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Raphaël-Bachir Osman, Scarpetta n°2 et n°10, 2022, oil on canvas, 27 x 35 cm / 10,5 x 14 inches Courtesy DS GALERIE, Paris
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Luca Resta, MONUMENTS // MOZZARELLA DI SERIATE, 2023, Carrara white marble, pigments, ink, 47 x 30 x 15 cm / 18,5 x 12 x 6 inches
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Raphaël-Bachir Osman MF M0-5, 2022, oil on canvas, 18 x 10 cm / 7 x 4 inches Courtesy DS GALERIE, Paris
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Daniel Spoerri, "Faux" tableau piège "Angelus de Millet", 2007, Glued objects on table, 70 x 70 x 25 cm / 27,5 x 27,5 x 10 inches Private collection Firenze, Courtesy Tornabuoni Art, Paris
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Marlène Mocquet, Pomme fatale, 2020, glazed sandstone, gold and platinum luster, glass eye, brass chain, 18 x 13 x 17 cm / 7 x 5 x 6,5 inches Courtesy galerie EAST, Strasbourg
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Raphaël-Bachir Osman, MF M0 Black Chocolate, 2022, oil on canvas, 18 x 10 cm / 7 x 4 inches Courtesy DS GALERIE, Paris
Marlène Mocquet Pommes d'amour/Pommes fatales, 2020, glazed sandstone, gold and platinum luster, glass eye, brass chain, 18 x 13 x 17 cm / 7 x 5 x 6,5 inches Courtesy galerie EAST, Strasbourg
Luca Resta, MONUMENTS // MOZZARELLA DI SERIATE, 2023, Carrara white marble, pigments, ink, 47 x 30 x 15 cm / 18,5 x 12 x 6 inches
Raphaël-Bachir Osman, Lèche Vitrine, 2021, oil on canvas, 18,5 x 14 cm7,5 x 5,5 inches Courtesy DS GALERIE, Paris
Pavlos, Pain Bania, 1966, poster paper, 70 x 95 x 5 cm / 27,5 x 37,5 x 2 inches European private collection
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Nicolas Boulard Pain I (detail), 2021, poplar plywood, manual cutting, walnut stain, 240 cm x 120 cm / 94,5 x 47 inches
Claire Dantzer, On ne parle pas la bouche pleine, 2007, videeo, 4'32"
Nicolas Boulard, Camembert, 202, Bronze casting, 10,5 x 4,5 cm / 4 x 2 inches
Daniel Spoerri, "Faux" tableau piège "Angelus de Millet", 2007, Glued objects on table, 70 x 70 x 25 cm / 27,5 x 27,5 x 10 inches Private collection Firenze, Courtesy Tornabuoni Art, Paris
Paola Ciarska Sans titre (L'appetito vien mangiando #1 et #2), 2023 Gouache on board, 7 x 7 cm / 3 x 3 inches
Pauline D'Andigné, Bitter Sweet 5, 2021, digital photography, pearl inkjet paper print, 43,30 x 66,92 inches
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Aranthell, Nicolas Boulard, Paola CiarskaPauline D'Andigné, Claire Dantzer, Marlène MocquetRaphaël-Bachir Osman, PavlosLuca Resta, Daniel Spoerri
L'APPETITO VIEN MANGIANDO
11/05 - 08/07/2023
Opening Thursday 11/05, 6 pm - 9pm
Hunger, in its various forms, from the most vital needs to lustful greed, drives almost all human actions. In the fairytale Hansel and Gretel, hunger brings characters into peril; the starving children are lured by the witch's mouth-watering delicacies, each more tempting than the next, and the witch, in her eagerness to eat Hansel, is tricked by Gretel.
In gastronomy, as in the arts, appearances can be deceptive. The more beautiful the food, the more delicious it looks, the greater the chance that it is a staged presentation, designed to make us drool – often at the expense of its taste or nutritional value. A product, conceptually depicted, is appealing, even if it is mere subterfuge, however, when the food is unadorned, greasy, oozing, and bleeding, our reaction can easily swing from temptation to disgust.
The eating experience, whether enjoyable or not, is commonly shared at the social convention we call a meal. Eating, whether enjoyable or not, is often shared at the social convention known as the meal. Its more outrageous version, the feast – the timeless glorification of the astonishing abundance of the upper classes - is a recurring motif throughout art history. The rotting remains of a gathering, accompanied by colored plastic packaging, are perhaps artifacts of our society of overconsumption, the vanity of these contemporary still lifes.
This exhibition doesn’t aim to judge so much as welcome visitors into a synesthetic culinary experience. The art, whilst purely visual, seeks to induce carnal reactions to representations of food: a desire to touch, smell and taste. Each piece has the potential to arouse attraction, fascination or revulsion.