RALF SCHMERBERG - Dirty Dishes
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Dirty Dishes
Published by Hatje Cantz, 2005
Book size 17.1 x 2.5 x 24.1 cm
Pages 216 pages
Hardcover
Ralf Schmerberg takes pictures of what's left of our dinners, barbecues and banquets from around the world. He shows empty plates, the witnesses to our food.
By looking at a simple plate, we let ourselves imagine the event that took place before, in which country and what types of guests were able to take part in the dinner. The reader can thus imagine the stories of the eaters from a few details, the only remains of a dish appealing to identity, cultural and societal references that we all have.
These images amuse us, fascinate us or disgust us. They call upon the capacity that we have to consume in a systematic way and in quantity - to very quickly fall into the overflow. These culinary visual overlays spread out repeatedly, not without humor, in sight of the reader, reproduce the frenetic rhythm of our cravings for consumption and put us in front of the generalized excessive gluttony that our societies know.
Is it a nod to these dishes that will inevitably end up coming out of our bodies? The cover with a slightly past pink is in any case strongly reminiscent of the color of toilet paper used to erase the last traces of our excesses.
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Berlin-based Ralf Schmerberg takes pictures of what remains of our dinners, barbecues and banquets around the world. He shows us plates, full or empty, that bear witness to our diet.
Looking at a simple plate, we let ourselves imagine the event that took place before, in which country and what types of guests could have taken part in the dinner. The reader can thus imagine the stories of the eaters from a few details, the remains alone of a dish calling upon identity, cultural and societal references that we all have.
These images amuse us, fascinate us or disgust us. They appeal to our capacity to consume systematically and in quantity - to very quickly tip over into excess. These visual culinary superpositions displayed repeatedly, not without humor, before the reader's eyes, reproduce the frenetic rhythm of our desires for consumption and confront us with the generalized excessive gluttony that our societies know.
Is this a nod to these dishes that will inevitably end up coming out of our bodies? The cover, which is a slightly faded pink, is in any case strongly reminiscent of the color of toilet paper used to erase the last traces of our excesses.