THE HERBERT
F. JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART
Rachid
Koraïchi, One etching from the series Beirut's Poem
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RACHID
KORAICHI:
PATH OF ROSES/BEIRUT'S POEM/A NATION IN EXILE
THE HERBERT F. JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
ITHACA. NEW YORK
NOVEMBER 9,2002 - JANUARY 12, 2003
Curated by Salah Hassan
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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RACHID KORAICHI:
PATH OF ROSES/BEIRUT'S POEM/A NATION IN EXILE
Curated by Salah Hassan
This exhibition features two sets of works by the prominent Algerian
artist Rachid Koraichi The first set of works by Koraichi, represents
his
most recent installation entitled The Path of Roses III (Tariq
al-ward
III) . This trilogy was first exhibited at the 49th Venice
Biennale in
2001 as part of the exhibition Authentic/Ex-Centric ,
organized by the
Forum for African Arts and curated by Salah Hassan and Olu Oguibe. The
second set of work pays homage to Mahmoud Darwish, the renowned
Palestinian poet, and features a new series of 42 prints based on
Darwish's famous epic Beirut's Poem , in addition to 42 of
Koraichi's
earlier series of prints based on selected poems by Darwish and entitled
A Nation in Exile .
Born in 1947, Koraichi, like many other Algerian artists and
intellectuals, now lives and works in Paris, France. His artistic
training
includes, among studies in various schools, diplomas from the Higher
Institute of Fine Art in Algeria, and the Superior National School of
Arts, the National School of Decorative Arts, and the School of Urban
Studies in Paris. Koraichi has participated in many exhibitions
including
many international exhibitions including Global Conceptualism at the
Queens Museum of Art, New, the prestigious 47th and 49th Venice
Biennales,
Italy, and the 1997's Havana Biennale. His work is included in several
major private and public collections worldwide.
The exhibition is funded by grants the Middle East Center for Culture
and
Development (MECCAD) and the Ford Foundation.
for further information please go to:
http://w
ww.museum.cornell.edu/HFJ/currex/exhibits2.html#rachid
http://www.museum.cornell.edu/
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Itinerant Gastronomy
at Apex
291 Church Street
New York City
212.431.5270 for reservations
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in
London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most
delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted,
baked, or boiled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a
fricassee, or a ragout.*
Jonathan Swifts A Modest Proposal
On Saturday, November 23rd a new restaurant will be opened by the
proprietor, Mary Ellen Carroll. The restaurant will be open from 10 in
the
morning until 10 at night. Reservations will be required. There will be
six seatings for four individuals every two hours which means that 24
people will be be fed throughout a day. As with the historical
precedent,
FOODthe artist run restaurant in the seventies, there is a desire not
to
recreate that place and that time, but to offer an itinerancy of taste,
within another context and at another moment. I have brought together
a
group of cooks who also speak other languages, and these polyglots,
always
do what they do with a great deal of precision, passion, and pleasure,
and
since I do believe that the essence of one is also reflected in their
work, I am both honored and pleased that they have agreed to provide
their
taste to the public, at a time when the notion of pleasure is often
relegated to a prescribed paid vocation, or sublimated in work, these
days, unemployment. But, a life is more complicated, messy, and therefor
an interesting thing, and when things are spontaneous and unknown, a
certain amount of chaos is created, or will ensue. The cooks will do
the
creating for you, as a public, and as individuals, which brings me back
to
the notion of Taste. We knew that the Greeks understood pleasure, and I
mention this, not from a position of envy, but from observation, and
Aristotle spoke to us about Taste "being able to discern the smallest
objects is what makes the acutest senseand showed the most power of
discerning figures in general." There are no rules for the cooks, there
is
no agenda, accept to create something that exists for a day, and within
a
day, one must eat, and what and when one chooses to eat, is a rational
decision. As Gertrude Stein once lectured to us that, one repeats
oneself
all of the time, but much in the same way as how a film is made, all of
the frames are singular, as will be the experience of the cooks, diners,
and observers. I look forward to sharing this day and these people with
you, and at a time when we are all too aware of our own barbarism and
can
stop eating healthy children* .
Sincerely,
Mary Ellen Carroll
Itinerant Gastronomy
at Apex
291 Church Street
New York City
212.431.5270 for reservations
The following is the schedule for Itinerant Gastronomy:
10amNOON
Brunch
JoAnne Hendricks, owner of Cookbooks
NOON2pm
Lunch
Suchitra Reddy
Sridhar Venkatapuram
2 pm until 4 pm
Lunch
Nouvelle Bavarian Cuisine
Barbara Probst
Stefan Schessl
4 pm until 6 pm
Pre-Op Dinner
Dr. Ott
6 pm until 8 pm
Dinner
Forest Food
Margaret Smith
Cara Perlman
8 pm until 10 pm
Dinner
Special Guest
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