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“Crafting a Perfect Dinner Party with Decorative Diplomacy,” (A Locke Rozene Project) represents dinner settings created around Lady
Laura Bush's dinner party menus for six past heads of state's visits to the White House. The place settings are a response to the
imaginative visual reconstruction of the food served at these events. Additionally Locke and Rozene are looking at the historical objects
held in the White House Collection. Rozene has pulled out ornament that she found appealing, which works with the surface and has
powerful historical content. Locke has created the setting for the dinnerware. It is displayed in consumerist fashion on the walls as if in
a department store. Cut paper, referencing current trends in department store displays is installed in the space along with an empty
table, except for the menus. No chairs are present. The shelves have prices demonstrating the wealth or deficit of the visiting head of
state’s country. Laura’s menus (image on the menu is of the State Dinning Room), placed on the empty table, contrast the overly
ornamented patterns and embellishments derived from objects in the White House and popular culture in America.
Laura Bush's dinner party menus for six past heads of state's visits to the White House. The place settings are a response to the
imaginative visual reconstruction of the food served at these events. Additionally Locke and Rozene are looking at the historical objects
held in the White House Collection. Rozene has pulled out ornament that she found appealing, which works with the surface and has
powerful historical content. Locke has created the setting for the dinnerware. It is displayed in consumerist fashion on the walls as if in
a department store. Cut paper, referencing current trends in department store displays is installed in the space along with an empty
table, except for the menus. No chairs are present. The shelves have prices demonstrating the wealth or deficit of the visiting head of
state’s country. Laura’s menus (image on the menu is of the State Dinning Room), placed on the empty table, contrast the overly
ornamented patterns and embellishments derived from objects in the White House and popular culture in America.
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