Food Show 3

Rafael Delacruz, Satoru Eguchi, Barbara Ess, Wineke Gartz, Dan Graham, Erika Landström, Satomi Mastuzaki, Quintessa Matranga, Laura Medellin, Mieko Meguro, Yuki Okumura, Trevor Shimizu, Michael Smith, Christopher Williams

One bite of Madeleine took you back to all the memories of Proust’s life; I understood this sensation.

It is not easy for me to eat raw tomatoes because of my memories of my mother and her mother. My mother’s family were farmers; they grew vegetables. One summer my mother and her mother went out to their land to pick some tomatoes as souvenirs. The two ladies were so happy and innocent; chatting, laughing and picking tomatoes. I was a little girl, and following them, I observed them with affection. This summer was the last summer when they were happy. After then, my grandmother’s health declined. When I eat salad, the smell of the tomato still brings me back to the time on the farm. For this reason, it is not easy for me to eat a fresh tomato, but I still love tomatoes.

Food gives us pleasure and memories. I still eat food every day.

—Mieko Meguro, April 2019