Elke Solomon "A TAVOLA!"

A.I.R. Gallery

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A Tavola! brings together Solomon’s engagement with both the personal and social value of food and the rituals of preparation and consumption. “These universal histories are the basic ingredients of socialized society,” says the artist. Like a stage set, she recreates the familiar domestic space of the full scale dining room as both a real and imagined place where the symbolic and associative workings of the imagination unfold. Revealing for the first time an incredibly varied and iterative studio practice, Solomon's installation is dressed in a variety of crafted objects; furniture, chandeliers, tablecloths and an encyclopedic collection of food related pictures and literature. By recreating the familiar objects that comprise this installation, like the table cloths and wallpaper, Solomon sets the context for the objects to create their own, new meanings. The artist invites strangers to her table for food and drink - to drift in the mind and to engage with their neighbors.

Elke Solomon has exhibited widely both in the United States and abroad. Her work is included in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and The Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others. She teaches at Parsons, The New School for Design. From 1983 until 2000 Solomon was a member of A.I.R. Gallery and is currently an Advisory Board member for the gallery. She is also a founding member of the Heresies Collective.

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from March 31, 2010 to April 25, 2010

Opening Reception on 2010-04-01 from 18:00 to 20:00

Artist(s)

Elke Solomon

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