Smart Museum of Art University of Chicago

Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art

The companion to the Smart Museum of Art's exhibition of the same name, this book explores the role of the meal in contemporary art.

Part exhibition catalogue, part critical reader, this richly illustrated book offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the art of the meal and its relationship to questions about hospitality, politics, and culture. From the Italian Futurists’ banquets in the 1930s, to conceptual and performative work in the 1960s and 70s, to the global prevalence of socially engaged practices today, Feast considers a diverse group of artists who have transformed the meal into a compelling artistic medium.

After an introductory essay by curator Stephanie Smith, the book includes new interviews with over twenty contributing artists and reprinted excerpts of classic texts. It also features a selection of contextual essays contributed by an international group of critics, writers, curators, and scholars.

Edited by Stephanie Smith with essays and other contributions by Irina Aristarkhova, Geoff Emberling, Charles Esche, Hannah B. Higgins, Anthony Huberman, Carolyn Korsmeyer, Abigail Satinsky, Stephanie Snyder, David Teh, Jacqueline Terrassa, Jan Verwoert, and Lori Waxman.

$45.00
400 pages, 8 x 11.75", color, paperback
ISBN: 9780935573527
Available Spring 2013