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TITEL FOR THE EYES FOOD Subheadline The Story of Food in Photography 08/06/– 07/09/2019 Food for the Eyes . The Story of Food in Photography . 08 June–07 September 2019 C/O Berlin Foundation . Hardenbergstrasse 22–24 . 10623 Berlin Tel +49.30.284 44 16-0 . Fax +49.30.284 44 16-19 . info@co-berlin.org . www.co-berlin.org
PRESS RELEASE
Berlin, 16 April 2019
FOOD FOR THE EYES
The Story of Food in Photography
C/O Berlin will be presenting the exhibition Food for the Eyes . The Story of
Food in Photography from 08 June to 07 September 2019. The opening will
take place on Friday, 07 June 2019, at 7:00 p.m. at C/O Berlin in the
Amerika Haus at Hardenbergstrasse 22–24, 10623 Berlin.
Food for the Eyes at C/O Berlin presents the varied history of food in photography.
The exhibition includes Swiss artist duo Fischli and Weiss’s legendary Sausage
Series, showing hot dogs, German sausages, parsley, and pickles arranged as
props in a grotesquely absurd scene; fashion photographer Irving Penn’s similarly
iconic frozen fruit and vegetable sculptures and his numerous artful still lifes; and
British Magnum photographer Martin Parr’s images of bright fairy cakes, tea, and
beans on toast, all instantly recognizable as typically “British.” The show also
presents works by Cindy Sherman and Martha Rosler that disrupt the traditionally
domestic role of the woman in the kitchen.
Like the air we breathe or the water we drink, food is necessary for our survival. It
awakens our senses and is part of private and public life in equal measure. Food
and shared meals also play an important role in our rituals, religions, and festivals.
Our beliefs, desires, and fantasies are reflected in what we choose to eat. Because
food is part of our everyday life, it was and is a frequently depicted subject. And, like
food itself, food photography can raise fundamental questions about a wide variety
of societal themes: family, tradition, home life, wealth, poverty, gender, race, dis-
gust, satisfaction, and consumption.
With works from fine art, fashion photography, journalistic stories, and advertise-
ments, the exhibition offers a comprehensive overview of the depiction of food in
photography through three themes. Still Life explores one of the most firmly estab-
lished artistic traditions and asks the questions: How have photographers reinter-
preted and subverted what was originally a genre of painting? What has changed—
which new forms have developed over the course of time? Around the Table
examines the ritual and sense of community that forms when food is shared, as well
as the values and cultural identity they reflect. Playing with Food explores how the
playful use of food can present new meanings and call us to both question and
laugh at society’s traditions.
Food for the Eyes . The Story of Food in Photography brings together a number of
well-known artists, including Nobuyoshi Araki, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Nan
Goldin, Rinko Kawauchi, Laura Letinsky, Martin Parr, Irving Penn, Martha Rosler,
Cindy Sherman, Stephen Shore, and Wolfgang Tillmans. Curated by Susan Bright
and Denise Wolff the exhibition is organized by Aperture Foundation, New York, in
collaboration with C/O Berlin.
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Tel +49.30.284 44 16-0 . Fax +49.30.284 44 16-19 . info@co-berlin.org . www.co-berlin.org
PRESS RELEASE
Berlin, 16 April 2019
Food for the Eyes
The Story of Food in Photography
Exhibition 08 June–07 September 2019
Press Tour 07 June 2019 . 11:00 a.m.
Opening 07 June 2019 . 07:00 p.m.
Opening Hours daily . 11:00 a.m.–08:00 p.m.
