{"product_id":"black-women-off-duty-save-yourself-copy","title":"Avocado no. 1 (Bodega Foods Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e2020–2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION: Part still life and part cultural portrait, Avocado no. 1\u003cbr\u003etransforms an everyday bodega fruit into an object of reverence.\u003cbr\u003eSuspended against a luminous monochromatic ground, the avocado\u003cbr\u003ebecomes symbolic of nourishment, inheritance, and abundance.\u003cbr\u003eThe Bodega Foods Series draws from the artist’s childhood memories\u003cbr\u003egrowing up between Brooklyn and Harlem, where neighborhood bodegas\u003cbr\u003efunctioned as spaces of community, survival, and cultural continuity. Loose\u003cbr\u003echange exchanged for plátanos, yuca, quenepas, and quarter waters\u003cbr\u003ebecame rituals of belonging and care. In these works, foods tied to\u003cbr\u003ediasporic memory are elevated through scale, color, and intimate attention.\u003cbr\u003eHand-finished with layers of resin, organza, chiffon, thread, varnish, and\u003cbr\u003epaint pigments, the work becomes tactile and luminous, echoing\u003cbr\u003edevotional objects and family altars. Split open to reveal both fullness and\u003cbr\u003eabsence, the avocado reflects themes of interiority, offering, and\u003cbr\u003etransformation. The work asks viewers to slow down and encounter food\u003cbr\u003enot simply as commodity, but as archive, memory, and living connection to\u003cbr\u003ehome.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44092608151595,"sku":null,"price":2750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/1817\/6043\/files\/BODEGAFOODS_Avacado.jpg?v=1779296517","url":"https:\/\/scout.artscape.org\/products\/black-women-off-duty-save-yourself-copy","provider":"SCOUT Art Fair","version":"1.0","type":"link"}