Debra Wacks

Debra Wacks has a Ph.D. in Art History and a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies. In 2001, she curated the multi-generational exhibition “SMIRK: women, art, and humor” and is now finishing her book, Subversive Humor: The 1970’s Feminist Performance Art of Hannah Wilke, Eleanor Antin, and Adrian Piper. She currently lives and lectures in Los Angeles.

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Hannah Wilke

The body is omnipresent in the work of artist Hannah Wilke. The nude body and its self-representation became the vehicle by which Wilke exposed personal, political, and linguistic themes. Her work continues to influence the complex art of postmodern artists today.
Judy Chicago, 2004

Judy Chicago

Judy Chicago is one of the most internationally recognized contemporary artists in the United States. Early in the 1970s women’s movement, Chicago consciously sought to explore what it means to be both a woman and an artist. She is best known for her large, multi-media projects such as The Dinner Party, The Birth Project, The Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light, and Resolutions: A Stitch in Time.

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