Her feminist stance, her approach to the object as an element of performance and the material diversity of her work form the cornerstones of a practice that began during her time as a student at the Art Institute of Chicago, from 1965 to 1968. After such a powerful and enriching period, Ida Applebroog moved to San Diego, California, with her husband and four children — tough years that for her developed into a deep depression and, ultimately, a nervous breakdown that would see her admitted to Mercy Hospital San Diego in 1969. Three long, dark months of convalescence, however, would also be a period of introspection that helped her shape her true identity and, in essence, affirm her calling as an artist. Ida dropped her married name (Horowitz) and maiden name (Applebaum), conceiving of a new surname, Applebroog, as part of her process to resignify her self.
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