In the Powerplay series Chicago concentrated on examining and reconstructing the concept of masculinity. In contrast to her celebration of women and creativity in The Dinner Party and her linkage of women, birth and creation in The Birth Project, in Powerplay Chicago explored the relationship between men, violence and destruction. In this series of drawings, paintings, bronze reliefs, weavings and cast paper she directed her critical feminist gaze to the gender construct of masculinity, exploring how prevailing definitions of power have affected the world in general—and men in particular.