Lately, it’s been more like trying to “pull teeth from my dick,” which is a phrase the late New Yorker columnist, David Rakoff, once spoke to describe writing when he’s out of flow.
Maybe I’m having a creative block, am I an artist? Deffilently NOT! Writing about your obsession shouldn’t be hard, so I’m trying to think about what went through my mind during the past few months..
Let’s see, Laila Gohar diffidently shooked up my world when together with her sister started the Gohar World brand. As someone who grew up in the Balkans and had a less-than-enthusiastic relationship with beans, the Gohar sisters really changed the definition of beans for me. It changed so much that only a few days ago I ordered a silver lighter case cover in the shape of a bean.
For me, eating is one of the most boring processes in the realm of everyday life, but preparing food, especially for people that you love, and setting up a mood is what draws me to people like Laila Gohar.
Playing with food and food accessories can be so artistic, and if you disagree just look up what Caro Diario in Paris and EasyPeacy in Copenhagen are creating, and you will become a believer.
So when I stumbled across an article titled “With raw eggs and a roomful of clay, Anna Maria Maiolino makes unsentimental art about being a woman” I wanted to know everything about her!
Brazilian artist Anna Maria Maiolino who has nearly six decades of work on her belt managed to make art that still feels very contemporary. The universal themes that she draws on are fragility, hunger, migration, motherhood, resistance, love, and longing for something lost. All of these are relevant to all of us today.
The eggs piece, titled “Entrevidas,” happened back in 1981 at a charged period in Brazil’s history: toward the end of a brutal military dictatorship that had quelled free speech and resulted in disappearances and other human rights abuses.
It was a perfect metaphor for that political time: Each step forward, however gingerly taken, held with it the possibility of great destruction.
Three decades later, the performance reappeared at the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles. The performance began again with raw eggs. Dozens of them were scattered in their fragile shells all over the sculpture plaza. This time around Gabriel Sitchin (Maiolino's grandson) performed “Entrevidas,” in which he walks through a field of raw eggs with his eyes closed, encapsulating the essence of prevailing hardships through poignant metaphors once more.
As this chapter concludes, it reminds us that edible or not food installations can be a centerpiece of art that has the power to transcend boundaries, evoke introspection, and capture the essence of the human experience. The legacy of artists like Maiolino and the Gohar sisters serves as an eternal wellspring of inspiration.
If you are looking for a splurge:
Anna Maria Maiolino - Book
Cutlery Rest, Bean - Gohar World
Taper Candle with Lace Bow - Gohar World
Dessert Spoon, Mother of Pearl - Set - Gohar World
Bottle Apron - Gohar World
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