As well as being essential for life, food has become a major part of our media diet too. The Masterchef franchise has gone global, there seems to be a never-ending supply of people for Gordon Ramsey to shout at, and baking is now deemed worthy of its own telly competition. Amateur foodie blogs are everywhere. Hell’s bells, there’s even a documentary series about a cupcake shop in Washington DC. Enough is enough, surely?
Apparently not. Audience appetites for all things food-related are seemingly insatiable, and for those who still have room for a little more, Today’s Specials is an exhibition that takes a satirical look at our obsession with comestibles of every kind. The group show at Pace London features installation, sculpture, and video works along with a strong photographic element – including an image which can only be described as a woman with a whole plucked chicken attached to her knickers. There’s even a sculptural homage to every Brit’s favourite climax to a good night out. Contributing photographers include Yto Barrada, Roe Ethridge, Elad Lassry, and Sarah Lucas, video comes from Song Dong, and there is collage work by Vik Muniz. Service on this visual banquet finishes 6 September.
Chicken Knickers, 1997
c – type print
42.5 cm x 42.5 cm (16-3/4″ x 16-3/4″)
© Sarah Lucas, courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London
Today’s Specials,
Pace, London, 6 Burlington Gardens
Installation Shot
Keith Coventry
Kebab Machine 2, 1998
Bronze
109 cm x 38 cm x 38 cm
Edition 1 of 3
© Keith Coventry, Courtesy Pace London
Elad Lassry,
Egg, 2010
C-print
35.6 cm x 27.9 cm (14″ x 11″)
Song Dong
Eating Landscape, 2005
DVD
total running time: 00:07:07
Edition 3 of 12
Edition of 12
© Song Dong
Gabriel Orozco,
Sandwich Steps, 2000
silver dye bleach print
31 cm x 47 cm (12-3/16″ x 18-1/2″) image,
40.5 cm x 50.8 cm (15-15/16″ x 20″) sheet
© Gabriel Orozco
Today’s Specials,
Pace, London, 6 Burlington Gardens
Installation Shot
Today’s Specials,
Pace, London, 6 Burlington Gardens
Installation Shot
Mat Collishaw
Last Meal on Death Row, Texas (Juan Soria), 2011
c-type photographic print Frame:
Red Grandis timber, rubbed back with black lacquer finish
89 cm x 64 cm (35-1/16″ x 25-3/16″) unframed,
118.2 cm x 93.3 cm x 8 cm (46-9/16″ x 36-3/4″ x 3-1/8″) framed
Edition 1 of 5
Edition of 5 + 1 AP
Image Courtesy of the Artist and Blain|Southern
Mona Hatoum,
Clouds (16), 2008
oil and ink on cardboard
16.5 cm x 23.5 cm (6-1/2″ x 9-1/4″)
PAINTING
© Mona Hatoum
Today’s Specials,
Pace, London, 6 Burlington Gardens
Installation Shot
Elad Lassry,
Red Snapper, 2010
C-print
27.9 cm x 35.6 cm (11″ x 14″)
