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The exhibition was named after the infamous Kitchen Table that had hosted most of the 63 magazines published up until that point. The original kitchen table was hand-made by the landlord of this kitchen, using wood from his own forest from his countryside home. He described what was born under his roof as something that "could only have come to life in the conditions of a warm kitchen in a home." This is not the product of something from a lab or a think tank. This is the product of people coming together and finding shelter, masterfully expressing their sensitivity with legs under the same table. A collective exhale.
The table had a custom structure built around it using locally crafted bronze and sheer curtains, so that while the kitchen table was taken out of the safe space of the Via Maggio home, there was still a feeling of a safe energy field built up by those at the table.
The exhibition was also a showcase for the pigments 6 members of The Magazine Club collected in a sailing trip around the mediterranean. They climbed in ancient caves and abseiled off cliffs to find special tones of pigments carrying the magic energy of the island they were discovering. These pigments were refined and mixed with the Magazine Club binder to make paint carrying the intention the club wishes to convey.
The whole exhibition was expertly curated and powered by GnP creative studio by Georgia Forconi / Phoebe Wynonha. These two ladies know how to turn any space into an elegant, whimsical stage to facilitate connection through craftsmanship, beauty, fun and excellent taste.
“The Magazine Club is a group of artists, run by artists. While, at first glance, it seems counterintuitive, this actually allows us to make an artwork out of the structure of the company. The creativity that powers the artworks is therefore also employed in innovating the business structure itself.”
At The Kitchen Table
The Magazine Club had a monthlong exhibition in the heart of Florence at Spazio Sassetti, located in the 600 year old Palazzo Strozzino locally known as the "Odeon Cinema" building.
It was the first time the club opened their private creative sessions to the public. Visitors could join at the public kitchen table and apply to get featured in a special edition artist's book capturing the entire exhibit.
The weeks in the Palazzo saw many events unfold. Classes of Florence's finest fashion and design schools (such as Polimoda and IED) came by guided by their teachers, local press covered the event (such as The Florentine) and more than 100 visitors had the chance to be a Magazine Club player for the day, participating at the table set up to resemble the original.
See an excerpt of The Florentine article:
"It was the first time the magazine had opened their activities to the public with the exhibition titled At The Kitchen Table at Spazio Sassetti, and the team seized the opportunity to demonstrate their generative process. The space filled with light and creative energy proved deeply moving as paint, clay and flowers permeated the air. One table was draped in tulle, not unlike Lisa’s kitchen. The editorial style of the drawings had been hung up on two wires, like creative clothing. People were sitting on the windowsills or on the ground, intent on reading issues of the magazine. An entire wall was covered with the back-catalogue of The Magazine Club, proof of the solid bases of the publishing project and its constant artistic production."
- The Florentine, June 2024
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