A Painting for a Family Dinner: Alina and Jeff Bliumis

By Museum Ostwall

For '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. This publications tells a story of hospitality, exchange and artistic interaction, and invites us to take a fresh look at eating as a unifying practice. Text in English and German.

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3987411856
• ISBN13: 9783987411854
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Kettler Verlag
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.4"