Gordon Matta-Clark, Carol Goodden, Tina Girouard: Food (2000) [English/German]

An out of print and hard to find exhibition catalog devoted to FOOD, a collaborative artist-run restaurant in Soho, New York City, founded by artists Gordon Matta-Clark, Carol Goodden and Tina Girouard in 1971.

“For a long time, one or another artist, frequently Gordon, cooked up a storm and served it for dinner. There was no choice of what to eat. Some of the food was extremely creative. Although it was not exactly the same thing as 112, most of the same people cooked and ate there and in a sense it was a spin-off of the space around the corner. Of course it has been thought that Food would make money but on the contrary it only lost it.” Caroline Goodden

“We spread money to the whole art world. I worked at Food two and a half to three days a week. One day a week each person was boss. There was lots of Cajun and Creole cuisine, mostly from Louisiana. A lot of the food came from Phil Glass’ group, the vegetarian group; the dancers, Rachel Lew and Suzy Harris. The space was designed so that the audience–the customers–could watch everything. Food became the vehicle for people to be introduced to the art world.” Tina Girouard

“In honor of Food, this publication is presented in the form of a restaurant menu, and documents the artist’s varied and imaginative work, including sculptures, film stills, and photos.”

Publisher Walther König, Cologne, and Cornerhouse, Manchester, 2000
ISBN 3883754358, 9783883754352
48 pages
via Public Collectors

Wikipedia
Interview about FOOD with Richard Nonas (2009)

Exhibition
WorldCat

PDF, PDF (11 MB)

See also a film about FOOD directed by Robert Frank, 1972, 43 min, on UbuWeb.