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untitled 2013 (how to cook a wolf)

The cookbook “How to cook a Wolf” (1942) by American writer M.F.K. Fisher (1908 – 1991) is the basis of this edition. Fisher´s volume is a collection of recipes for simple and inexpensive meals, e.g., potato soup, omelette, or onion soup, published during the Second World War. Rirkrit Tiravanija presents twenty dishes from the cookbook that pose little burden for households affected by a crisis. For each recipe, a copy of Fisher´s book (still available in stores) lies on a reflective, stainless steel stencil spelling our the inviting words, “How to Cook a Wolf”. Also included are photographs of the artist cooking each dish. The books themselves often show signs of use, flecks and spatters left over from cooking. These ensembles lie in twenty drawers built to replicate the drawers of the 18th-century cabinet walls lining two sides of Klosterfelde Edition, which was once a stationary shop. Thus, the edition also represents a spatial link between the past and the present.

untitled 2013 (how to cook a wolf)

Custom made wooden drawer with acrylic cover
Each with different photographs, a book and a metal stencil with felt insert
Ca. 49,5 x 40,5 x 5,4 cm
Signed, numbered and stamped certificate
Edition of 20

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