Top left and right, installation views of Rirkrit Tiravanija’s Untitled 1992 (Free) (re-created 2007). Above left and right, installation views of Untitled 1992 (Free) and a re-creation of Gordon Matta-Clark’s 1972 piece Open House (2007), all at David Zwirner Gallery. (Photo: Clockwise from bottom right, courtesy of David Zwirner/Gavin Brown’s Enterprise and Ron Amstutz/David Zwirner/Gavin Brown’s Enterprise [3])
His early installations involved cooking meals for gallery-goers. Tiravanija's artwork, which explores the social role of the artist, is described by Nicolas Bourriaud as having a "relational aesthetics." His installations often take the form of stages or rooms for sharing meals, cooking, reading, playing music. Architecture or structures for living and socializing are a core element in his work. I love how he makes dinner for people, and they wonder what they are supposed to do, eat it? Give something back to him? It goes from passive viewing to active participation which is something i value in an artwork
Links to some sites on Rirkrit Tiravanija
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n2_v84/ai_18004723
http://nymag.com/arts/art/reviews/31511/
http://www.operacity.jp/en/ag/exh31rt.php
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