Admission 10 euros . reduced 6 euros
Organizer C/O Berlin Foundation
Amerika Haus . Hardenbergstrasse 22–24 . 10623 Berlin
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The Story of Food in Photography
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01 Martin Parr, New Brighton, England, 1983–85, Archival Pigment Print © Martin
Parr/Magnum Photos 02 Daniel Gordon, Pineapple and Shadow, 2011, Archival Pig-
ment Print © Daniel Gordon . Courtesy the artist and James Fuentes Gallery, New
York 03 Ouka Leele, Peluquería, 1979, C-Print © Ouka Leele 04 Joseph Maida
#fish #donut #divers #thingsarequeer, December 1 2015 . Courtesy the artist
05 Martin Parr, Weston-Super-Mare, England, 1998, Archival Pigment Print © Martin
Parr/Magnum Photos 06 Cindy Sherman, Untitled #175, 1987, Chromogenic
Color Print . Courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures, New York 07 + 08 Nobuyoshi
Araki, The Banquet, 1993, RP-Pro Crystal Print © Nobuyoshi Araki, Courtesy Taka
Ishii Gallery, Tokyo 09 Martha Rosler, Semiotics of the Kitchen, 1975, Video (black
and white, sound) . Courtesy the artist and Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York
10 Irving Penn, Frozen Foods, New York, 1977, Dye-Transfer Print, Private Collection,
San Francisco © The Irving Penn Foundation, New York 11 Peter Fischli and David
Weiss, Fashion Show, 1979; from Wurst Series (Sausage Series) © Peter Fischli and
David Weiss, Zurich 2018 . Courtesy Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Matthew Marks Gallery,
New York and Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich 12 Jo Ann Callis, Black Table Cloth,
1979, Archival Pigment Print © Jo Ann Callis . Courtesy the artist and Rose Gallery,
Santa Monica, California 13 Peter Fischli and David Weiss, At the Carpet Shop,
1979; from Wurst Series (Sausage Series) © Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Zurich
2018 . Courtesy Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York and Gale-
rie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich 14 Wolfgang Tillmans, summer still-life, 1995 © Wolf-
gang Tillmans . Courtesy Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne, Maureen Paley, London
and David Zwirner, New York 15 Weegee, [Phillip J. Stazzone is on WPA and enjoys
his favorite food as he’s heard that the Army doesn’t go in very strong for serving
spaghetti.], 1940, Gelatin-Silver Print © Weegee/International Center of Photography
. Courtesy Ira and Suzanne Richer 16 Stephen Shore, Trail’s End Restaurant, Kanab,
Utah, August 10, 1973, C-Print . Courtesy the artist and 303 Gallery, New York 17
Rinko Kawauchi Untitled, 2004; from the series AILA, C-Print . Courtesy the artist 18
Robert Cumming, Watermelon/Bread, 1970, Archival Pigment Print . Courtesy the
artist 19 Hank Willis Thomas, The Mandingo of Sandwiches, 1977/2007; from the se-
ries: Unbranded: Reflections in Black by Corporate America, Lambda Print . Cour-
tesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York 20 Photographer unknown,
Weight Watchers Recipe Cards, 1974
A selection of max. four images may be used free of charge at one time, three
months before beginning and until the end of the exhibition in the context of editorial
reporting only. They must not be used for commercial purposes or shared with third
parties. They may not be modified, cropped, or printed over. Please always include
the correct copyright notices and retain the captions supplied with images. Publica-
tions must mention C/O Berlin, the artist, and the exhibition toured by Aperture
Foundation, New York.
High-resolution image files will be provided by the C/O Berlin press office upon
request. Contact Trang Vu Thuy . vuthuy@co-berlin.org . +49.30.284 44 16 41
Food for the Eyes . The Story of Food in Photography . 08 June–07 September 2019
C/O Berlin Foundation . Hardenbergstrasse 22–24 . 10623 Berlin
Tel +49.30.284 44 16-0 . Fax +49.30.284 44 16-19 . info@co-berlin.org . www.co-berlin.org
WALL TEXTS
Food for the Eyes
The Story of Food in Photography
08/06/–07/09/2019
INTRODUCTION
We are what we eat. Food both fuels and shapes our physical bodies from the in-
side, and acts as an outward expression of our pleasures and our principles. Eating
is one of the most mundane and carnal acts, yet it is also central to our rituals, religi-
ons, and celebrations. Food touches both public and private life. It can signify a life-
style or a nation, hope or despair, hunger or excess. Ultimately, food is not only
about literal taste, but also Taste with a capital T—both the way of life we aspire to
and the building blocks of culture itself.
