Originally conceived in 1992 and revisited for today, this work isn’t just a visual pun—it’s a feminist meditation on fragility, decay, and the unsustainability of patriarchal power. The eggplants will perish and be replaced, mirroring the installation’s themes of transformation and resistance.
The gallery has now added visible signage asking visitors to resist the urge to touch—but many continue to be drawn in, “as though these were some alien life form.
What does this say about our relationship to art?
That we can’t help but connect physically—and maybe that’s precisely the point.
