We associate food and drink with rituals, rules and traditions ? they create community, but they can also be exclusive. How, where and with whom we eat says a lot about social structures. For the ongoing project A Painting for a Family Dinner by Alina and Jeff Bliumis, the artist couple were invited to dinner by 62 families to date ? in return they received a painting. A group photograph was taken afterwards. The resulting 'family portraits' tell a story of hospitality, exchange and artistic interaction, and invite us to take a fresh look at eating as a unifying practice. Text in English and German. SELLING POINTS: . For the ongoing project A Painting for a Family Dinner Alina and Jeff Bliumis were invited to dinner by 62 families to date - in return they received a painting . The project embodies artistic practice as a form of civic engagement and social intervention. The project's main objective is to enable cultural and social transformation by integrating art as a reflective practice, an exchange, and a communicative experience within the everyday setting of family life . Published to accompany the exhibition At the Table: Eating and Drinking in Contemporary Art at Museum Ostwall at the Dortmunder U, Germany, May 8th to July 20th, 2025 169 colour illustrations
