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Restaurant Spoerri : Tableau piège
1972
Daniel Spoerri
Mixed media
70 x 70 x 25 cm
In 1960, Daniel Spoerri created his first snare pictures by affixing everyday objects to supports. He then began collecting meals at the J Gallery. In 1968, he opened the Spoerri Restaurant in Düsseldorf, serving food prepared by himself, followed by an Eat-Art Gallery where he invited clients and artists to create edible works. In "Restaurant Spoerri. Tableau-Piège", the remnants of a meal, an empty bottle, and a book are affixed to the panel. Spoerri does not alter the objects or their arrangement; he simply moves them from a horizontal plane to a vertical one, provoking a new perspective in the viewer.
Daniel Spoerri
Swiss
Born in 1930
Born in 1930 in Galati, Romania
Died in 2024 in Vienna, Austria
Died in 2024 in Vienna, Austria
A refugee in Switzerland since 1942, Daniel Spoerri was a ballet dancer before dedicating himself to theater and poetry. A major figure of Nouveau Réalisme and the inventor of Eat-Art, an artistic movement integrating food into artworks, Spoerri is famous for his “snare pictures” and unexpected assemblages, capturing fleeting moments of everyday life.
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