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Viewing Kenturah Davis invokes trailblazing Black female creatives in drawings, carvings and essays

The Wick Culture - Kenturah Davis, 'clouds XII', 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper, 50.8 x 50.8cm (20 x 20in) Framed: 54 x 54cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/4in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
Above  Kenturah Davis, ‘clouds XII’, 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper, 50.8 x 50.8cm (20 x 20in) Framed: 54 x 54cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/4in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
The Wick Culture - Kenturah Davis, ‘duration I (jada)’, 2024. Lenticular print , 48.9 x 68.3cm (19 1/4 x 26 7/8in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
Above  Kenturah Davis, ‘duration I (jada)’, 2024. Lenticular print , 48.9 x 68.3cm (19 1/4 x 26 7/8in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
The Wick Culture - Kenturah Davis, 'volume I (k)', 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper with ash vessels in a walnut frame. Two parts, each 75.6 x 75.6cm (29 3/4 x 29 3/4in) Framed 154.6 x 96.5cm (60 7/8 x 38in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
Above  Kenturah Davis, ‘volume I (k)’, 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper with ash vessels in a walnut frame. Two parts, each 75.6 x 75.6cm (29 3/4 x 29 3/4in) Framed 154.6 x 96.5cm (60 7/8 x 38in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
The Wick Culture - Kenturah Davis, 'clouds VIII', 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper, 50.8 x 50.8cm (20 x 20in) Framed: 54 x 54cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/4in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
Above  Kenturah Davis, ‘clouds VIII’, 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper, 50.8 x 50.8cm (20 x 20in) Framed: 54 x 54cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/4in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
The Wick Culture - Kenturah Davis, 'volume II (marjani)', 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper with a walnut and brass vessel in a walnut frame, 75.6 x 75.6cm (29 3/4 x 29 3/4in) Framed: 78.1 x 98.1cm (30 3/4 x 38 5/8in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
Above  Kenturah Davis, ‘volume II (marjani)’, 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper with a walnut and brass vessel in a walnut frame, 75.6 x 75.6cm (29 3/4 x 29 3/4in) Framed: 78.1 x 98.1cm (30 3/4 x 38 5/8in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
The Wick Culture - Kenturah Davis, 'planar vessel XXVII (jada)', 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper. Four parts, each 75.6 x 75.6cm (29 3/4 x 29 3/4in) Framed: 155.3 x 155.3cm (61 1/8 x 61 1/8in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
Above  Kenturah Davis, ‘planar vessel XXVII (jada)’, 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper. Four parts, each 75.6 x 75.6cm (29 3/4 x 29 3/4in) Framed: 155.3 x 155.3cm (61 1/8 x 61 1/8in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
The Wick Culture - Kenturah Davis, 'clouds VI', 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper, 50.8 x 50.8cm (20 x 20in) Framed: 54 x 54cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/4in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
Above  Kenturah Davis, ‘clouds VI’, 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper, 50.8 x 50.8cm (20 x 20in) Framed: 54 x 54cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/4in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
The Wick Culture - Kenturah Davis, 'clouds XII', 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper, 50.8 x 50.8cm (20 x 20in) Framed: 54 x 54cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/4in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
Above  Kenturah Davis, ‘clouds XII’, 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper, 50.8 x 50.8cm (20 x 20in) Framed: 54 x 54cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/4in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
The Wick Culture - Kenturah Davis, ‘duration I (jada)’, 2024. Lenticular print , 48.9 x 68.3cm (19 1/4 x 26 7/8in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
Above  Kenturah Davis, ‘duration I (jada)’, 2024. Lenticular print , 48.9 x 68.3cm (19 1/4 x 26 7/8in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
The Wick Culture - Kenturah Davis, 'volume I (k)', 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper with ash vessels in a walnut frame. Two parts, each 75.6 x 75.6cm (29 3/4 x 29 3/4in) Framed 154.6 x 96.5cm (60 7/8 x 38in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
Above  Kenturah Davis, ‘volume I (k)’, 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper with ash vessels in a walnut frame. Two parts, each 75.6 x 75.6cm (29 3/4 x 29 3/4in) Framed 154.6 x 96.5cm (60 7/8 x 38in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
The Wick Culture - Kenturah Davis, 'clouds VIII', 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper, 50.8 x 50.8cm (20 x 20in) Framed: 54 x 54cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/4in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
Above  Kenturah Davis, ‘clouds VIII’, 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper, 50.8 x 50.8cm (20 x 20in) Framed: 54 x 54cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/4in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
The Wick Culture - Kenturah Davis, 'volume II (marjani)', 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper with a walnut and brass vessel in a walnut frame, 75.6 x 75.6cm (29 3/4 x 29 3/4in) Framed: 78.1 x 98.1cm (30 3/4 x 38 5/8in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
Above  Kenturah Davis, ‘volume II (marjani)’, 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper with a walnut and brass vessel in a walnut frame, 75.6 x 75.6cm (29 3/4 x 29 3/4in) Framed: 78.1 x 98.1cm (30 3/4 x 38 5/8in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
The Wick Culture - Kenturah Davis, 'planar vessel XXVII (jada)', 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper. Four parts, each 75.6 x 75.6cm (29 3/4 x 29 3/4in) Framed: 155.3 x 155.3cm (61 1/8 x 61 1/8in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
Above  Kenturah Davis, ‘planar vessel XXVII (jada)’, 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper. Four parts, each 75.6 x 75.6cm (29 3/4 x 29 3/4in) Framed: 155.3 x 155.3cm (61 1/8 x 61 1/8in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
The Wick Culture - Kenturah Davis, 'clouds VI', 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper, 50.8 x 50.8cm (20 x 20in) Framed: 54 x 54cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/4in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.
Above  Kenturah Davis, ‘clouds VI’, 2024. Carbon pencil rubbing and debossed text on igarashi kozo paper, 50.8 x 50.8cm (20 x 20in) Framed: 54 x 54cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/4in). Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York, and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles and New York.

