Tonight is the big opening of a performance / installation with my mom for my inaugural exhibition with OHWOW Gallery in LA titled “A Meal I Make With My Mother”.  If you’re in LA, please don’t miss me and my Mom’s sweet ass cuban cooking.  This is open to the public so, bring anybody who wants the most delicious food they’ve never had.Come hungry and come early though, because we might run out towards the end.  Also, as part of the exhibition, there will be another work in the back room which will include two types of dessert for before, during or after the meal.  Please come, It would be great to make and share some food with you.

The press release and exhibition details are below.

BERT RODRIGUEZ
A Meal I Make with My Mother (Los Angeles)
November 19 – December 3, 2011
937 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069
Performance: Saturday, November 19, 6-9 PM

A Meal I Make with My Mother (Los Angeles), begins with a one-night only performance that involves the act of preparation, serving, and consumption of a home-cooked, Cuban-style meal. Just as the title implies, the artist makes this dinner with his mother, a native of Cuba who worked as a cook in Miami for many years. The items employed in this performance – hotplates, cookware, and utensils – will then be arranged throughout the gallery as a sculptural installation and evidence of the event.

Previously performed at Frac Ile-de-France/Le Plateau in Paris, France, and at Lawrimore Projects in Seattle, Washington, this ongoing piece illuminates the poignancy and beauty of familial bonds through the simple act of cooking and eating together. This confluence of art and convention, or of locating the seemingly unremarkable practice of preparing and sharing food within the context of a pristine gallery space, magnifies the grace and gravity that exists in everyday life, while addressing broader notions of community and ritual.

Rodriguez’s work simultaneously explores and exposes the vulnerable relationship existing between art, artist, audience, and art history, while also considering the assignment of artistic value. Through subtle maneuvers, which are at times ironic, witty, or even sentimental, he reveals the overlooked facets of routine, the extraordinary within ordinary, and the aggregate power that results from relating experience.

For more info please go to www.oh-wow.com