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Car Hood
by Judy Chicago
Artist
Judy Chicago
(USA, född 1939)
Alternate Title
- Motorhuv
Date1964
MediumSprayed acrylic and lacquer on car hood
DimensionsCirka 109 x 125 x 11 cm
ClassificationSculptures
Credit LinePurchase 2007 (The Second Museum of Our Wishes)
Countries
Object NumberMOM/2007/149
CollectionsThe Second Museum of Our Wishes
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkCar Hood plays on the male-dominated surfer culture in 1960s Los Angeles. Judy Chicago was one of few women on the established LA art scene. The paintwork features symmetrical patterns that were typical of the time. It also includes enigmatic symbols, such as the Celtic cross. Chicago describes the motif as a vaginal shape impaled by a phallic arrow on a masculine car hood: “A clear symbol of my state of mind at the time.” Meanwhile, she changed her name to Chicago, as a political statement. In agreement with activists such as Malcolm X and the Black Muslims, she claimed that family names contributed to enhancing an inherited, enslaved identity.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Etikett fastsatt i plexiboxen som hör till verket: When I first started my professional life , in 1963, I went to auto-body school, because I wanted to learn to spray paint, and because it seemed another way to prove my "seriousness" to the male art world. While I was there, I put my very sexually feminine images on this car hood, which in itself is quite a symbol. Judy Chicago Selected exhibition history Pop konst design (den 29 juni 2013 - den 22 september 2013) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Tid & Plats: Los Angeles 1958-1968 (2008-2009) Moderna Museet, Stockholm SPEKTAKULÄRA TIDER 60-talet ur Moderna Museets samling (den 26 december 2009 - den 27 februari 2011) Moderna Museet Malmö The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Tid & plats : Los Angeles 1957-1968 : [Moderna Museet 4/10 2008-6/1 2009]Det andra önskemuseet : [Moderna Museet]Time & place : Los Angeles 1957-1968 : [Moderna Museet 4/10 2008-6/1 2009]
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Etikett fastsatt i plexiboxen som hör till verket: When I first started my professional life , in 1963, I went to auto-body school, because I wanted to learn to spray paint, and because it seemed another way to prove my "seriousness" to the male art world. While I was there, I put my very sexually feminine images on this car hood, which in itself is quite a symbol. Judy Chicago Selected exhibition history Pop konst design (den 29 juni 2013 - den 22 september 2013) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Tid & Plats: Los Angeles 1958-1968 (2008-2009) Moderna Museet, Stockholm SPEKTAKULÄRA TIDER 60-talet ur Moderna Museets samling (den 26 december 2009 - den 27 februari 2011) Moderna Museet Malmö The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Tid & plats : Los Angeles 1957-1968 : [Moderna Museet 4/10 2008-6/1 2009]Det andra önskemuseet : [Moderna Museet]Time & place : Los Angeles 1957-1968 : [Moderna Museet 4/10 2008-6/1 2009]