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Martha Rosler. "Semiotics of the Kitchen," 1975. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New Y ...
© Martha Rosler/Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York
Semiotics of the Kitchen
Martha Rosler. "Semiotics of the Kitchen," 1975. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New Y ...
Martha Rosler. "Semiotics of the Kitchen," 1975. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.

Semiotics of the Kitchen

by Martha Rosler
Artist (USA, född 1943)
Alternate Title
  • Kökets semiotik
Date1975
MediumVideo, b/w, sound
Dimensions6:09 min
Classification
Countries
Credit LineInköp 2005
Object NumberMOM/2005/40
CollectionsMaterialitet
The artwork is not on display
About the artwork Martha Rosler works with video, photography, installation and performance, often linking the commonplace to larger contexts. At a work top in an ordinary kitchen, the artist herself methodically presents various ordinary kitchen implements and demonstrates how they are used. Now and then, small shifts occur in the everyday scene, as when she makes violent, stabbing actions with a fork. The familiar semiotic system of kitchens suddenly takes on new meanings. Semiotics of the Kitchen was a ground-breaking work, with its ironic take on the contemporary “women’s role”, parodying the American TV chef Julia Child’s programme for home cooking. Towards the end, Rosler imitates the movie hero Zorro, by “cutting” the last letter of the alphabet, Z, in the air with a knife. Selected exhibition history Efterkrigstid till 1970-tal Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2010 - Konst som en idé om konsten (2010) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Konstnären (den 11 februari 2016 - den 4 september 2016) Nationalmuseum, Stockholm Konstnären (den 24 september 2016 - den 19 februari 2017) Moderna Museet Malmö The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Konstnären : [Moderna Museet Malmö 24/9 2016-19/2 2017]