Daniel Spoerri (1930) took part in the Nouveau Réalisme movement in the 1960s. Formalized by critic Pierre Restany, this artistic movement brought together artists such as Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely and Arman, who worked on “new perceptive approaches to reality,” through the reuse of everyday objects and materials. In Daniel Spoerri’s work, objects are carriers of stories, receptacles of gestures and revealers of habits. Food has interested him since his first exhibition at Galerie J in 1963, entitled “723 ustensiles de cuisine.” Chef Daniel offered a catering service, at the end of which the tables used for the meals were transformed by the artist into tableaux-pièges and hung on the gallery walls. In 1968 and 1971, Daniel Spoerri opened the Restaurant Spoerri and the Eat Art Gallery in Düsseldorf. His mode of artistic expression was based on the concomitant work of the kitchen, its presentation and the meal as a cultural and sociological moment.
On June 25, 2024, MacLYON will present a reactivation of his work Un coup de dés n'abolira jamais le hasard, providing an opportunity to experiment with culinary material during a dinner-performance. Created in 1980 at the Festival Eat Art Attrape Tripes in Châlon-sur-Saône, the dinner begins with a throw of the dice to decide who will be part of the rich or the poor group. The two groups are then invited to taste two different menus, in a face-off that reveals the sociological realities inherent in the ritual of eating. The social and gustatory experiment will be led by Michelin-starred chef Jérémy Galvan.
The diner Un coup de dés n'abolira jamais le hasard has been shown several times in museums in France and abroad. Its protocol was recently acquired by the Centre national des arts plastiques, along with seven other dinner-performance protocols.
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Registration required. Event subject to charge. Places are limited.
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Entrance from 7pm to 8pm. Access via the Museum's main entrance, on the inner street side (in front of the cinema).
