Lexikon der Lebensmittel als Kunstmaterial

The front cover of the German book Lexikon der Lebensmittel als Kunstmaterial, which translates to Encyclopedia of Food as Art Material. The cover features a dark chocolate sculpture of Santa Claus, whose pointed hat has been replaced with a shape resembling a butt plug. The book has a bright green spine and is set against a plain white background.

A book titled Lexikon der Lebensmittel als Kunstmaterial, shown at an angle on a white background. The white cover features a provocative, glossy brown sculpture of a garden gnome with a phallic shape and a flared base. The spine is bright green.

A studio shot of the back of a book with a bright lime-green cover against a white background. The cover features a photograph of a glossy, dark chocolate sculpture of a gnome-like figure holding a tall, conical object. Below the photograph is a block of German text, a barcode, and an ISBN.

An open art book is displayed against a white background. The left page shows a photograph of a white paper bag with donuts inside against a black backdrop. The right page shows a photograph of a large, complex art installation in a gallery, featuring machinery and piles of orange, donut-shaped objects.

A top-down view of an open art book. The left page shows German text and a small photo of a red sculpture made of circles. The right page is a full-page close-up, revealing the sculpture is made of a dense texture of red and white gummy candy vampire teeth.

An open book laid flat on a white surface, displaying a two-page spread. The left page features a photograph of a woman in a silver dress and elaborate leg prosthetics, sitting on a high stool in a room next to a large pile of potatoes. The right page shows a photocopied sheet with the lyrics to the song Climb Ev'ry Mountain. Captions below both images identify them as artworks by Matthew Barney and Robert Gober respectively.

Lexikon der Lebensmittel als Kunstmaterial

Von Apfel bis Zucker

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Author: Sabiene Autsch, Sven Beckstette , Gesine Betz , Carolin Bohlmann , Vivian Braga dos Santos , Isabelle Busch , Elisa Carl , Dirk Dobke , Uwe Fleckner , Hanna Hölling , Yih-Fen Hua , Ann-Kathrin Hubrich , Ina Jessen , Barbara Lange , Angela Matyssek , Barbara Oettl , Maja Ranke , Christian Sauer , Christian Scheidemann , Noemi Scherrer , Aika Schnacke , Lisa Schmidt , Hamida Sivac , Fabiana Senkpiel , Yuning Teng , Sandra Umathum , Nicolaj van der Meulen , Tobias Weilandt , Luise Baumgartner

Editor-in-chief: Ina Jessen, Fabiana Senkpiel

December 2024, 268 Pages, 67 Photos

Paperback

160mm x 210mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5732-4

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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With around forty entries, the Lexikon der Lebensmittel als Kunstmaterial offers an overview of the most important works of contemporary art in which real food is used artistically. The entries describe and analyse the diverse development of the use of food in art from the 20th century to the present day. Food is an organic material and changes its form, its "aggregate state" over the course of time. This presents artists, art theory and practice with challenges and at the same time opens up completely new approaches.