Chiostro del Bramante · Centro Storico
FOOD. Il gusto nell'arte
Curated by Suzanne Landau: 190 works from the 16th century to today on food as memory, language and art form, including Bompas & Parr's Pasta Shell Grotto and Yinka Shonibare.
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One of the 190 works is Duchamp's urinal with a wedge cut out of it, and inside the gap are the layers of a cake. Claire Fontaine titled it Is it cake? Nearby, Marina Abramović eats on camera in The Onion, and Sophie Calle ties meals to colour in Le régime chromatique.
The show runs from the 16th century to today in six chapters, from food crossing the world to food and memory. Bartolomeo Bimbi's large Baroque still lifes face Sam Taylor-Johnson's video of fruit rotting at speed. You can walk into two of the pieces: Simone Post's Sweet Memories and a Pasta Shell Grotto that Bompas & Parr made for this show.
It's a wide survey, with more than 60 artists, designers, writers and filmmakers. Tickets are €19, €15 for ages 14 to 18 and €10 for ages 5 to 13, and under-5s go free. It's open until 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, with last entry an hour before closing.
Look for
Claire Fontaine, Is it cake?
Look for Duchamp's urinal recast as a sculpture with a slice missing, and the layers of a cake showing in the cut.
Sigalit Landau, DeadSea
The artist's body floats at the centre of a spiral of watermelons in the waters of the Dead Sea.
Mat Collishaw, Last Meal on Death Row
Condemned prisoners' final meals, reconstructed and lit like Flemish still-life paintings.
Sam Taylor-Johnson, Still Life
A video in which fruit decomposes in fast motion.
Superflex, Flooded McDonald's
A fast-food restaurant that slowly fills with water until it is submerged.
Good for
- Evening Visits
- Small Kids
Skip if
You're bringing a baby in a pushchair: buggies aren't allowed in the exhibition rooms.
With kids
From 1 November, Sunday workshops at 10:30 for ages 4 to 10 (€15 with entry, €19 for an accompanying adult) end with a free roam of the show. Pushchairs must be left by the ticket office.
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Image credits
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- L'archivio racconta. Memorie di famiglia nei documenti della persecuzione antiebraicaCourtesy of Museo di Roma (Palazzo Braschi)
- Keith HaringCourtesy of Museo di Roma (Palazzo Braschi)
- Cambellotti. Tutto diventa formaWork by Duilio Cambellotti; photo Sailko / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chiostro del BramanteSailko, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museo di Roma (Palazzo Braschi)Kaga tau / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- PantheonRoberta Dragan, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Castel Sant'Angelo - Museo NazionaleJean-Pol GRANDMONT / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0