Anna Bella Geiger
Our Daily Bread Series
Sculptor, painter, engraver, draughtsman, intermedia artist and teacher. Her work is marked by the use of different languages and the exploration of new materials and supports. Stimulated by the questions raised by conceptual art and the political moment lived, the artist presents in her works mainly issues related to national identity and culture, the artist's place in society, the constitution of the art medium in Brazil and its position in the world.
In the work Pão Nosso de Cada Dia, recently donated by the artist herself to MAC Collection, Anna Bella Geiger presents us with a "chewed", leaked, subtracted South America.
The frame is 74cm high x 79cm wide. The montage has a white background and has a brown bread bag on the left side with the central phrase "Our daily bread" and below, the artist’s name "Anna Bella Geiger".
The composition shows us three photographs next to the paper bag, at the top. The first image is marked by a person, where only the mouth and hand are shown as she brings a slice of bread to the lips. In the second image, a photograph of a slice of bread, with the crumb cut in the shape of the geographic contour of the Brazilian territory. In the third and following image, the decentralized photograph of another slice of bread with the crumb cut in the shape of the geographic contour of the African continent.
In the central portion of the work, the photograph of a basket lined with fabric holds the same two slices of bread as in the previous photos.
At the bottom, there are the last two photographs: the first image, a basket lined with white fabric has a black outline of the Brazilian territory and a black outline of the territory of the African continent. The last image shows the two slices of bread side by side, under a black table.
Bread, a universal food, presents itself here as a strong political charge, at the same time that it acquires a high aesthetic voltage.
The supplication for bread that is present in the stanzas of the Christian prayer "Our Father" appears here stamped on an empty "paper bread" bag. In this Our Father, our bread is not on the table and once again, the ghostly face of hunger imposes itself.
Our Daily Bread Series
Technique: Mixed media, bread bag and series of 6 postcards on cardboard
Year: 1977
Dimensions:
74cmx79cm
Publicado em 29/07/2022
Our Daily Bread Series
Sculptor, painter, engraver, draughtsman, intermedia artist and teacher. Her work is marked by the use of different languages and the exploration of new materials and supports. Stimulated by the questions raised by conceptual art and the political moment lived, the artist presents in her works mainly issues related to national identity and culture, the artist's place in society, the constitution of the art medium in Brazil and its position in the world.
In the work Pão Nosso de Cada Dia, recently donated by the artist herself to MAC Collection, Anna Bella Geiger presents us with a "chewed", leaked, subtracted South America.
The frame is 74cm high x 79cm wide. The montage has a white background and has a brown bread bag on the left side with the central phrase "Our daily bread" and below, the artist’s name "Anna Bella Geiger".
The composition shows us three photographs next to the paper bag, at the top. The first image is marked by a person, where only the mouth and hand are shown as she brings a slice of bread to the lips. In the second image, a photograph of a slice of bread, with the crumb cut in the shape of the geographic contour of the Brazilian territory. In the third and following image, the decentralized photograph of another slice of bread with the crumb cut in the shape of the geographic contour of the African continent.
In the central portion of the work, the photograph of a basket lined with fabric holds the same two slices of bread as in the previous photos.
At the bottom, there are the last two photographs: the first image, a basket lined with white fabric has a black outline of the Brazilian territory and a black outline of the territory of the African continent. The last image shows the two slices of bread side by side, under a black table.
Bread, a universal food, presents itself here as a strong political charge, at the same time that it acquires a high aesthetic voltage.
The supplication for bread that is present in the stanzas of the Christian prayer "Our Father" appears here stamped on an empty "paper bread" bag. In this Our Father, our bread is not on the table and once again, the ghostly face of hunger imposes itself.
Our Daily Bread Series
Technique: Mixed media, bread bag and series of 6 postcards on cardboard
Year: 1977
Dimensions:
74cmx79cm
Publicado em 29/07/2022