For 'A Painting for a Family Dinner' Alina and Jeff Bliumis were invited to dinner by 62 families to date - in return they received a painting. This publications tells a story of hospitality, exchange and artistic interaction, and invites us to take a fresh look at eating as a unifying practice. Text in English and German.
We associate food and drink with rituals, rules and traditions - they create community, but they can also be exclusive. How, where and with whom we eat says a lot about social structures.
For the ongoing project A Painting for a Family Dinner by Alina and Jeff Bliumis, the artist couple were invited to dinner by 62 families to date - in return they received a painting. A group photograph was taken afterwards. The resulting 'family portraits' tell a story of hospitality, exchange and artistic interaction, and invite us to take a fresh look at eating as a unifying practice.
Text in English and German.
The publication documents our journey: 62 host families, 62 FAMILY
PORTRAITS, 6 countries - Dortmund, Germany 2025, Tokyo, Japan 2022, Lecce,
Italy 2013, Beijing, China 2013, Bronx, NY, USA 2012, Bat Yam, Israel
2008.
FOREWORD by Regina Selter WHO REPRESENTS A CITY? by Christina Danick and
Michael Griff. OUR DIARY - short recounts of all dinners in chronological
order, photo documentation and family recipes collected along the way.
