Reaching for Sustenance : A Body for Hunger and Desire, Too

The Bakery presented A Body for Hunger and Desire, Too this September. The group exhibition opened on September 12, 2024 and was on view until September 17, 2024 at The Supermarket on 638 North Highland Avenue Northeast.

The show, curated by MN Nunes, examined the ways we reach for sustenance in the face of authority’s systemic denial. Nunes explained, “A Body for Hunger and Desire, Too converses with the connections between hunger, satiation, urgency, authority, and desire, abstracted and examined in their alignment with and against liberation.” 

“For a lot of issues that happen globally, regionally, art can’t be an immediate solution to the problem. But artists have the opportunity and the responsibility to directly speak on and engage with the root issues that impact communities,” They said.

This show’s theme provided just that - a forum for artists to engage with Atlanta’s struggles through several years worth of devastating decisions and subsequent consequences. Attendees were given the option to make donations to support the exhibition’s mission, with 60% supporting Sol Underground and 40% benefiting The Bakery Atlanta. 

The exhibition showcased drawings, reliefs, installation, painting, sculpture, performance, and lens-based work. Featured artists included Autumn Nelson, Eve Brown, Faith Fidgeon, Fatou Bessem, Jamil Fatti, Katy Beltrán, Kiara Gilbert, Hannah Helton, Hiroko Kelly, and Stephanie Howard.

Nunes was bolstered by the artists and attendees engagement with the subject matter of the exhibition. “The artists were satisfied with the show and seemed to enjoy the experience of having their work engaged with - especially in the context of a theme so raw and honest.”