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2020-08-31
‘The Good Dishes’ by NYC-based artist JP Terlizzi integrates memory, legacy, and metaphor with the artist’s response to loss. Through colorful still life table settings, Terlizzi offers a visual rumination on the centrality of food and the dinner table to his large Italian family. Growing up, Terlizzi recalls how his mother’s “good dishes,” like in many families, were brought out only for very special occasions-like the priest coming over for dinner.
Over the years, Terlizzi has been tasked with the job of cleaning out the homes of loved ones that have passed away. With ‘The Good Dishes’ series, the artist pays homage to the way in which his family’s fine china has always been an item given to the person that most cherishes its memory and sentimental value. Utilizing the passed down heirlooms of friends and family, ‘The Good Dishes’ celebrates family and togetherness.
Opposite – Empress Royal Hague Blue Floral with Orange, 2019
Exhibition runs through to September 25th, 2020
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