AROUND THE TABLE: SHARED EXPERIENCE | OPEN CONVERSATIONS | COMING TOGETHER

Around the Table is a group exhibition that engages the theme of food, not as a material or medium, but as a means of social interactions and communal round ups over meals. It features contemporary national and international artists whose works reference food as a metaphor of shared experiences, open conversations, and coming together. 

Conceived as a series of separate yet interrelated installations and interventions, the aspirations of Around the Table are manifold: to explore the sensorial, social, and political significance of food; to spark earnest discussions across divisions; and to strengthen commonalities rather than differences among people. 

Around the Table presents emblematic works by prominent artists Suzanne Lacy, Valeska Soares, Jo Smail, and Michael Rakowitz; new commissions by Jennifer Wen Ma, Helen Zughaib, Adam Silverman, and Monsieur Zohore; and social convenings by Philippa Pham Hughes. Although varied in their vocabularies, formal and conceptual, the featured works collectively aim to rise above social polarization of our time, celebrating cultural diversity, multiplicity of viewpoints, and gathering “around the table.”

At heart multidisciplinary, Around the Table extends the conventional exhibition framework with a “menu” of participatory activations, performances, convenings, and talks by exhibiting artists, bringing the gallery setting to life as the space of communal experience and belonging.

This exhibition is generously supported by Maria & Alberto de la Cruz. Guest curated by Dr. Vesela Sretenović.