Daniel Spoerri's Picture-Traps and Gastronomic Art Philosophy

Daniel Spoerri, originally named Daniel Feinstein, was born on March 27, 1930, in Galati, Romania. His first 'tableau-piège,' titled The Resting Place of the Delbeck Family, was created in 1960. Influenced by his father's execution by Nazis and the family's flight to Switzerland in 1942, Spoerri's work often explores themes of territory and impermanence. He began his artistic journey in 1954 at the Bern Municipal Theatre, directing plays by Ionesco and Beckett, and founded MAT Editions in Paris in 1959. Spoerri signed the Nouveau Realisme manifesto on October 27, 1960, participated in the Dylaby installation in 1962, and held the 'Grocery Store' exhibition in Copenhagen on September 28, 1961. He opened a restaurant in Düsseldorf on June 17, 1968, and launched his Sentimental Museums in 1989. His book, An Anecdoted Topography of Chance, was published in 1962.