mayonnaise
TEMPORAL SPACE AND MAYONNAISE
War rugs, installation and series of still lifes with jars, tubes and bottles of mayonnaise. A series inspired by wordsmith Daryll Landbrug, a Black activist who uses other words than 'racist' when protesting against the white racist elite (because he got blocked by Facebook using the word), so he invented creative metaphors like 'white washing powder elite', 'snowmen brigade' and 'The Mayonnaise BV' (Mayonnaise ltd.). This inspired to investigate mayonnaise as a substance and question our white privileged society that is so often not aware of its institutional racism and discrimination. Also the still lifes by Giorgio Morandi were an inspiration.
War Rug Mayonnaise
Based on the words by Darryll Landbrug, and the painted jars of mayonnaise.
Wall tapestry, 100% cotton, 60 x 80 inches (150 x 200 cm), 2021
Mayonnaise No.1
Oil and acrylic on linen, 14 x 12 inches (35 x 30 cm), 2021
Mayonnaise No.2
Oil and acrylic on linen, 14 x 12 inches (35 x 30 cm), 2021
Mayonnaise No.3
Oil and acrylic on linen, 12 x 14 inches (30 x 35 cm), 2021
Hellman
Oil and acrylic on linen, 12 x 14 inches (30 x 35 cm), 2021
1 de Beste
Oil and acrylic on linen, 24 x 27 inches (60 x 70 cm), 2021
Mayonnaise No.4
Oil and acrylic on linen, 27 x 24 inches (70 x 60 cm), 2021
Mayonnaise No.5
Oil and acrylic on linen, 27 x 24 inches (70 x 60 cm), 2021
Mayonnaise No.6
Oil and acrylic on linen, 27 x 24 inches (70 x 60 cm), 2021
Still life, the mayonnaise bottles and jars
Frappant Mayonaise
The brand 'Frappant' means 'Striking'.
Ready made, 40 liters of mayonnaise (80% fat) and a lid dispenser.
The blooming sunflower outside was a perfect match.
Smells like Mayonnaise
Chanel bottle 200 ml, mayonnaise, 5.5 x 3 x 1.5 inches (14 x 8 x 4 cm), 2021
MAYO No.5
30 ml Chanel No. 5 Eau de Parfum, 2 x 3.7 x 1 inches (4,5 x 9,5 x 2,5 cm), 2021
Kills like Mayonnaise
Glass gun shaped bottle, 22kt gold leaf, mayonnaise, 4.5 x 8 x 1.5 inches (12 x 21 x 4 cm), 2021
FACES OF RACISM
On December 3, 2020, the beautiful wall paintings of Surinamese heroes by Hedy Tjin and Dewi Elsinga on the building of The Black Archives and VOS were defaced by two white men. It was a shocking, racist attack. Anton de Kom, Perez Jong Loy, Sophie Redmond and Hugo Kooks were painted over with white paint. Stickers were put on their eyes and mouth saying ‘sooth pete is genocide’. It was horrible, painful and threatening. Racism may never be called ‘just a joke’, or ‘some stupid guys’. Racism must end.
Anton de Kom, defaced
Surinamese anti-colonial writer and resistance hero in WWII. His portrait was painted white by racists who put stickers on it saying ‘Roetveegpiet is genocide’ in December 2020.
Alkyd on wood, 24 x 21 x 1.5 inches (62 x 54 x 4 cm), 2021
The wall painting of Anton de Kom, before ad after.
Perez Jong Loy, Defaced
Anti-Black Pete activist and inventor of the 1873-button. In 1863 slavery was abolished in the Netherlands, but the freed people had to work another ten years on the plantations.
Alkyd on wood, 9.5 x 10 x 1.5 inches (24 x 25 x 3 cm), 2021
Sophie Redmond, defaced
Doctor, politician, writer, actress and feminist. She was the first black woman who graduated as a doctor in Surinam in 1935.
Alkyd on wood, 10 x 11 x 1.5 inches (25 x 28 x 3 cm), 2021
Hugo Kooks, defaced
Progressive leader for the Surinamese people in Amsterdam, and long time chairman of Vereniging Ons Suriname.
Alkyd on wood, 10.5 x 12.5 x 1.5 inches (27 x 32 x 3 cm), 2021
From left to right: Surinamese documentary maker Cindy Kerseborn, Sophie Redmond and Hugo Kooks by Hedy Tjin and Dewi Elsinga
Perez Jong Loy by Hedy Tjin and Dewi Elsinga
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