Daniel Spoerri
Meatgrinder Fountain
Meatgrinder Fountain
1962/1991
325 x 210 cm
bronze
A young visitor noticed that Daniel Spoerri frequently incorporated meatgrinders into this sculptures and asked whether this was due to an earlier traumatic experience with such a device. In fact, it is the diversity of form exhibited by this piece of kitchen equipment that is, to Daniel Spoerri, so astounding and intriguing (he also collects potato peeling knives and spectacles for the same reason). The meatgrinder also represents the human mouth, the mincing of food, the first step of nutrition on the digestive journey. These fundamental mechanisms have provided Spoerri with endless fascination and ultimately led him to found »Eat Art«.