Michael SchmidtLebensmittel

A first milestone of photography in the 21st century! What is to be announced here is nothing less than an epochal artistic work, one of the great bodies of work, a series that later generations will describe as a landmark of the 21st century, because it is not only at the height of its art but also at the height of its time. Michael Schmidt worked on this series over many years, gathering as a matter of course, on travels throughout Europe, these views that will leave no viewer untouched. What concerns the artist here is by no means the sensations, the shots and shocks of the subject, but rather his own balanced composition, presentation and image sequence for a work whose theme moves a great many people: food. And that means production under industrial conditions. Anyone who has leafed through this penetrating portrait of the basis of our existence will recognise that Michael Schmidt is able, even in foodstuffs severed from their function, to show our world empathetically.

Exhibitions:
Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, 3/3 – 13/5/2012
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, 15/6 – 26/8/2012
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 12/1 – 1/4/2013