Leave the Dishes, Poke the Jelly
Morwenna Kearsley
Leave the Dishes Poke the JellyUsing elements of Lee’s biography and recipes as catalysts to think about the idea of lineage within the history of photography, the images display the inevitable slippages between re-making a photograph or a recipe and the resulting new image or dish.
notes
- looking at her through her recipes.
- colours – pastel, playful, desert, jelly., child like.
- photographs in home context
- plates, dark, unfiltered lighting, natural, no studio.
- science/germs/growth/mould
- humour – cauliflower breasts
- attraction and repulsions
- tactile textures, wet, shiny.
- names of works – virus, stomach lining, belly ache, after birth, amputation then cherry eyes, Sunday for lee miller, sweet meats. – names evoke attraction repulsion.
- images in kitchens – authentic setting,
- collage – uterus shape – Womens body, anatomy, reproductions, medical interference, surgery.
- maggots within jelly
- chipped toe nails – unfiltered – authentic
- domestic
- room is empty – free to move around the space. viewer moves along the walls in a systematic fashion.
- colour starts to question the white cube – an empty room however promotes the typical gallery environment.
- how would the space change if there was a real jelly in the centre of the room? or a plate of one of Lee Millers?
- I like the way the images of the cauliflower breasts have been taken. Seems natural and not staged. just a photograph of the finished ‘meal’ like anyone could’ve taken it however it is playful yet bizarre.
pictures from Kearsleys instagram https://www.instagram.com/morwenna_grace/
