Hugh Hayden has a lot to offer the new decade. A few weeks after the opening of his solo exhibition \u2018Creation Myths\u2019 in New Jersey, the Texas-born and New York-based artist has unveiled another new show, capturing the symbolism of cooking and communal eating in America.\nHeld in London\u2019s Lisson...
A virtual tour of the Texan artist’s latest exhibition at Lisson Gallery, which ties together African histories and the American South, 2020, chestnut with steel hardware.Hugh Hayden has a lot to offer the new decade. A few weeks after the opening of his‘Creation Myths’ in New Jersey, the Texas-born and New York-based artist has unveiled another new show, capturing the symbolism of cooking and communal eating in America.
Held in London’s Lisson Gallery, ‘American Food’ comprises a range of culinary-themed installations, which invite visitors to ‘develop a consciousness of their environment’ while challenging their perceptions of contemporary society.These themes are laid out in the first installation, a multimedia ‘stove’ with speakers in place of hobs, playing a recording of Hayden cooking and eating bacon, a fundamental ingredient of Southern food.
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