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The New Art Gallery, Walsall May 22- July 19 2009 Aberystwyth Art Centre, Wales July 29- Sept 10 2009 Pisthanger Manor Gallery & House, London Sept 24 – Nov 7 2009 Further Availability November 2009- January 2010 Curated by Cynthia Morrison-Bell and Anthony Key Artists Martha Rosler, Damien Hirst, Jana Sterbak, Studio- Orta, Antony Gormley, Vong Phaophanit & Claire Obussier, Anya Gallaccio, Helen Chadwick, Subodh Gupta, Bobby Baker, Karen Tam, Gayle Chong Kwan, Aaron Head, Manuel Saiz, Lia Anna Hennig, Huan Bing, Rainer Prohaska. Hire fee £3,500 for six week period Size Medium to large scale (2 dimensional works & multi media installations) Transport Onwards or two ways of not part of prgrammmed tour Insurance TBC |
From antiquity to today, food has been a recurring subject matter in the history of art. From early depictions in mythological scenes, to those found in religious art of all cultures; from symbolic meanings to formal concerns, food has been presented in many guises and for many purposes by artists throughout the ages. Eating for sustenance and for pleasure have always gone hand in hand and the art of presenting food solely for display, to awe and entertain guests, goes back to Ancient Greece and Rome. We get sensual pleasure from eating and an emotional link to food goes back to our earliest days. Food is desire, pleasure, life and death; it is decay, excess and greed. It is a language, a cultural insignia, used by artists to convey the many different aspects of this relationship. Pot Luck brings together works by internationally acclaimed contemporary artists who show us how the use of food in art keeps being re discovered , highlighting the more serious condition of our society today, as well as the pleasurable one. |
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