Daniel Spoerri: «Wenn alle Künste untergehn…»

The Bündner Kunstmuseum celebrates its anniversary: 125 years ago, the Bündner Kunstverein was founded, laying the foundation of our institution. The anniversary programme concludes with the annual exhibition of Graubünden artists on the theme of "à table".
To mark the occasion, the Graubünden Art Museum is dedicating a memorial exhibition to Daniel Spoerri, the pioneer of Eat Art, who spent his life dealing with all forms of cuisine and the banquet. Without him, much in art would not have been possible in this context. With his death a year ago, the art world has lost an important artist and mediator. Daniel Spoerri was a founding member of the group Nouveaux Réalistes in 1960, which includes Yves Klein, Arman, César, Tinguely and Niki de Saint-Phalle. In the same year, he created his first "trap paintings", to which Spoerri owes his international fame. With the opening of the restaurant of Galerie J in Paris, his deep interest in the culinary art manifested itself for the first time. In 1968, he opened the Spoerri restaurant in Düsseldorf, which became a meeting place for the international art scene. In 1970, the artist set up an Eat-Art Gallery above the restaurant. The exhibition brings together representative works by Daniel Spoerri as well as films and numerous documents that manifest the specific artistic interest.