Comments on: Tantalus Dinner by Ioli Sifakaki (more images)

By: EUQON

EUQON — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:54:06 +0000

I wonder about the mönü. Which dish was presented in what body part? Especially I wonder what was in the hip-shape casted piece?
Anyways, I like the idea it is quite arousing.

By: laura skeeters

laura skeeters — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:46:04 +0000

Dinner for fetishists?

I like that even in a extreme concept she decided to go full throttle and served food that somewhat resembles bloody body parts…funny gruesome and grotesque.

Wonder if she has a subconscious fixation with Cronenberg and Greenaway.

I do she both their works in hers. Or it is just creepy.

I wouldn’t dare eat out of the “lower back” bowl, though.

By: Ryou

Ryou — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:48:57 +0000

I really like the idea. very cool!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:16:08 +0000

I usually abide by the “if you don’t have anything nice to say” rule, but I want to comment on this despite the fact that I don’t think it works. This is poorly conceived and feels a bit 2nd year art school. I’d have been torn apart for this (but only figuratively) where I studied. There may be a concept here I suppose (what is it?) but it isn’t being taken anywhere except, quite accidentally, toward something I think cultural studies refers to as the “monstrous feminine.” We’ve already had 2000 years or more of that – can this be taken somewhere new? I don’t think it’s being moved very far from its origin here, all the genteel smiling on the battlefield notwithstanding. The women serving the bloodthirsty men… who’s the joke on here? And I actually like a little political incorrectness! But this seems gratuitous. It pretends to meaning but is actually just a traditional nude in white and red.

By: Jessica Barber

Jessica Barber — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:58:26 +0000

Really interesting idea but I must admit that the shape of the table disappoints as it seems totally random and arbitrary. Also would have liked to see the arrangement of the pieces on the table actually look more like a body when laid out on the table.

But the textures do seem exquisite.