Gather invites you to appreciate the labour, skill, and quiet beauty embeddedin everyday kitchen tools. Using the simplest of materials as mediums—Tonia DiRisio reimagines functional objects as art, capturing the essence of time,place, and ritual in the kitchen. Bold lines, tracings, and playful colourstransform traditional utensils, encouraging you to see them anew.
Di Risio’s latest offering combines the memory of shared meals, alifelong respect for the work of the kitchen, and the silent dialogue betweenobjects and their users. As much as food is a social ritual, so is the act ofcooking—preparing, sharing, and passing down knowledge. This installation mixesDi Risio’s choice of traditional objects, and ideas in an artful exchange ofcreativity and tradition. Gather is perhaps not a statement but ratheran invitation to slow down and reflect on the elements of engagement that shapea shared experience in preparing and enjoying meals. These traditions shape ourlives—simple yet powerful, much like the objects themselves.
An exhibition essay by artist Claire Tallarico accompanies this exhibition.
