Renowned for his use of text and phrases, which function as political slogans, merging activism with commercial marketing, Rirkrit Tiravanija’s stencil works function as a call to arms, politically activating the viewer that is reflected within the mirrored stainless steel medium.

This piece, Bring On The Lobsters is an extension of Tiravanija’s expansive series “the future is chrome” where the artist creates various chrome sculptures and wall based works that are often replicas of previous paintings, objects and installations he had made out of wood and/or canvas. By replicating these works in this reflective, chrome material, the artist is inviting the viewer into the work, bringing together the slogan it displays and the environment it is projected into. The works become cloaked in the reflection of where it is displayed, implicating the viewer into the call to action represented in the stenciled text.

A leader within the movement of relational aesthetics, installation and performance art throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, Tiravanija is known widely for his performance based works involving the activation of gallery spaces through communal cooking performances. With the cultural and political possibility of food and cooking as the trajectory for many of his works, this piece Bring On The Lobsters proposes a bringing on of the meal that Tiravanija employs within his performances and the food used across his practice to incite communal action and discussion.