And so, similarly, photographs of food are rarely just about food. They hold our lives
and time up to the light. As a subject that is commonly at hand, food has been and
continues to be widely depicted. Today, photographing your food has never been
more popular, and pictures of food—much like food itself—can raise deep-seated
questions around ideas of family, tradition, class, gender, race, health, pleasure,
and disgust.
Featuring photographs from across artistic and commercial practices, Food for the
Eyes covers this rich history through three dynamic themes, considering the genre
of still life, the communities that form around food, and food’s irresistible call to play
and humor. Photographs of food can express how we live and how we value oursel-
ves, and, at their very best, connect us to our dreams and desires.
STILL LIFE
Early photographers borrowed heavily from the enduring tradition of still life in pain-
ting. They included all the classical food and flowers, but broke new ground in the
genre by using photography’s ability to describe in the minutest of detail. They con-
centrated on the richness of objects, the things that make up our world—turning
what was visible into artifacts, and transforming them to resonate beyond mere
subject matter. Since then, photographers have updated and subverted how we
understand still life, and photographs of food have come to be some of the most ex-
citing in a genre that often lags behind other artistic movements. Today, fine-art
photography has returned to the still life with new vigor, with artists borrowing from
early commercial food photography as well. At the same time, contemporary cook-
books and magazines have shifted to illustrating with artful arrangements that don’t
necessarily aid the cook, but are thrilling still lifes in their own right.
/O Berlin Foundation . Amerika Haus . Hardenbergstrasse 22–24 . 10623 Berlin
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Tel +49.30.284 44 16-0 . Fax +49.30.284 44 16-19 . info@co-berlin.org . www.co-berlin.org
WALL TEXTS
Food for the Eyes
The Story of Food in Photography
08/06/– 07/09/2019
AROUND THE TABLE
Whether a daily meal or decadent feast, food brings people together and is part of
our sense of community and belonging. The tabletop, food counter, or picnic blan-
ket is as much a psychological space as a physical one, where human interactions
play out, where manners and taste are learned and performed. When photogra-
phed, these moments speak powerfully to identity—personal, familial, cultural, and
political. They run deep, tapping into the notions of good living, health, abundance,
and status so often deployed in advertising and propaganda. Such pictures can re-
flect the social values of their time and place. Here, photography is an important
marker of how food can represent who we are, and how we see ourselves and
others.
PLAYING WITH FOOD
As much as food symbolizes the most refined aspects of a culture, it is also prone to
riot, absurdity, and spoof. Food awakens all the senses; our experience relies not
only on the taste, but also on the way food looks, feels, smells, even sounds. The
sight of food alone can make us hungry or repulse us. The desire to sculpt, smash,
throw, or smear food can be irresistible. From farcical food fights to haute cuisine,
the range of playing with food is broad, at times funny and ironic, at others puzzling
or sharp. Through their clever staging of food, the photographs here can stand in for
physical desire, poke fun at tradition, or comment on issues such as body image or
domesticity. Such play presents foodstuffs anew, shifting meanings and connota-
tions to something altogether different and unexpected.
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EVENTS
Food for the Eyes
The Story of Food in Photography
08/06/–07/09/2019
Experience artistic and culinary pleasures in a unique way: C/O Berlin will be offe-
ring visitors singularly sensuous experiences and encounters around the subject
of food. A varied program of events around the exhibition Food for the Eyes . The
Story of Food in Photography such as performances and a lecture by world famous
eating designer Marije Vogel¬zang, a culinary summer cinema series in collaborati-
on with Delphi LUX part of Yorck Kinogruppe, followed by talks with Thomas
Struck, Ditte Isager and a pop up dinner with star chef Tim Raue or a wine tasting
in cooperation with Goldhahn and Sampson, all the way to cooking event with
artists from the exhibition such as Lorenzo Vitturi will be part of the show.
08/06/ + 13/07/ + 17/08/ + 07/09/2019 . 10:00 a.m.
Breakfast Club
Ticket 22 euros (incl. exhibition, tour & breakfast)
Available from 09:30 a.m. on the day of event or online (plus booking fee) and
at C/O Berlin . Tours start 10:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
(In German)
13/06/2019 . 07:00 p.m.
Vortrag . Is It Only Food When You Eat It?
