Tender Touches, an artist-designed café at Open Space
Open Space has announced their latest details on the new menu that will be served as part of Tender Touches, an ‘art cafe’ where everything – from the food to the furniture and tableware – is both a functional object and an artwork - AMP Gallery from 17 May - 30 June 2019 (Wed-Sun 10am – 6pm).
Tender Touches will also host a series of artist-led workshops and supper clubs, taking place among new commissions by a group of 12 international emerging artists. The exhibition is co-curated by Huma Kabakci, Founding Director of Open Space, and Portuguese artist Inês Neto dos Santos.
Dishes served will include: Blueberry, labneh and thyme on sourdough, Soft egg, Pickled rhubarb, Comté and mackerel on rye Braised haricot beans and Strawberry and dill Smashed pavlova.
A further eleven international artists will create new commissions that make up every element of the cafe: tables by Coco Crampton (U.K.); ceramic crockery by Bea Bonafini (Italy); cutlery by Lindsey Mendick (U.K.); napkins by Sofia Stevi (Greece); candle holders by Clementine Keith-Roach; wallpaper by Marco Palmieri (Italy); paintings by Magda Skupinska (Poland); trays by Pixy Liao (China); bibs by Paloma Proudfoot (U.K.) and aprons by Cecilia Charlton (U.S.A) and Goia Mujalli (Brazil).