Jewish American Heritage Month

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Entry Wall, Holocaust Project, featuring stained glass Logo Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman, 1992, Stained glass, 42 in. x 48.5 in. x 8 in. (106.68 cm x 123.19 cm x 20.32 cm), Fabricated by Michael Caudle, Bob Gomez, Flo Perkins, and Donald Woodman, Photo Donald Woodman,

Logo from theHolocaust Project Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman, 1992,Stained glass, 42 in. x 48.5 in. x 8 in.,Fabricated by Michael Caudle, Bob Gomez, Flo Perkins, and Donald Woodman,Photo Donald Woodman

Judy Chicago spray paints The Fall cartoonPhoto Donald Woodman

Cartoon for The Fall from the Holocaust Project Judy Chicago, 1987,Sprayed acrylic and oil on canvas, 54 in. x 216 in. (137.16 cm x 548.64 cm),Collection: ACA Galleries, New York, NY,Photo Donald Woodman

Cartoon for The Fall from the Holocaust Project - DetailJudy Chicago, 1987,Sprayed acrylic and oil on canvas, 54 in. x 216 in.,Photo Donald Woodman

Cartoon forThe FallfromtheHolocaust Project -DetailJudy Chicago, 1987,Sprayed acrylic and oil on canvas, 54 in. x 216 in.,Photo Donald Woodman

The Fall from the Holocaust Project Judy Chicago, 1993,Modified Aubusson Tapestry, 46 x 18,Woven by Audrey Cowan,Collection: Audrey and Robert Cowan,Photo Donald Woodman

Banality of Evil/Struthof from the Holocaust ProjectJudy Chicago, with Donald Woodman, 1989,Sprayed Acrylic, Oil and Photography on Photo Linen,30 x 43 ,Photo Donald Woodman

Holocaust Project installation, Austin, TX

Bones of Treblinka from the Holocaust ProjectJudy Chicago, with Donald Woodman, 1988,Sprayed Acrylic, Oil and Photography on Photo Linen,48 x 50 ,Photo Donald Woodman

Wall of Indifference from the Holocaust ProjectJudy Chicago, 1989, sprayed acrylic, oil paint, Marshall photo oils and photography on photolinen, 43 1/4" x 97 1/4", Photo Donald Woodman

Wall of Indifference from the Holocaust Project-detailJudy Chicago, 1989, sprayed acrylic, oil paint, Marshall photo oils and photography on photolinen, Photo Donald Woodman

Four Questions from the Holocaust ProjectJudy Chicago, with Donald Woodman, 1993,Sprayed Acrylic, Oil, Marshall Photo Oils on Photolinen Mounted on Aluminum, 42 x 166 x 4,Photo Donald Woodman

Treblinka/Genocide from the Holocaust Project Judy Chicago, 1988,Sprayed acrylic, oil, and photography on photolinen, 42 x 88 installed: 3 panels, side panels 42 x 21 each, Center panel 42 x 42,Photo Donald Woodman

Im/Balance of Power from the Holocaust Project Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman, 1991,Sprayed acrylic, oil and photography on photolinen, 9 panels: 24" x 30" each, installed size: 6'5.25" x 7' 11.25",Photo Donald Woodman

Arbeit Macht Frei / Work Makes Who Free? from the Holocaust Project Judy Chicago, with Donald Woodman, 1992,Sprayed Acrylic, Oil, Welded Metal, Wood, and Photography on Photo Linen and Canvas, 5 7 x 1111,Photo Donald Woodman

Lesbian Triangle from the Holocaust Project Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman, 1989,Sprayed acrylic, oil and photography on photolinen and canvas,Installed size: 5' 8.5" x 48.5",Photo Donald Woodman

Rainbow Shabbat from the Holocaust Project, Installation view Judy Chicago, 1992,Stained glass,Fabricated by Bob Gomez, Hand painted by Dorothy Maddy from Judy Chicago's cartoon, 54 in. x 192 in. (137.16 cm x 487.68 cm),Photo Donald Woodman

Rainbow Shabbat from the Holocaust Project Judy Chicago, 1992,Stained glass,Fabricated by Bob Gomez, Hand painted by Dorothy Maddy from Judy Chicago's cartoon, 54 in. x 192 in. (137.16 cm x 487.68 cm),Photo Donald Woodman

Judy Chicago first became interested in the subject of the Holocaust in 1984. Perhaps it was a combination of her enquiry into some of the consequences of male power; her long-standing interest in issues of power and powerless; along with a growing interest in the ways in which being Jewish had shaped both her art and her life that drew her towards this dark subject.

Whatever the explanation, her subsequent marriage to photographer Donald Woodman and their joint realization that they were utterly ignorant about both their Jewish heritage and the subject of the Holocaust plunged the couple into an eight year attempt to understand the evil and cruelty that seem to live so closely under the surface of civilizations both past and present. The Holocaust Project traveled for ten years to both Jewish and non-Jewish institutions and selections from the project continue to be exhibited.

As Chicago wrote in the book that described the traveling exhibition:

The Holocaust Project is...structured as a journey into the darkness of the Holocaust and out into the light of hope. It is based on the journey - intellectual, physical, and emotional - that Donald and I took...The exhibition and the book are structured around our belief that...confronting and trying to understand the Holocaust, as painful as that might be, can lead to a greatly expanded understanding of the world in which we live. Our hope is that this will contribute to a firm individual and collective commitment to take up the vast project of transforming ourselves and nurturing our humanity, thereby creating a more peaceful, equitable world.

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