Strega - Johanne Lykke Holm feminism the Los Angeles County Museum

the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

associations between aliments and idiosyncratic thoughts—”At least one can turn pain to color” accompanies the recipe for gazpacho

romance and drama crackle in every hearth

All projects are presented alongside texts

Strega - Johanne Lykke Holm feminism the Los Angeles County MuseumPowerfully inventive and atmospheric, Strega is a modern gothic story of nine young women on the cusp of inheriting societys submission to violence, and the age long myths that uphold it. With little boxes of liquorice, hairbands, and notebooks in her bag, Rafa arrives at the remote Alpine town of Strega to work at the grand Olympic Hotel. There, she and eight other girls receive the stiff uniforms of seasonal workers and are taught to iron, cook, and