Swiss artist Daniel Spoerri, known for his artworks using leftover food with dirty cutlery and crockery, has passed away in Vienna at the age of 94. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Spoerri is considered the founder of the ‘Eat Art’ movement. The keen cook first asked guests to leave dirty cutlery and plates with leftovers at the end of a meal back in 1959. He immortalised the accidental arrangement with glue and hung it on the wall. This resulted in numerous works, known as 'snare pictures', which caused a furore at the time. The Breakfast of Kichka I was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. + Read how Spoerri blurred border between life and art In 1968, he opened a restaurant in Düsseldorf and also ran the Eat Art Gallery there, where he organised banquets. A number of his artworks were also created there after the food was served. Together with the artist couple Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle and others, he signed the Manifesto ...
