Final Study Guide Part 2

Women Artists in History

Final Study Guide Part 2

Slide Identification

• Miriam Schapiro (and Sherry Brody), Dollhouse (1972)
• Judy Chicago, Dinner Party (1979)
• Hannah Wilke, S.O.S. Starification Object Series (1974-1982)
• Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #35 (1979)
• Sylvia Sleigh, The Turkish Bath (1973)
• Adrian Piper, Vanilla Nightmares #2 (1986)
• Adrian Piper, My Calling Card (1986)
• Maya Ying Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982)
• Louise Bourgeois, Arch of Hysteria (1993)
• Rachel Whiteread, House (1993)

Short Answer

1. Why was Margaret Harrison’s 1971 solo exhibition closed down by he police?
2. Why did Judy Cohen (later Gerowitz) change her last name to Chicago?
3. Why did some feminists react negatively to the ‘female imagery’ of Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro?
4. Briefly describe the Womanhouse project.
5. What is essentialism?
6. How does the focus of feminist artists shift from the 1970s into the 1980s?
7. Why was there opposition to Maya Lin receiving the commission for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?