The Dom Museum Wien, which is part of the Archdiocese of Vienna and home to many cathedral treasures, is also known for combining historical riches with abstract, avant-garde and contemporary pieces from all over the world. For the upcoming ‘Mahlzeit’ exhibition, the museum states: “Eating and drinking are basic human needs, but the shared meal has always been about more than mere food intake.

Sensory pleasure and enjoyment, the foundation of communities, the representation of social status, and ritual acts are only a few aspects connected with meals. It is not surprising that art has always reacted to our ways of having a meal, to our chosen dishes and foods – by representing, analyzing, and abstracting, in both critical and ironic ways.”

With great pleasure I would like to announce that my portraits of small scale food producers (Made in Vietnam / Senegal / London / Bolivia) have been chosen as part of this group show, which will be on display for 11 months. When taking these images, I was paying tribute to people who are making a living from the 'fruits of their hands', as we often forget how labour intensive it is to handcraft the food we eat. In the western world particularly, the connection between food and nature seems to have been lost, and I wish to restore the relationship between consumers, and its actual source.

Opening event: Wednesday, 28. September 2022, 6pm

Venue: Dom Museum Wien, Stephansplatz 6, 1010 Vienna, Austria

If you are visiting Vienna within the coming year, please come on a journey through this exciting exhibition. Explore how artworks from the Middle Ages to the present illustrate the community-building elements of meals – in families, at public events, and in political and religious contexts of different cultures.

Exhibition opening times: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 10am - 6pm / Thursday 10am - 8pm / Closed on Mondays & Tuesdays