feminist mystique Meticulous portrait of artist Judy Chicago is a fascinating look at a creative mind

From: Albuquerque Journal | Date: May 6, 2007| Author: REVIEW BY ROBERT WOLTMAN | Copyright information

"Becoming Judy Chicago: A Biography of the Artist" by Gail Levin

Harmony Books. $29.95, 485 pp.

Becoming Judy Chicago," Gail Levin's new biography of the feminist artist, opens with an iconic 1970 event -- the then-25-year-old painter (born Judy Cohen, then Judy Gerowitz by marriage) unveiling a visualization of her new persona for an upcoming show. In a gritty L.A. gym, Judy is posing for a publicity shot as a defiant prizefighter waiting for the bell. Head cocked, she glares ...

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