I DON'T EAT FLOWERS

Izložba radova umetnika Daniel Garsia Anduhar  i Marge Monko

I Don't Eat Flowers je izložba španskog umetnika i aktiviste Danijela Garsije Anduhara (Daniel García Andújar) i estonske umetnice Marge Monko, koja je trajala u galeriji Hestia tokom leta 2022.godine.

Na ovoj izložbi su po prvi put zajedno predstavljena dela dvoje umetnika koji pripadaju različitim kulturnim kontekstima. Izložba se bavi temama društvenih i političkih okolnosti uslova radnika: neprekidnom borbom radničke klase, nestabilnošću prekarnog rada umetnika i emancipacijom žena.

I Don't Eat Flowers je naslovljena po istoimenom umetničkom delu Marge Monko (2009/2011).Reč je o posteru koji je na suptilan način obeležio početak poslednje ekonomske krize u Evropi 2008. godine i aktiviranja pokreta radnika umetnika u Estoniji u to vreme. Na ovoj izložbi, slogan se simbolično odnosi na recidiv, odnosno ponavljanje borbi za prava radnika tokom ključnih trenutaka naših vremena.

Dela predstavljena na izložbi nas pozivaju da se aktivno uključimo u naraciju naših kolektivnih prošlosti i individualnih težnji.

U poslednjoj nedelji trajanja izložbe I Don't Eat Flowers,  Hestia organizuje treći ciklus javnih vođenja kroz izložbe pod nazivom The Godfathers (Kumovi). Ovoga puta je to bila voditeljka Ivon Jafali, koja je vodila kroz izložbu.

Fotograf: Nemanja Knežević

I DON'T EAT FLOWERS

An exhibition of Daniel García Andújar and Marge Monko

I Don’t Eat Flowers was the exhibition in Hestia Gallery in Belgrade during summer of 2022, that brought together the practices of Spanish artist and activist Daniel García Andújar and Estonian artist Marge Monko.

The works of the two artists were presented together for the first time, who originally come from different cultural contexts. The exhibition contemplates the topics of social and political circumstances of labour: continuous working-class struggles, the value and precariousness of artists’ work, and the emancipation of women.

The show borrows its title from Marge Monko’s artwork I Don’t Eat Flowers (2009/2011). It is a poster piece which subtly marked the start of the last economic crisis in Europe in 2008 and the activation of the art workers’ movement in Estonia at that time. In the current exhibition, the slogan refers symbolically to the recurrence and repetition of labour struggles throughout the critical periods of our times.

In the last week of the exhibition I Don't Eat Flowers, Hestia organizes the third cycle of public tours through the exhibitions under the name The Godfathers. This time the godmother was TV presenter Ivon Jafali, who led visitors through the exhibition.