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In the late 1960s, fresh from graduate school, artist Chicago was struggling in the male-dominated Los Angeles art scene. Energized by the growing women's movement, she created The Dinner Party, a reinterpretation/installation of The Last Supper from the point of view of "those who have done the cooking throughout history": women. Working alone at first, she conceived of an equilateral triangle consisting of 39 place settings with hand-painted, hand-fired china or pottery plates on hand-sewn runners using needlework ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More