Opening this week is the first solo show of photographer Anja Hitzenberger, an Austrian photographer, filmmaker and video artist who divides her time between New York and Vienna.

The exhibition is the culmination of a two month residency that Anja took in the fall of 2011 in Beijing. Wandering around the site of Beijing’s Olympic Park, she stumbled across a huge tent that housed an immense food court. Inside she found stall after stall of fast food that had been created to appeal to the masses of impending visitors to the area.

Struck by the contrast of the saturated visual displays of food and the seeming apathy and disinterest of the respective employers Anja felt compelled to record it and the project “Take Out” was created.

Hitzenberger is an artist whose work is primarily based on the relationship of the body and its relationship to architecture and space. Her projects have taken her throughout the world, and she often depicts the local populace as part of her work. The “Take Out” project continues this theme, and offers a visual insight into a culture that is full of flux and complexity. Take Out is on view at Underline Gallery, 238 West 14th Street, New York, through May 13.

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