LESLIE
RAYMONDdoes
not use recipes. All of her efforts are experiments. She approaches a selection
of disparate ingredients with the spirit of a pioneer and an inventor. She
is an artist without limitations of medium. Those extracategorical spaces
are her territory, bringing together material and data--and often other
artists--from far reaches and allowing a culture of relationships to grow.
She creates art this way, and she generates grand spectacles this way. Leslie
Raymond is, herself, one of these experiments, with a line of Russian Jewish
heritage in one direction, and Chinese Taoist off in another. Her father
is an architect; her mother is a potter. Where these strands come together
is where Leslie Raymond begins, experimenting with process, texture, taste,
and presentation.
In addition to her professional artwork, Leslie Raymond teaches classes in new genres at the School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan, and works part-time in the Ann Arbor People's Food Co-op kitchen.
radiometer diorama to be installed at Sweetwaters Cafe
