2014
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Title: “Caricature of A.Z.Abushady by Mohamed Fridon, 1928”
Date: 2014
Medium: Lithography on rag paper
Dimensions: 15 x 11 inches (unframed)
Edition of 25 + 5 A/P
Based on a 1928 caricature of Abushady by the Alexandrian Persian artist Mohamed Fridon, which was widely circulated in the 1920s-40s. Printed by Broderpress, NYC
Title: “Abushady’s Complete Specification, 1919”
Date: 2014
Medium: Lithography on rag paper
Dimensions: 15 x 11 inches (unframed)
Edition of 25 + 5 A/P
Based on a technical drawing from Abushady’s 1919 British patent for a removable aluminum honeycomb. Printed by Broderpress, NYC
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Piss and Vinegar
2014
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Created for FOODshed, curated by Amy Lipton at Smack Mellon, Brooklyn NY. It includes limited edition prints, home-brewed bottled red wine vinegar with label adaptation of Abushady’s letterhead, recipe box containing photographs that document Abushady’s apiary (ca.1920s) and Garnett’s vinegar-making process (ca.2013), an 10×8″ framed photograph of Zaky and Annie Abushady at The Apis Club ca. 1920. Dimensions variable.
Piss & Vinegar reflects on the cooperative spirit of Garnett’s grandparents, Egyptian poet and beekeeper Ahmed Zaky Abushady and his English wife Annie. The installation included bottles of Garnett’s homemade red wine vinegar and documentation of her fermentation process, an adaptation of Abushady’s Bee Kingdom logo, and photos of his apiaries in England and Egypt.
The Bee Kingdom 