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This is cool stuff. Some of them I would totally be afraid to taste though.

Nonetheless, check out "Art and Objecthood", Michael Fried, Artforum 5 (June 1967): 12-23.

While Broecker might be appreciated by anyone thirsty enough, an art historian might view this installation as a response to Damien Hirst's infamous Butcher Shop series, though in this case [sic] one gains access to the stuff behind the glass.

The minimalist aesthetic reaches back even further to the work of artists Fried discusses, especially John Baldassari, though the German artist also gets intertextual with Hans Haacke, too--I'm thinking of his Condensation Cubes in particular.

An art devoid of imagery has a kind of immediacy that representational art lacks since it is non-referential. That is, it is about itself and not the subject depicted, so the bond established with the viewer is direct. You're not required to connect a two-dimensional configuration of shapes, lines and colors with, say, a cow you once saw in a field or a seated woman or a starry night.

The idea of interacting with art, art that erupts from the confines of the frame was considered very daring among the avant-garde in the early twentieth century, and again, in the 1960s, especially. However, back in the good old days of antiquity Egyptians fed posthumous meals to statues of dead rulers and medieval Christians scratched pictures of demons to combat evil.

Nonetheless, contemporary social rituals are wrapped up in the work. Think of gallery openings and all the wine consumed. Here, one hardly needs a caterer.