Kenturah Davis: clouds

Stephen Freidman Gallery
31 May – 20 July 2024

It’s London Gallery Weekend, and galleries across the city will play host to special exhibitions, talks and events, with many opening their summer blockbuster shows to coincide with the event. At the top of our list is Kenturah Davis’ UK debut solo show, clouds, coming to Stephen Friedman Gallery. New series of drawings and carvings designed by the artist come together with an essay penned by Davis, in which she invokes the spirits of trailblazing figures, such as the choreographer Katherine Dunham, composer Florence B. Price, theorist Saidiya Hartman, author Toni Morrison, and physicist Carlo Rovelli.

Two stunning new bodies of work are portraits, on paper, and carved by Davis’ partner to her designs from ebony and ash. To make them, Davis invited black women to visit her studio and improvise movement, and took long exposure photographs. These photographic studies are translated into drawings, and on closer inspection, parts of Davis’ writing emerges, in which she details the careers of Katherine Dunham – a choreographer who infused dance with anthropology, and Florence B Price, the first Black female musician to compose for a national symphony orchestra.

A further body of work is based on Davis’ photographs of clouds – a muse and metaphor for Davis, and an anchor for this exhibition, which is all about the possibility of metamorphosis and transformation. Davis will discuss the work with Dr. Zoé Whitley on Friday 31 May at a special opening event, and the gallery will extend its opening hours all weekend.
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31 May 2024 — 20 July 2024

Viewing Light, colour and rainbows dazzle in Turner Contemporary’s landmark exhibition on Ed Clark

The Wick Culture - Ed Clark, Locomotion, 1963 © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Thomas Barratt.
Above  Ed Clark, Locomotion, 1963 © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Thomas Barratt.
The Wick Culture - Ed Clark, Blacklash, 1964. © The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY.
Above  Ed Clark, Blacklash, 1964. © The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY.
The Wick Culture - Ed Clark, Maple Red 1963. Detroit Institute of Arts. © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
Above  Ed Clark, Maple Red 1963. Detroit Institute of Arts. © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
The Wick Culture - Ed Clark, Self Portrait, 1947-9 © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
Above  Ed Clark, Self Portrait, 1947-9 © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
The Wick Culture - Ed Clark, Untitled. 1957. The Art Institute of Chicago. © The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY. Photo: Elyse Allen.
Above  Ed Clark, Untitled. 1957. The Art Institute of Chicago. © The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY. Photo: Elyse Allen.
The Wick Culture - Ed Clark, Untitled c. 1976. © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
Above  Ed Clark, Untitled c. 1976. © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
The Wick Culture - Ed Clark in his New York studio, 1975 © The Estate of Ed Clark. Photo: Dwight Carter.
Above  Ed Clark in his New York studio, 1975 © The Estate of Ed Clark. Photo: Dwight Carter.
The Wick Culture - Ed Clark, Locomotion, 1963 © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Thomas Barratt.
Above  Ed Clark, Locomotion, 1963 © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Thomas Barratt.
The Wick Culture - Ed Clark, Blacklash, 1964. © The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY.
Above  Ed Clark, Blacklash, 1964. © The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY.
The Wick Culture - Ed Clark, Maple Red 1963. Detroit Institute of Arts. © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
Above  Ed Clark, Maple Red 1963. Detroit Institute of Arts. © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
The Wick Culture - Ed Clark, Self Portrait, 1947-9 © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
Above  Ed Clark, Self Portrait, 1947-9 © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
The Wick Culture - Ed Clark, Untitled. 1957. The Art Institute of Chicago. © The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY. Photo: Elyse Allen.
Above  Ed Clark, Untitled. 1957. The Art Institute of Chicago. © The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY. Photo: Elyse Allen.
The Wick Culture - Ed Clark, Untitled c. 1976. © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
Above  Ed Clark, Untitled c. 1976. © The Estate of Ed Clark. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
The Wick Culture - Ed Clark in his New York studio, 1975 © The Estate of Ed Clark. Photo: Dwight Carter.
Above  Ed Clark in his New York studio, 1975 © The Estate of Ed Clark. Photo: Dwight Carter.

