¡Colores!; Feminist Artist Judy Chicago, Exhibition (The '80S And The Rise Of Women Artists, Aids Crisis, And Street Art), Playwright David Adjmi, Sculptor Danny Scheible

KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.) · May 3, 2013

Artist Judy Chicago talks about her ambition to be an artist at a time when few female artists received recognition. “I have devoted my life and my work to overcoming the silence about women’s achievements.” Next, we see another side of the '80s … one with the rise of women artists, the heartbreaking impact of the AIDS crisis, and street art. This is all shown in an exhibition called, Art, Love and Politics in the 1980s. “The show begins in 1979 when, remarkably, [Helen] Molesworth says women finally became a dominant force in the mainstream art world.” Many see Marie Antoinette as an evil queen whose whimsy ruined a nation, but playwright David Adjmi creates his own Marie who was a victim of circumstance. “I thought it would be more interesting not to demonize her.” Sculpture artist Danny Scheible creates cities from masking tape. “I make art everywhere I go and I make it so I can interact with people and show them that art is just the same as going to work.”