Moving beyond the image of the nuclear family sitting around the breakfast table in a Sunday idyll, the exhibition presents artistic perspectives that question traditional concepts of family, motherhood, and care work, as well as societal expectations; it tells stories about family recipes, identities, and chosen families—and, not least, grapple with loss, grief, and loneliness.
Food and the act of eating (together) often take on emotional dimensions that reveal the interpersonal complexity of the construct known as “family.” Family and food have one thing in common: as everyday as both are, they are essential to our survival.
Food and the act of eating (together) often take on emotional dimensions that reveal the interpersonal complexity of the construct known as “family.” Family and food have one thing in common: as everyday as both are, they are essential to our survival.
