Exhibition: “Sustenance”

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The Anderson Center presents Sustenance.
Five Minnesota artists explore food and the cultural identities behind
what we eat in a group exhibition. From traditional still-life paintings
to conceptual art in two and three dimensions, these works honor the
vital relationship that people have with food: growing it, serving it,
sharing it, and using it as a metaphor or symbol. Featured artists are
Katayoun Amjadi, Danielle Flicek, Michael Jensen, Seitu Jones, and
Constance Misener.

The exhibition opens on Friday, August 27, 2021 and runs through Saturday, November 13, 2021. A free artist reception will take place August 27 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.

“We talk a lot about Art & Culture, and when I think about those
two ideas, they encompass just about every aspect of life,” says
Anderson Center Director Stephanie Rogers. “Culture is embedded in
everything: what we chose to wear and eat, how we interact with other
people. The production, preparation, and sharing of food is one of the
most accessible and welcoming ways to share our culture, values and time
with others.”

“The artists in Sustenance are thinking about this in
different ways. Jones and Flicek are involved in growing and serving
food in a direct, hands-on way, and that comes through in the imagery
they use in their artistic practices. Amjadi’s work from the Exileware series
is both functional – you could actually use them to eat – and a highly
conceptual examination of ‘transnational migration on individual and
collective experiences of everyday life,’ as she describes it. Misener
and Jensen’s works, while very different in style, honor humble produce.
Through their paintings, they have elevated and extended perishable
produce, asking audience members to look closely and appreciate the
complexity and beauty in small and seemingly mundane things.”

Handicapped accessible and free to the public, the Main Gallery at
the Anderson Center is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. This exhibit is made possible by the voters of Minnesota
through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a
legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

https://www.andersoncenter.org/calendarevents/exhibit-sustenance/