Ed Clark

Turner Contemporary, Rendezvous, Margate, Kent
25 May – 1 September 2024

Though Ed Clark is now acknowledged as a leading figure in the New York School of Abstraction in the 1950s, it wasn’t always the case. The contributions of the American artist, who was born in New Orleans and grew up in Chicago, were only recognised late in his career, and despite seven decades of work, this is also the first institutional exploration of the artist’s work to take place in Europe.

Clark trained at the Art Institute of Chicago, and then went to Paris, where he became influenced by the European modernists – the likes of Nicolas de Staël, Pierre Soulages, and Jean Riopelle. In Paris he also moved in a circle of prominent intellectuals and creatives, including Richard Wright and James Baldwin. When he returned to the US, settling in New York in 1957, he was embedded in the dynamic milieu of downtown, and over the next decade he became a generator of its liveliness, co-founding the co-op Brata Gallery on 10th Street in the East Village.

Clark’s innovations included being the first American artist to exhibit a shaped canvas, and adopting a push broom to apply pigment to his canvases – a technique that became known as a the ‘big sweep’ and allowed him to push paint with great force and astounding results. Some of these works, as well as Clark’s later experiments with new structures in compositions with sweeping rainbows, tubes, and waves of colour, will be included in this landmark exhibition at Turner Contemporary.
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25 May 2024 — 01 September 2024

Viewing The grand dame of feminist art, Judy Chicago, finally gets a major retrospective in London

