Artists who work with a food theme

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Yum, yum, These foodie artworks by Go Buggy are made with two hands, and my
two trusted sewing machines, Ethel and Ruby

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Pastry Case Claes Oldenburg 1961
Claes Oldenburg (born January 28, 1929) is a
sculptor, best known for his public art installations
typically featuring very large replicas of everyday
objects. Another theme in his work is soft
sculpture versions of everyday objects.
Dropped Cone by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje
van Bruggen, 2001. Situated on top of a shopping
centre in the Neumarkt area of Cologne,
Germany. Claes Oldenburg, Floor Cone 1962 (as
installed at Green Gallery, New York, Fall 1962)
Canvas filled with foam rubber and cardboard
boxes, painted with synthetic polymer paint and
latex

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Claes Oldenburg, Pastry Case, I, 1961-62, painted plaster sculptures on ceramic
plates, metal platter and cups in glass-and-metal case, 52.7 x 76.5 x 37.3 cm, at the
Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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Two Cheeseburgers, with Everything (Dual Hamburgers)

Working out of Illinois, Linda Dolacks

unique food packaging artwork is
constructed from a combination of glass
jars, beads, rhinestone and sequins, and
are hand sewn and hand applied. Of the
project, she says: Everybody eats. Within
American contemporary culture that means
a considerable amount of hunting and
gathering takes place inside modern
supermarkets, those enormous coliseums
showcasing food as entertainment. This is
the locus of my artwork.

These markets come standard with bright

colors, a myriad of products in eye-popping
packaging, screaming sale signs and fancy
shopping vehicles (carts). If we truly are
what we eat, it follows that shining a
spotlight on the products of our communal
desire must help to define who we are as modern human beings. I believe it also
follows that such vast quantities of discarded packaging and materials may end up
becoming a mirror of our era for future generations.
Recycled food packaging, magazines, shopping carts, as well as other found objects
are embellished with visually seductive craft store or low art goods such as glass
beads, sequins and rhinestones. These common supplies, traditionally used most

often by women, were selected as a means of celebrating the myriad of mundane

daily rituals, repetitiously performed in caring for one another.

series of crochet food packaging by Brighton-based artist Kate Jenkins.

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Black Bean, Andy Warhol (born 1928)

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Sweet Bowl, Patrick Caulfield (born 1936)
1967

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Still Life with Portrait from `Six Still Lifes', Roy Lichtenstein (born 1923)
1974

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-Czanne's Still Life with Apple
Paul Czanne (1839-1906)

Henri Matisse - "Red Interior, Still Life on

a Blue Table" - (1947)

Wayne Thiebaud

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The Eggman and his Outriggers, Martin Kippenberger (born 1953)
1997