Jane McAdam Freud
Breadbook, 2015-2016
Retrieved object : wood
40.5 x 25 x 13 cm
15 7/8 x 9 6/8 x 5 1/8 ins
15 7/8 x 9 6/8 x 5 1/8 ins
On this retrieved object, which couples two functions; that of a breadboard and that of a book holder, a third function is arrived at through intervention – that of an...
On this retrieved object, which couples two functions; that of a breadboard and that of a book holder, a third function is arrived at through intervention – that of an easel. The third function represents for me ‘another way’.
BreadBook questions the choices we ultimately ignore when coming down on one side or another. I carved the motto ‘One or Other’ which is contrasted with an alternative version ‘One Another’. ‘One Another ‘suggests a togetherness rather than separateness – ‘us’ rather than ‘us and them’. ‘Us and them’ has an implicit vilification of a common enemy, ‘the other’. The ultimate question is how to change these patterns of opposing positions – to find a third way.
BreadBook questions the choices we ultimately ignore when coming down on one side or another. I carved the motto ‘One or Other’ which is contrasted with an alternative version ‘One Another’. ‘One Another ‘suggests a togetherness rather than separateness – ‘us’ rather than ‘us and them’. ‘Us and them’ has an implicit vilification of a common enemy, ‘the other’. The ultimate question is how to change these patterns of opposing positions – to find a third way.
Exhibitions
Jane McAdam Freud: An Absent Presence, A Retrospective in Dialogue with Louise Bourgeois and Holly Stevenson, Gazelli Art House, London, UK (2025)An Absent Presence, Gazelli Art House, London, UK (2025)
Let's Talk About Text, Gazelli Art House, London, UK (2021)
