The Kitchen

The Kitchen, Homage To Saint Therese consists mainly of portraits, some of which reference Caravaggio and Zurbarán paintings, shot by Italian photographer Marco Anelli. In them, the so-called «grandmother of performance art» can be seen cooking, meditating and levitating (thanks to a pulley system) in the former orphanage kitchens of La Laboral, a sprawling arts complex in Gijón, Spain. The writings of Saint Therese of Ávila – a 16th century nun who was said to have levitated in church and once – to her annoyance – in her kitchen while making soup – inspired the work. Her difficult childhood in Serbia also went into the mix.