Few things are more satisfying to the eye than a table set before being taken by storm. When everything is arranged in its proper place: forks on the left, knife on the right, and spoon in the center a few inches above the plate. Between one centerpiece and another, the hors d’oeuvres are laid out to perfection, the canapés are arranged in single file, the toppings are destined to remain untouched and the bread baskets are arranged like floral bouquets. It’s these details that Tables Tables Tables focuses on, the serial profile dedicated to all that’s beautiful about a dining table. 

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There is a comforting familial warmth in the illustrations of Chang Chih, a Taiwanese-born artist who grew up with a mother who was passionate about cooking.
Food is indeed the central theme of the scenes of everyday life depicted by Chih, who became passionate about illustration during her studies in graphic design and early work as a fashion designer. The subjects portrayed are those that can be found in many kitchen cupboards, which in many cases have been handed down over the years and tell a family history and the culinary traditions of those who use them to contain or prepare homemade recipes.

The ladles, wicker chairs, and toys in the childhood bedroom that have remained in the same position as they were then tell of the traditions of an entire people, as do the recipes for vegetable soups, glasses of milk, or bread still warm in the pan.
In an interview with Creative Boom, Chang Chih recounts his illustrations and explains how he wants to “encourage [the audience] to live well and eat well, enjoy life and enjoy living every day, and treat everything warmly. It’s this sentiment that is the concept of my illustrations.“
The environments of homes certainly help the illustrator convey this sense of warmth. There are dishes that always give the impression of still being warm, and the materials are those that are warmed by human presence such as wood and fabrics, used to define rooms but also as scene decoration.

The fabrics of our clothing define the identity of the wearer. According to the artist Shawn Huckins, covering oneself means showing oneself to the world and at the same time hiding, in some cases protecting oneself, from the heat, cold and rain, but above all from the gaze of those around us.
The textures, as well as the patterns that we choose to wear, whether houndstooth, Paisley or Prince of Wales, define our mood and our identity, and that is why the artist based in South Hampshire has chosen to reinterpret the American painting tradition starting from the link between fabric and identity.

“Dirty Laundry” is a series of works inspired by 18th and 19th century American portraiture, with the faces of the subjects portrayed in oil being covered by piles of fabrics, rolled or lowered over the heads of the subjects.
The choice to represent cottons and silks in a disorderly way is not only a way to enhance the plasticity of the folds but rather a means to make the theme of the private dimension even more central. The hidden subjects, of whom we only see some details of the face or the gestures of the hands, appear mysterious, somehow protected in their interiority, even though they appear to the world as full of colors, which in some way do not represent them but protect them from our gaze.
Shawn Huckins is questioning himself on the meaning of tradition, on the identity of the American people and not only, on that still undefined bond we have with material objects.

Among the artistic institutions that are committed to the requalification of the urban landscape of Milan there is certainly MUDEC, the Museum of Cultures, which on Monday May 9th presented the first of a series of auteur murals that will be realized annually in Milan.
The first neighborhood involved in this project is Corvetto, in particular Piazza Angilberto II, where the Dutch artist Zedz created a work inspired by Piet Mondrian.
The title of the wall is “La Tradizione” and represents the natural extension of the exhibition PIET “MONDRIAN – Dalla Figurazione all’Astrazione”, set up at Mudec and recently concluded.

Zedz is an artist who combines writing, architecture, graphic design, animation and wall painting. In his intervention in Milan, thanks to this work, he creates a moment of reflection on public art in the city, which is not just a trend but a way to rethink the spaces in which we live and the meaning of art, which goes beyond the physical boundaries of museums to become a point of reference for areas traditionally less considered by the museum circuit of the city.
“La Tradizione” is a superimposition of geometric planes of different colors and textures, recovering the elements that have made Piet Mondrian’s art famous to the general public. Yellow, red, green and blue are combined to create an abstract surface in a popular neighborhood such as Corvetto. Mudec’s is an anthropological research that starts from art to read the landscape, a mission carried out over the years also through the dialogue with the artists themselves. On Monday, in fact, Zedz himself will be a guest of Mudec to talk about his work, on the occasion of an event open to the public.