Meat After Meat Joy
Meat After Meat Joy, curated by Heide Hatry – 16 October – 15 November
DANEYAL MAHMOOD GALLERY 511 WEST 25 ST, 3FL NEW YORK CITY 10001
If the flesh disturbs you, then the reality behind the issue would disturb you far more if we opened our eyes long enough to see it. We live in a culture disconnected from what it is doing to itself and others, we choose to ignore rather than deal with the reality we have created for ourselves. – Adam Brandejs
Meat After Meat Joy brings together the work of contemporary artists who use meat in their work (raw meat, the concept of meat, its symbolism and viscera) in order to investigate the paradoxical relationship meat has to the body.
Image: Adam Brandejs, Animatronic Flesh Shoe, Latex, Steel, Gear motors, Printed circuit, Rio MP3 Player, Batteries, Staples, Roommates Hair.
October 18th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
I know that it’s art and it’s supposed to be thought-provoking and all that, but when I saw this, the only thing I could think was “WOW my dog would love that.” :o)
October 18th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Whip-up is my morning read while sipping tea. This post was not the best way to start my day.
bummer.
October 18th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
I agree with the previous comment…
Also, the disgusting thing to me, at least, was the wastefulness of this art project. Maybe I’m being overly sensitive, but I feel artworks that use food that will eventually spoil and go to the trash, are probably worse then nike shoes (at least they’re being used by people instead of rotting).
Perhaps, a better way of obtaining the meat would be to go out during hunting season, prepare what was hunted for food (or donate it to food places) as well as make leather from the hide. This, to me, would be more meaninful an art piece as well as show real thought to the process instead of buying pre-packaged meat from the market. It just seems to cheapen what the artist intended by creating this piece.
After living around a different culture that has hunted for hundreds of years, this type of art appears wasteful at best.
October 18th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
sorry for the gruesome morning read – if you click on the gallery link you can read more about what this exhibition is about and check out some of the other thought provoking and gruesome and not so gruesome art.
October 18th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
ps. if you read the materials used in making this shoe – it is actually made with latex not animal flesh – just looks like it!
October 21st, 2008 at 7:14 am
Ah, I see…somewhat better to know this…but still an ew factor. :)