What do you think? You want a slice of that yummy Toaster? Oh wait, did i type it right? I said “yummy” to a toaster?
Bread and food in all forms and meanings are recurrent themes in the work of Falk and Aguerre. They reoccur throughout the years in different projects, prepared, tasted and eaten in different ways, taking advantage of the subconsciously symbolic tension which most people associate with food. The confrontation which is found within the unexpected uses of this symbol, food, causes unease, anguish or revulsion. Examples are found in Lucia’s bleeding bread, or when the artists encourage the public to walk on the bread in Reliquias, and even in the aggression that brought La Donna’s demise. The Toaster, is another work where bread is used and its symbolism is questioned.
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