Recipe Art
Mira Schor
p. 230-231 A Decade of Negative Thinking by Mira Schor
Embodied in the high-concept, one- or two-sentence description, the recipe ingredients usually include something from the real cleverly juxtaposed with something else from the real, or something made with a material from the real not ordinarily an art material; something that references the real; something made from something else (e.g., a minimalist sculpture made of chocolate, a similarly monumental cube made of millions of wooden toothpicks, Richard Serra—leaning-plates made of red lipstick, etc.). Recipe: something from popular culture + something from art history + something appropriated + something weird or expressive = useful promotional sound bite. The work is selected for review because it can be written about efficiently. It is not necessary to see the piece.
So this is less about art and more about asian american women but it's a piece I really like and the only commonality to Mira Schor is that this, too,is a recipe:
ReplyDeleteJanice Mirikitani’s “Recipe for Round Eyes”
Ingredients: scissors, Scotch magic transparent tape,
eyeliner-- water based, black.
Optional: fake eyelashes.
Cleanse face thoroughly.
For best results, powder entire face, including eyelids.
(lighter shades suited to total effect desired)
With scissors, cut magic tape 1/16” wide, 3/4”-1/2” long--
depending on length of eyelid.
Stick firmly onto mid-upper eyelid area
(looking down into handmirror facilitates finding
adequate surface)
If using false eyelashes, affix first on lid, folding any
excess lid over the base of eyelash with glue.
Paint black eyeliner on tape and entire lid.
Do not cry.