From the PTA, the High School, and the City of Del Mar

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© Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Repro: Werner Kaligofsky

Martha Rosler

From the PTA, the High School, and the City of Del Mar, 1977

Video performance, color, sound, 10 min Performers: Martha Rosler with her son Joshua

GF0002011.00.0-1999

Artwork text

A mother and child (Martha Rosler with her son Joshua) are sitting on a blanket on the ground. A male hand holding cans of food moves into the picture again and again, and the words are heard: From the PTA of the High School and the City of Del Mar. Each time, the woman and child read the writing on the can doubtfully, and in each case the man then wishes them a merry Christmas. Finally he extends a food ticket and wishes a very, very merry Christmas, to which the woman replies: “But we’re Jewish.” (Sabine Breitwieser)