'Secret
Society - a Last Supper'
an installation in the show 'Odyssey' curated by
Bo
Lee Gallery
at The Church of St Edmund The King, City of London
about the installation..
Secret Society – a Last Supper
Each new Secret Society venue suggests a particular style of feast. The chancel of St Edmund King & Martyr Church in the heart of the City of London, immediately inspired an all-female Last Supper, introducing a feminist perspective to this biblical event.
The style of food and drink in historical paintings of the Last Supper table are reflected in this contemporary version – flagons and flasks, fruit and fish alongside skulls and bones - traditional Biblical symbols of impending death –
and on the floor as in many Renaissance portrayals of the Last Supper,
a large basin and shoes, in this feminist version, high-heeled stilettos,
representing the washing of Christ’s feet.
Alluding to the church’s location in the heart of
the City of London, phones, calculators and computers – essential
instruments of the modern banker’s trade - rest among those other
crucial appendages to the city workers’ day – the shrink-wrapped
sandwich and take-away coffee cup.
Other
Secret Society Banquets:
'Secret
Society Sculptural Banquet' at Pitzhnager Manor,
London
'Secret Society - a Ballroom Banquet' at
the Hoburne Museum, Bath
Films
& reviews of the Secret Society
The Plaster Bust Collection