“I started to build my entire practice around this can of date syrup. It was almost as if the pressures of xenophobia had been exerted onto this object that was so terrified that it couldn’t tell me where it was from.”
Photo courtesy of Nasher Sculpture Center
The menu at the Nasher’s community BBQ included Syrian grilled chicken, Damascus kabab, hummus and fattoush salad.
From KERA:
Since 2007, artist Michael Rakowitz has been creating replicas of Iraqi cultural artifacts destroyed or lost in war. But the Chicago-based artist doesn’t use stone. Instead, he crafts his works from Iraqi food packaging.
His work has earned him the 2020 Nasher Prize in sculpture, and the Nasher Sculpture Center kicked off their month-long celebration of Rakowitz with a special community BBQ.
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