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)Let's Talk About Text, Gazelli Art House, London, UK (2021)
