John Frederick Peto – Old-fasioned Molasses Cookies
The American trompe l’oeil artist John Frederick Peto depicted ordinary objects at their actual size in his paintings. Peto worked within the genre throughout his career and The Poor Man’s Store is an early example of his aesthetic style. The jumble of goods displayed through an open window in the painting portrays candies and fruit,...
Exhibition – Acquired Taste: Food and the Art of Consumption
Currently on view at the Begovich Gallery at California State University, Fullerton is the exhibition ‘Acquired Taste: Food and the Art of Consumption’ curated by Alyssa Cordova & Heather Richards of Sickpack projects. The show runs until the 8th of December and features artists whose work focuses on food as subject matter or subtext. Of...
Joseph Decker – Peppermint Ice Cream
The peppermint candy, commonly associated with Christmas, makes for a mint-flecked ice cream that is both sweet and soothing. Around the holidays, after countless lavish meals and heavy desserts, a palette cleansing mint dessert perfectly fits the bill. The German-born artist Joseph Decker moved to the United States in 1867. In 1879, he traveled back...
Julie Green – Four Fried Chicken Legs
The artist Julie Green has been working for more than a decade on her series titled The Last Supper comprised of painted china illustrating the final meal requests of death row inmates in the United States. The menus, gleaned from newspaper clippings and websites humanize a sect of society typically disregarded by the general public....
Art + Food Degustation Menu Announced
The menu has just been announced for the walking canapé degustation inspired by the art exhibitions at the 2 Danks Street complex. Tickets are still available, book here: http://www.danksstreetdepotwaterloo.eventbrite.com/
2 Danks Street: A movable feast celebrating 10 years of art and food
As part of the Crave Sydney Food Festival, the Danks Street Depot will be hosting ‘A movable feast celebrating 10 years of art and food’ on October 20th from 7-11pm. 2011 marks a decade since 2 Danks Street’s opening as a space to celebrate great contemporary art and wonderful food. Come and celebrate by attending...
Book Review – Lucy + Jorge Orta ‘Food Water Life’
The review copy of Lucy+ Jorge Orta‘s new book Food Water Life was generously provided by Princeton Architectural Press. I have had this tome on my bedside table stack since May. For the purposes of this blog, I will only be considering the first third of the book titled ‘Food.’ The married team of Lucy...
Food & Art – Portfolio of Recent Writing
Ken and Julia Yonetani / Janet Tavener, Artlink, vol 31 no.2, 2011, p.156 Contributor: Gastro-Vision: The Best in Food-Art 2010, Art21, 17 December 2010 Fast Food through the Lens of Still Life Photographers, Curator, 12 November 2010
De Scott Evans – Caramelized Onion Flatbread
The small canvas, A Plate of Onions (1889), predates the other work by De Scott Evans adapted on this blog. Whereas A new variety try one epitomizes the trompe l’oeil style for which the artist was renowned, the onion painting illustrates his mastery of texture from the wispy roots to the crinkly skin and smooth...
George Lambert – Pan-fried Buttered Cauliflower with a Poached Egg
In the most basic sense, Egg and cauliflower still life (1926) by George Lambert is a study in texture. The bulging florets of cauliflower are offset by the smooth shell of the egg. In a memorable dish, the combination of texture is just as important as the fusion of flavour. Taking a cue from Lambert’s...
Conclusion: The Colour Project
{The Colour Project} redartist – Claude Monet, recipe – Steak Tartareartist – Hung Liu, recipe – Rhubarb Tart orangeartist – Margaret Preston, recipe – Thai Papaya Saladartist – Carsten Höller, recipe – Marinated Chanterelles yellowartist – Gustavo Montoya, recipe – Banana Flanartist – Wolfgang Laib, recipe – Pollen & Turmeric Rice greenartist – Lin Fengmian,...
Colour Purple – Benjamin Roberts – Baked Custard with Plums
Adorning the cloaks and garments of royalty, the colour purple was often called imperial purple due to the close association. The word purple is a derivative of the original Greek porphura, the name of the Tyrian purple dye of antiquity extracted from a spiny snail. The pigment was extremely expensive to produce and only the...