Will Coles – Halloumi Burgers
The socio-political sculpture of guerrilla street-artist, Will Coles, will be featured in the upcoming curated exhibition Art + Food: Beyond the Still Life at Brenda May Gallery in Sydney. Coles employs traditional sculptural techniques to manipulate found objects and explore contemporary issues, specifically over consumerism. The sculpture pictured below titled First World Food (burgers) was produced...
Vincent van Gogh – Orange Honey Madeleines
Vincent van Gogh, Still Life with Basket and Six Oranges (1888), oil on canvas, 45 x 54 cm, Private collection Vincent van Gogh composed Still Life with Basket and Six Oranges in 1888 while he was in Arles-sur-tech, France. At this time he adopted a brighter palette and his paintings were saturated with yellow, ultramarine and...
2 weeks left to submit a proposal to Art + Food: Beyond the Still Life
The deadline for artist proposals is fast approaching with a little more than 2 weeks left. Submit your info to Brenda May Gallery before Friday 27 July 2012 to be considered for inclusion in Art + Food: Beyond the Still Life. We have a great list of artists already confirmed for the show including Will Coles,...
William Scott – Frittata with Kale, Tomato & Chorizo
William Scott, Still Life (1973), screenprint, 67.5 x 89 cm, Private collection The screenprint titled Still Life (pictured above) by William Scott depicts elements prevalent in his work throughout his career. Starting in the 1940s, Scott’s paintings were concerned with simple still life arrangements featuring pots and pans on a bare table. After a period...
Feasting on Art Zine – Volume 1 Issue 1
Feasting on Art ZineVolume 1 Issue 1 The inaugural Feasting on Art zine features six pages filled with art and recipes. Hamburgers, fried chicken, tomato soup cake and donuts are a few of the delights pictured on the pages of Issue 1. Limited edition of 20 + AP, individually numbered with machine stitched binding. A5...
Edward Weston – Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Lemon & Parmesan
Edward Weston, Cabbage Leaf (1931), gelatin silver print, 19.1 x 24.1 cm As one of the great 20th-century photographers, Edward Weston had an expansive 40 year career that established him as an innovative and influential master. Cabbage Leaf (1931) was constructed during a time when Weston had a number of solo exhibitions. He did a...
Ed Ruscha – Slow-Roasted Beets
This recipe was devised as an accompaniment to the previous dish, spatchcock stuffed chicken. By cooking the beets over a long period of time with a low amount of heat, the natural sugars in the vegetable caramelize producing a sweetness which is echoed by the balsamic reduction. This dish almost didn’t make it to the...
Gustave Caillebotte – Spatchcock Stuffed Chicken
The following recipe has been affectionately known by the names ‘Chichcock’, ‘Spatcken’ and ‘The Great Chichicken Debacle’. Conceived and executed with my brilliant friend Mel, the spatchcock stuffed chicken was a two-day affair. Day one consisted of meticulously deboning a small spatchcock, otherwise known as a poussin or juvenile chicken, and a larger adult chicken....
Paul Cézanne – Peppermint Mojitos with Iced Peaches
Three years ago today I posted an entry about Paul Cézanne and a recipe for cherry & nectarine clafouti. It was my very first entry on this site and it seems only fitting that it is included in Feasting on Art’s first major magazine spread. Pick up the April issue of Appetite and you can...
Pieter Bruegel & William Carlos Williams – Grilled Corncobs with Parmesan, Lime & Paprika
Eat This Poem is a new blog that combines food and poetry in much the same way Feasting on Art considers food and art. The website is written by Nicole Gulotta who has an MFA in poetry enabling her to marry beautiful words with delicious food. Working with her on a collaboration only felt natural...
Zhang Daqian – Kimchi Fried Rice with Egg and Seaweed
Kimchi (김치) is a Korean side dish made from a variety of fermented vegetables which dates back thousands of years. Health magazine named it one of the world’s healthiest foods due to its high fibre/low fat/vitamin loaded composition. The kimchi I purchase is made with cabbage in a firey sauce found at our local Asian...
Now Accepting Proposals for ‘Art + Food: Beyond the Still Life’
I am pleased to announce that I will be curating an art + food exhibition in October at Brenda May Gallery. We are now accepting proposals from professional practicing artists in Australia and New Zealand so please read the exhibition brief below and contact the Gallery with any questions or visit the submissions page for further details. Art + Food...