ABSTRACT
The entire material and built culture of the ancien régime—works of art and craftsmanship, even the city itself—were symbols and reminders of a reviled royal and theocratic power structure. Grégoire’s project was to develop a conceptual structure in which things might be weighed and balanced, their culpability measured against their “beauty.” The artist Zoe Leonard retreated to Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1992. Mourning the recent death from AIDS of her friend David Wojnarowicz, and so many others, she began to sew up and embellish the empty skins of just-eaten fruits. At first it was a way to think about and remember David, but eventually the practice incorporated all kinds of loss—of friendship, shared purpose, certainty. Slices of orange peels are stitched together with red and green string, A label on the peel states the brand of the fruit.Zoe Leonard. Photo: Graydon Wood.
