“Hash Brownies” presents del Rivero’s latest canvas “dishtowels”, works on paper and photography in dialogue with a work by Franz Erhard Walther and works by invited artists Amanda Hunter and Alaina Claire Feldman, whose pieces add to del Rivero’s experiential and sensorial approaches to art making. This exhibition is named after the notorious recipe included in Toklas’ 1954 cookbook, which included not only the French recipes collected from Toklas’ time living in Paris with partner Gertrude Stein, but is also peppered with anecdotes from the writer’s life and her relationship with Stein. As 2020 marks the centennial of the 19th amendment granting women’s right to vote in the United States, del Rivero, who considers the kitchen a “political place par excellence”, acknowledges Toklas’ recipe as she honors women’s transgressive efforts throughout history in their fight for equality and against a forced domesticity.
“Letter from Home, dedicated to Mary Magdalene”, 2019, acrylic, bleach and rust on canvas, 43.5 x 60in with a framed, hand illuminated silver gelatin print and a nail, 11 x 14in
“My Mountains Flower”
2013-2020
oil on linen with 24 k gold leaf and porcelain angel
24 x 13 in.
“Love Song”, 2013-2019, oil on canvas and steel bars with a pearl, 14 x 14 in
“Dishtowel dedicated to Kafka”, 2019, acrylic on canvas with stains, wine and turmeric and stitching, 83 x 61.5in inches and a silver gelatin print, 16 x 20in, hand illuminated
“Letter from Home to Kafka”, 2019 Acrylic, bleach wine and stitching on canvas, 83 x 61.5in
“Letter from Home to Frederick Douglass”, 2019, acrylic, bleach, stitching, oil and turmeric on canvas, 83 x 61.5in
“First Light in Tompkins Square”, 2019, unique hand painted silver gelatin on Hahnemühle 300 grms. paper, 16 x 20in
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