If you are in the Los Angeles area and love food and art, I recommend you check out this wonderful exhibit running through June 12th. “Palate,” is a
group exhibition of internationally lauded artists in which food takes
its rightful place inside the gallery.
Curated by Zio Fulcher,
“Palate” features new works and installations by Clare Crespo, Jeph
Gurecka, Scott Hove, Tamara Kostianovsky, Alan Macdonald, James
Reynolds (artwork pictured above), Martha Rich and Jeff Vespa at Scion’s 4,500-square foot
Installation Space in Culver City.
Artwork by Tamara Kostianovsky
“Palate,” which means the
sense of taste, but also references an artist’s palette, will showcase a
wide array of food-related art from Martha Rich’s feminine, cake-laden
illustrations to Alan Macdonald’s classically rendered paintings of
pilgrims that feature the unlikely additions of grocery bags, baked
beans and chips. “Palate” will also include James Reynolds’ series of
photographs documenting Death Row inmates’ last meal requests, as well
as Jeff Vespa’s giant Polaroids of fast food burgers. Scott Hove’s
monstrous cake sculptures will be on display, as will Tamara
Kostianovsky’s realistic sculptures of slabs of meat, which she makes
with articles of clothing. Clare Crespo will crochet a smorgasbord of
fun foods, and Jeph Gurecka will build an installation out of bread he
bakes himself that explores the idea of food as sustenance.
from the Candy Wrapper Museum
The
show will also include a large exhibit of retro candy wrappers, courtesy
of Darlene Lacey of the Candy Wrapper Museum, a vintage cookbook
library, and a wall of vibrantly colored hard-to-find sodas.
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