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

Conceived as a series of separate yet inter-related installations and interventions, the goals of Around the Table are manifold: to explore complexities of sensorial, social, and political signification of food; to spark earnest dialogues across the board; and to seek for commonalities rather than differences among people.

Around the Table presents emblematic works by Suzanne Lacy, Valeska Soares, Jo Smail, and Michael Rackowitz, as well as new commissions by Jennifer Wen Ma, Helen Zughaib, Adam Silverman, Monsieur Zahore, and Philippa Pham Hughes. Although varied in their vocabularies,formal and conceptual, all works strive to rise above a deep social divide of our present time and celebrate cultural diversity, multiplicity of viewpoints, and coming together “around the table.”

In addition, through a series of activations, performances, talks, and public convenings by participating artists, Around the Table animates a conventional exhibition display making the gallery setting alive as the space of communal experience and belonging.

Exhibition curated by Dr. Vesela Sretenović.