Erwin Wurm – Mustard Seed & Garlic Pickles
Erwin Wurm, Selbstporträt als Essiggurkerl, (Self-Portrait as a pickle) (2008)acrylic, acrylic paint, painted wooden platforms, 36 piece installation, © VBK, Wien, 2010 Erwin Wurm’s 2008 series Selbstporträt als Gurken features a collection of 26 realistically sculpted and painted pickles placed on white plinths. According to the media release from Jack Hanley Gallery where the works...
Luis Meléndez – Cucumber Finger Sandwiches
Sometimes the lack of a complicated recipe puts a block on all of my writing efforts. I wonder if it is necessary to share a sandwich recipe so simple that essentially it reads, bread, butter and cucumber – assemble. These dainty finger sandwiches were first made by my friend Mel who lined them up on...
Charles Ethan Porter – Spicy Sautéed Corn
I first tried out this corn recipe on my Thanksgiving menu this year. The spicy corn, brightened with a squirt of lime, proved to be the perfect foil to the buttery and rich dishes I tend to make. I adapted the recipe from the food blog Orangette which recommends eating with cheddar and toast, which...
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...
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. Joseph Decker, Hard Candy, oil on canvas, 22.8 x 35.5 cm, Private collection The German-born artist Joseph...
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...