The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago: Revelations, 2024. Installation view, Serpentine North. © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jo Underhill. Courtesy Judy Chicago and Serpentine.
Above  Judy Chicago: Revelations, 2024. Installation view, Serpentine North. © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jo Underhill. Courtesy Judy Chicago and Serpentine.
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago Wrestling with the Shadow for Her Life from Shadow Drawings, 1982 Prismacolor on rag paper 29 x 23 in. (73.66 x 58.42 cm) © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
Above  Judy Chicago Wrestling with the Shadow for Her Life from Shadow Drawings, 1982 Prismacolor on rag paper 29 x 23 in. (73.66 x 58.42 cm) © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago: Revelations, 2024. Installation view, Serpentine North. © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jo Underhill. Courtesy Judy Chicago and Serpentine.
Above  Judy Chicago: Revelations, 2024. Installation view, Serpentine North. © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jo Underhill. Courtesy Judy Chicago and Serpentine.
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago: Revelations, 2024. Installation view, Serpentine North. © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jo Underhill. Courtesy Judy Chicago and Serpentine.
Above  Judy Chicago: Revelations, 2024. Installation view, Serpentine North. © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jo Underhill. Courtesy Judy Chicago and Serpentine.
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago, Woman Creating Fire from Women and Smoke, 1971-1972; Remastered in 2016. Original Total Running Time: 25:31. Edited to 14:45 by Salon 94, NY 2017 © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo courtesy of Through the Flower Archives Courtesy of the artist
Above  Judy Chicago, Woman Creating Fire from Women and Smoke, 1971-1972; Remastered in 2016. Original Total Running Time: 25:31. Edited to 14:45 by Salon 94, NY 2017 © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo courtesy of Through the Flower Archives Courtesy of the artist
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago In the Beginning from Birth Project (detail), 1982 Prismacolor on paper 65 x 389 in. (165.1 x 988.06 cm) © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
Above  Judy Chicago In the Beginning from Birth Project (detail), 1982 Prismacolor on paper 65 x 389 in. (165.1 x 988.06 cm) © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago Peeling Back, 1974 Offset Photo-lithograph on rag paper 28.5 x 22 in. (72.39 x 55.88 cm) Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation Collection
© Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
Above  Judy Chicago Peeling Back, 1974 Offset Photo-lithograph on rag paper 28.5 x 22 in. (72.39 x 55.88 cm) Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation Collection
© Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago Revelations Serpentine North Gallery 2024
Above  Judy Chicago Revelations Serpentine North Gallery 2024
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago And God Created Life (detail), 2023 Prismacolor on paper 30 x 22.25 in. (76.2 x 56.52 cm) © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
Above  Judy Chicago And God Created Life (detail), 2023 Prismacolor on paper 30 x 22.25 in. (76.2 x 56.52 cm) © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago: Revelations, 2024. Installation view, Serpentine North. © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jo Underhill. Courtesy Judy Chicago and Serpentine.
Above  Judy Chicago: Revelations, 2024. Installation view, Serpentine North. © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jo Underhill. Courtesy Judy Chicago and Serpentine.
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago Wrestling with the Shadow for Her Life from Shadow Drawings, 1982 Prismacolor on rag paper 29 x 23 in. (73.66 x 58.42 cm) © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
Above  Judy Chicago Wrestling with the Shadow for Her Life from Shadow Drawings, 1982 Prismacolor on rag paper 29 x 23 in. (73.66 x 58.42 cm) © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago: Revelations, 2024. Installation view, Serpentine North. © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jo Underhill. Courtesy Judy Chicago and Serpentine.
Above  Judy Chicago: Revelations, 2024. Installation view, Serpentine North. © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jo Underhill. Courtesy Judy Chicago and Serpentine.
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago: Revelations, 2024. Installation view, Serpentine North. © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jo Underhill. Courtesy Judy Chicago and Serpentine.
Above  Judy Chicago: Revelations, 2024. Installation view, Serpentine North. © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jo Underhill. Courtesy Judy Chicago and Serpentine.
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago, Woman Creating Fire from Women and Smoke, 1971-1972; Remastered in 2016. Original Total Running Time: 25:31. Edited to 14:45 by Salon 94, NY 2017 © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo courtesy of Through the Flower Archives Courtesy of the artist
Above  Judy Chicago, Woman Creating Fire from Women and Smoke, 1971-1972; Remastered in 2016. Original Total Running Time: 25:31. Edited to 14:45 by Salon 94, NY 2017 © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo courtesy of Through the Flower Archives Courtesy of the artist
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago In the Beginning from Birth Project (detail), 1982 Prismacolor on paper 65 x 389 in. (165.1 x 988.06 cm) © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
Above  Judy Chicago In the Beginning from Birth Project (detail), 1982 Prismacolor on paper 65 x 389 in. (165.1 x 988.06 cm) © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago Peeling Back, 1974 Offset Photo-lithograph on rag paper 28.5 x 22 in. (72.39 x 55.88 cm) Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation Collection
© Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
Above  Judy Chicago Peeling Back, 1974 Offset Photo-lithograph on rag paper 28.5 x 22 in. (72.39 x 55.88 cm) Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation Collection
© Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago Revelations Serpentine North Gallery 2024
Above  Judy Chicago Revelations Serpentine North Gallery 2024
The Wick Culture - Judy Chicago And God Created Life (detail), 2023 Prismacolor on paper 30 x 22.25 in. (76.2 x 56.52 cm) © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist
Above  Judy Chicago And God Created Life (detail), 2023 Prismacolor on paper 30 x 22.25 in. (76.2 x 56.52 cm) © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, NY Courtesy of the artist

Judy Chicago: Revelations

Serpentine North Gallery
23 May – 1 September 2024

Judy Chicago’s most famous work is that dinner service, a game-changing installation work (now permanently on show at the Brooklyn Museum) that commemorated the lives and contributions of 1038 women. Although The Dinner Party (1974 – 1979) won’t be at this big Serpentine show on Chicago, a previously unpublished, illuminated manuscript Chicago penned around the same time lends its title and structure to the shape of this show. The manuscript will also be published for the first time to coincide with it.

From never-seen-before works dug up from Chicago’s vast archive, to her famous smoke and firework filled performance pieces of the 1960s and 1970s, when she was training at an auto-body school in California, to long term projects such as Birth Project and PowerPlay this exhibition – Chicago’s largest at a British institution – traces the trajectory of an artist who has ceaselessly experimented with mediums, and ways of making and presenting art.

As an artist who has always looked as much to the future as redressing the past, this show will also see an AR app, a video recording booth and audio-visual components added to the mix here too, a way to engage with and give access to more visitors. “I believe in art that is connected to real human feeling that extends itself beyond the limits of the art world to embrace all people who are striving for alternatives in an increasingly dehumanized world”, Chicago once said.
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23 May 2024 — 01 September 2024
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