Food Depicted in American Art, a Subcategory of Representational Art (other): 20-21st Century

Food Depicted in American Art

a Subcategory of Representational Art (other): 20-21st Century

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(above: Andrew John Henry Way, Bunch of Grapes, 1873, oil on canvas, Walters Art Museum. Image and text source: Wikimedia Commons - public domain)

In the Artist's Studio: Featuring Charlotte Kruk is a 2019 exhibit at the New Museum Los Gatos which says: "Best known for her wearable sculptures crafted from repurposed food and candy wrappers, Kruk transforms discarded materials (candy wrappers, cookie boxes, paper, sugar bags, and plastic spoons and forks) into fine art." Also see artist's website. Accessed 7/19

The Art of Food: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation is a 2022 exhibit at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art which says: "Featuring more than 100 works in a variety of media from the renowned collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, The Art of Food showcases how some of the most prominent artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have considered this universal subject. Organized thematically, it uses an artistic lens to examine the subject of food beyond its purpose as body fuel. As you move through the exhibition, take time to consider your own relationship with food." Accessed 9/22 (left: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU, 2022, photo by Christie Coupe)

Breaking Bread: Food Rituals in Contemporary Art is a 2017 exhibit at the University Galleries at William Paterson University which says: " While eating is generally a mundane daily routine, this exhibition considers how we find our food, with whom we consume it, and what meaning is created through these experiences. Artists include: Ruth Borgenicht, Juanli Carrión, SPURSE, and Marion Wilson." Accessed 12/17

Dinner Bell is a 2017 exhibit at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts which says: "In Dinner Bell, we install works of art from the MMFA's permanent collection that celebrate what we eat, where we eat, and how we acquire the food that is central to it all." Accessed 8/17

Duke Windsor: Nothing's Impossible is a 2022 exhibit at the Oceanside Museum of Art which says: "Food and art have a long and prosperous relationship, with masterpieces created since the dawn of art providing contemporary audiences a peak into culinary lifestyles of the past. Inspired by traditional Dutch still lifes and skillfully rendered using time-honored traditional painting techniques, Windsor's Burger Series presents modern culinary choices in a literal visual feast." Accessed 6/22

Embodied Taste is a 2019 exhibit at the Mead Art Museum which says: "Embodied Taste offers visitors an immersive exploration of food and how it moves -- through our bodies and our world. From seed to harvest, food is vibrant matter that incorporates labor, memory, and community. This exhibition asks audiences to explore the collaborations, connections, and stories that are consumed every time you take a bite. Works on view include paintings, photographs, drawings, posters, food-related ephemera, porcelain dinnerware, and sounds that challenge our ideas and feelings about food." Accessed 8/20

Feast Your Eyes: Celebrating the Food of the South is a 2017 exhibit at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum which says: "Food and beverage icons, peculiar and particular to the South, will be examined with works in an expansive variety of two and three-dimensional media, including paintings in oil and watercolor; works in pastel; printmaking; photography; sculptures in ceramics, metal, wood and mixed media; textile and fiber arts, and functional art such as handcrafted dining furniture and serving ware." Also see 6/15/17 article in myrtlebeachonline.com Accessed 8/17

Food for Thought was a 1999-2000 exhibit at the Sheldon Museum of Art which says: "The 1999-2000 Sheldon Statewide exhibition focuses on a popular yet powerful subject for artist in the Western artistic tradition. Food for Thought assembles a diverse group of artists, working from diverse perspectives and with diverse intentions, who have chosen to represent food."Viewers may download the exhibition brochure. Accessed 1/17

Like Sugar is a 2019 exhibit at the Tang Museum which says: "Like Sugar will explore both the problematic and the joyful aspects of sugar, complicating our view of how this multi-layered substance affects us." Accessed 4/19

Lillian Klein Abensohn Song of Songs: Fruitful Relationships is a 2023 exhibit at the American University Museum which says: "Using the traditional techniques of the Dutch masters, Klein Abensohn tackles societal, familial, and interpersonal dynamics -- from suggestive, generative allusions of sumptuous produce to pears that inhabit female archetypes. The most essential relationships, be they sexual, personal, familial, or racial are alluded to in her myriad of forms -- coyly, directly, ironically. Each of these ways of relating to one another and to oneself are portrayed through the common fruits and vegetables we live with -- and ingest -- on a daily basis." Accessed 10/23

Luscious: Paintings by Emily Eveleth, an exhibit held July 9 - October 24, 2010 at the Smith College Museum of Art. Accessed April, 2015.

Marlos E'van is a 2019 exhibit at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center which says: "He explores systematic oppression through malnutrition of those living in food deserts limited to unnatural options." Also see artist interview in Native Magazine Accessed 12/19

Off the Menu: Looking at Food is a 2019 exhibit at the University of Kentucky Art Museum which says: "This exhibition features work from the Museum's permanent collection, as well as art borrowed from galleries and studios in Lexington and beyond, to reveal how food can be used to investigate notions of nourishment, ritual, desire, and popular culture." Accessed 4/20

Snack is a 2016 exhibit at the Akron Art Museum which says: "The universal nature of food makes it an appropriate subject to critically examine themes common to contemporary art, such as politics, commerce and the intersection of art and life. Snack is a (mostly) lighthearted look at works drawn primarily from the Akron Art Museum collection that depict food or the places we buy and consume it through humor, pop culture and nostalgia." Accessed 3/17

Table Manners: Art and Food is a 2019 exhibit at the Sheldon Museum of Art which says: "What we eat, how we consume it, and where we source our food are expressive of our collective habits and desires. To that end, artists have long explored food as a theme to comment on social issues, cultural values, and political agendas surrounding our insatiable taste and physiological need for edible things." Accessed 4/19

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