Judy Chicago
Garden Smoke, 2020
Set of 12 archival pigment prints on Generations
Alise Paper C1S Photo Grade-Bright White paper
Individual Paper Dimensions:
20 x 20 inches (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Individual Image Dimensions:
16 x 16 inches (40.6 x 40.6 cm)
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Garden Smoke, 2020
Set of 12 archival pigment prints on Generations
Alise Paper C1S Photo Grade-Bright White paper
Individual Paper Dimensions:
20 x 20 inches (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Individual Image Dimensions:
16 x 16 inches (40.6 x 40.6 cm)
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Edition of 10, 4AP, 1 Trial Proof, 1 Exhibition Proof, and 2 Archive Proofs
Signed
(JuC 989)
$48,000
Signed
(JuC 989)
$48,000
At one point during our many months of confinement due to the COVID-19 stay-at-home order, I reflected on my early days in California when I began my Atmospheres, which were intended to soften and feminize the man-made world. My friends and I simply drove around placing colored smokes wherever I wished; in parks, on beaches, in the desert and even in the national forests—which would be unthinkable today.
Over the summer of 2020, I decided to fill our own gardens with colored smokes. I surrounded these images with words that are intended to convey the many emotions I experienced as we—like the wafting smoke—came up against during all the restrictions brought about by the coronavirus. This work allowed me to express my feelings during this period; also, to attempt to wrest some moments of beauty and gratefulness from these difficult months.
– Judy Chicago, 2021
01 Confined in the Flowers
02 Circumscribed by the Garden
03 Restrained in the Foliage
07 Restricted by the Trees
08 Hindered by the Light
09 Enclosed in a Trellis
10 Limited to a Walkway
11 Impeded by a Stairway
12 Curtailed by a Fence
