Andy Warhol – Poinsettia Cocktail
Andy Warhol, Poinsettias (c.1983), synthetic polymer and silkscreen inks on canvas, 35.5 x 28cm In the early 1980’s, Andy Warhol created a number of Poinsettia paintings and screen prints to give as gifts to his friends. The ubiquitous Christmas flower became associated with the holiday in Mexico in the 16th century. As instructed by an Angel,...
Albert Anker – Pistachio Cranberry Icebox Cookies
Albert Anker, Still Life: Two Glass of Red Wine, a bottle of Wine; a Corkscrew and a Plate of Biscuits on a TrayOil on canvas, 43 x 40 cm, Private collection The Swiss painter Albert Anker painted scenes of everyday village life. Over his career he painted over thirty still life paintings of both rural...
John Frederick Peto – Old-fasioned Molasses Cookies
John Frederick Peto, The Poor Man’s Store (detail left) (1885)oil on canvas and panel, 90 x 65 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 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...
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...