalism, her inert talent for form, color, and composition was inescapable, and the works still garnering much attention in the art world. 

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