{"id":15553,"date":"2017-04-07T12:52:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T12:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=15553"},"modified":"2017-04-07T13:20:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T13:20:20","slug":"you-art-what-you-eat-5-artists-serve-up-a-feast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/you-art-what-you-eat-5-artists-serve-up-a-feast\/","title":{"rendered":"You Art What You Eat: 5 Artists Serve Up a Feast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here comes an article you won’t want to read on an empty stomach… or a full one either. Forget Warhol’s soup,\u00a0we’re serving\u00a0political food, mystical\u00a0food and\u00a0sexy\u00a0food straight to your door.\u00a0From art\u00a0you can gorge on, to art that looks so good you could sit on it, we bring you five artists who had\u00a0our taste buds tingling.<\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0Stefanie Herr<\/a>:\u00a0Rattlesnake Mountain<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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photo \/\/ courtesy of \u00a9 Stefanie Herr<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stefanie Herr has a thing about her meat – she likes it dry. These incredible works are made from layers of cardboard, all stacked one on top of the other. The sculptures are photographic reliefs where an image is printed and then sliced, each made the same size as a tray found in a supermarket.<\/p>\n

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“As always with art, some people are deeply impressed, while others just shake their heads in bewilderment.” – Stefanie Herr.<\/p>\n

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2.\u00a0Bompas and Parr<\/a>\u00a0and Jo Duck<\/a>:\u00a0Cake Holes<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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photo \/\/ courtesy \u00a9 Bompas and Parr \/ Jo Duck<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In collaboration with aesthetic goddess and fashion photographer Jo Duck, UK jelly\u00a0extraordinaires Sam Bompas and Harry Parr bring\u00a0you Cake Holes<\/em>. Grotesque and strangely compelling, we can’t stop staring…<\/p>\n

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After choosing their favorite desert for a photograph, volunteers proceeded to get their kit off and squash cakes,\u00a0butt\u00a0first. Bon ass-ppetit!<\/p>\n

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3.\u00a0Agnes Denes:<\/a>\u00a0Wheatfield\u2014A Confrontation, Battery Landfill Park, Downtown Manhattan<\/em>\u00a01982<\/strong><\/p>\n

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photo courtesy of \/\/ \u00a9 Agnes Denes <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In May 1982, Denes took it upon herself to plant a\u00a02-acre wheat field on landfill in lower Manhattan. After\u00a0200 truckloads of soil, 285 hand-dug\u00a0furrows\u00a0and 4 four months of hard work, 1000 pounds of wheat was harvested from a plot of land worth\u00a0well over $4 million dollars.\u00a0The harvested grain traveled to 28\u00a0cities around the world in an exhibition called “The International Art Show for the End of World Hunger,” organized by the Minnesota Museum of Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The work calls into question a powerful paradox: wheat represents economics, world trade and most importantly a source of food. But it also called to mind mismanagement, waste and world hunger. Food for thought in the current climate.<\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0Maciek Jasik<\/a>:\u00a0The Secret Lives of Fruit and Vegetables<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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photo \/\/ courtesy of \u00a9 Maciek Jasik <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ever wondered what a\u00a0horned melon secreting a strange, but aesthetically pleasing mint green\u00a0cloud of smoke would make you feel like? Feast your eyes on this. Jasik’s deliciously sensual series of fruit and vegetables emitting all sorts of alluring colors\u00a0tell the stories of generations of folklore, magical properties and secret lives of even the most humble vegetation\u00a0from around the world. Fancy stepping\u00a0into the garden\u00a0of mystique? Come aboard…<\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0Prudence Staite<\/a>:\u00a0Dita von Cheese<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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photo \/\/ courtesy of artist<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile in Britain…<\/p>\n

This artist’s name is Prudence Staite and she is\u00a0literally obsessed<\/strong>\u00a0with sculptures made out of food. Anything you want, she makes it. A\u00a0life size Dita von Cheese? Easy. However, Dita pales\u00a0in comparison to her other works like\u00a0the world’s first chocolate room and a collage of Ron Weasley’s face made from ‘Christmas food’. Staite explains better in her own words: “Eating Obama’s face made out of cheese is just so much more interesting than having a normal block of cheddar.”<\/p>\n

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top image \/\/\u00a0courtesy \u00a9 Bompas and Parr \/ Jo Duck\/\/ Cake holes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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