For almost a year, I have been devoting my energies towards posting a picture a day of some food-themed artwork on my Instagram account, usually with a sentence or two of explanation. The intention has been to start expanding upon my discoveries here, on the blog, leading up to the release of my second book, A…
Author: Carrie
The Rise of Food-Centric “Museums”
An interesting phenomenon is occurring; that of the Food-Centric “Museum.” I put museum in quotation marks because Wikipedia defines the word as A museum (/mjuːˈziːəm/ mew-ZEE-əm; plural musea or museums) is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Last year, I was able…
Kader Attia at the Guggenheim
I wish I were in New York right now. At the Guggenheim, specifically. For there is an exhibit entitled But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa. Within this exhibition that features photographs, sculptures, videos, and more, is an installation piece by Berlin-based Algerian artist Kader…
In the beginning….
In 1970, I turned six years old. I had two older sisters: Jayne – who was just starting high school – was 15, and Susan was 18, having just graduated high school, was looking forward to college. I was raised in a “crafty” family with sisters who made gum wrapper chains from Juicy Fruit wrappers…