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November 16, 2006 - February 24, 2007
curated by Robert G. Edelman and Gina Fiore
THE FOOD SHOW
The Hungry Eye
Installation, Drawings and Performance
Andre Von Morisse: Pink Freud. 2006 Oil on canvas.
For better or worse, food is something we all need, crave, occasionally
try to do without and fear, sometimes all at once. This exhibition
focuses on a preoccupation with food as image and idea in contemporary
culture. Going beyond the notion of the traditional still life,
as redefined by Cézanne, after centuries of a rich history
of imagery and iconography that goes back to cave painting, Egyptian
and Roman art, contemporary artists have again taken on the complex
relationship of human society with that which is ingested and imbibed.
Taking into account the complexity of the globalization of what
constitutes a meal, through the continuing controversy about additives,
processed food and hormone treated livestock and fertilizers in
produce, artists have attempted to interpret and translate these
often controversial and life altering events in the treatment and
distribution of food in a world society. Dealing with these complex
issues with humor and irony, as well as integrating the subject
of food as commerce and pleasure into the themes of contemporary
art and culture, these artists are commenting on how we view our
lives as well as our diets.
The list of artists in the exhibition:
Jan Albers, Donald Baechler, Jay Batlle, Betty Bee, John Bowman,
George Condo, Sharon Core, Renée Cox, Will Cotton, Peter
Dayton, Emily Eveleth, Janet Fish , GisMo (Jessica Gispert and Crystal
Molinary), Anthony Goicolea, Ilona Granet, Nancy Grimes, Marcia
Grostein, Philip Guston, Julia Jacquette, Nina Katchadourian, Gary
Komarin, Roy Lichtenstein, Claire Lieberman, Ed Lipski, Mariana
Lopez, Ted Mineo, Priscilla Monge, Vik Muniz, Mimi Oka and Doug
Fitch, Nicholas Papadakis, Richard Pasquarelli, Robert Pettena,
Ana Prvacki, Matthew Ronay, Jonathan Seliger, Pierre Sernet, Laurie
Simmons, Sandy Skoglund, Mike Solomon, Adam Stennett, Billy Sullivan,
Donald Sultan, Scott Teplin, Wayne Thiebaud, Rirkrit Tiravanija,
Andre von Morisse, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, Franz West
To read selected reviews:
norway.org
The
New York Sun
The Star-Ledger
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Chris Longfellow
Press Officer
The Chelsea Art Museum
Chris@chelseaartmuseum.org
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