By Marije Vogelzang . Eating Designerin
Ticket 10/6 euros (incl. exhibition)
Available online (plus booking fee) and at C/O Berlin
(In English)
15/06/ + 16/06/2019 . 12:00 noon—06:00 p.m.
Performance . Food Massage Salon . The trEATment
By Marije Vogelzang . Eating Designerin
Ticket 10/6 euros (incl. exhibition)
Available online (plus booking fee) and at C/O Berlin
(In English)
20/06/ + 18/07/ + 08/08/ + 29/08/2019 . 07:00 p.m. + 07:30 p.m.
After Work Tour & Drink
Ticket 17 euros (incl. exhibition)
Available online (plus booking fee) and at C/O Berlin
(In German)
28/06/2019 . 06:30 p.m.
Food for the Eyes . Summer Cinema
Screening Sideways . Comedy / Drama . USA . 2004 . 127 min.
Talk with Ann-Christin Bertrand . Curator . C/O Berlin Foundation and
Thomas Struck . Curator of the Berlinale Culinary of Cinema
Followed by a wine tasting
Ticket 39 euros (incl. aperitif, screening, talk, wine tasting, cheese & bread)
Available online (plus booking fee) and at C/O Berlin
(In German)
An event presented in collaboration with Goldhahn und Sampson and Delphi LUX
/O Berlin Foundation . Amerika Haus . Hardenbergstrasse 22–24 . 10623 Berlin
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Tel +49.30.284 44 16-0 . Fax +49.30.284 44 16-19 . info@co-berlin.org . www.co-berlin.org
EVENTS
Food for the Eyes
The Story of Food in Photography
08/06/– 07/09/2019
11/07/2019 . 06:00 p.m.—10:00 p.m.
Cooking with Artist
With Lorenzo Vitturi . Artist and
Ann-Christin Bertrand . Curator . C/O Berlin Foundation
Ticket 85 euros (incl. tour with Artist and Curator & Cooking Event)
Available online (plus booking fee) and at C/O Berlin
(In German)
An event presented in collaboration with Goldhahn und Sampson
30/07/2019 . 07:00 p.m.
Food for the Eyes . Summer Cinema
Screening Eat Drink Man Woman . Comedy / Drama . Taiwan . 1994 . 124 min.
Followed by a pop up dinner by star chef Tim Raue**
Ticket 95 euros (incl. exhibition, dinner & wine)
Available online (plus booking fee) and at C/O Berlin
(In German)
13/08/2019 . 06:30 p.m.
eat! Berlin Guest Performance
Sebastian Frank** . Restaurant Horváth, Marco Müller** . Restaurant Rutz . Max
Strohe* . Speiselokal Tulus Lotrek, Karina Appeldorn . Restaurant Steinplatz and
Bernhard Moser . eat! berlin
Ticket 149 euros (incl. tour, 4-course menu & wine)
Available: https://www.eat-berlin.de
(In German)
23/08/2019 . 06:30 p.m.
Food for the Eyes . Summer Cinema
Talk with Ditte Isager . Photographer NOMA and
Felix Hoffmann . Chief Curator . C/O Berlin Foundation
Accompanied by a tasting of natural wine selection
Ticket 39 euros (incl. aperitif, screening, talk, wine tasting, cheese & bread)
Available online (plus booking fee) and at C/O Berlin
(In English)
An event presented in collaboration with Goldhahn und Sampson and Delphi LUX
/O Berlin Foundation . Amerika Haus . Hardenbergstrasse 22–24 . 10623 Berlin
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Tel +49.30.284 44 16-0 . Fax +49.30.284 44 16-19 . info@co-berlin.org . www.co-berlin.orgEVENTS
Food for the Eyes
The Story of Food in Photography
08/06/– 07/09/2019
Food for the Eyes
The Story of Food in Photography
Exhibition 08 June–07 September 2019
Opening 07 June 2019 . 07:00 p.m.
Opening Hours daily . 11:00 a.m.–08:00 p.m.
Admission 10 euros . reduced 6 euros
Organizer C/O Berlin Foundation
Amerika Haus . Hardenbergstrasse 22–24
10623 Berlin
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