Food as Art

Look closely at these pictures from the Visionary Art Museum.  Do you see they are made of bread, crackers, bagels and other grain based foods?

This sculpture is made of Peeps - a marshmallow treat popular at Easter.

Food Facts Courtesy of Visionary Art Museum

Many of these were new to me.  How about you?

Incredible Art

More from the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore.

Look at this piece of art carefully.  I'll tell you at the end of this post what it was made from but see if you can guess.  Remember the theme of the exhibit is Food.

Did you see the bees, the ants, the peas, the corn, the honey comb?

Did you guess what the artist used to construct this?

If you said paper plates you'd be right!

Apparently she was bored at a picnic one time and made hats from paper plates.  One thing led to another and she found her medium to express herself.

Now go back and find the ant that is facing in another direction from the others.  It is the only one with food in its mouth.

Linking to Treasures

Food Secrets

Another excursion from here at Vantage House.  This time to the American Visionary Arts Museum in Baltimore.  Their exhibits for the year revolve around food: the history, fantasy and future.

Notice the sign below the corners look like someone took a bite but they are that way because in Biblical tradition farmers were to leave the corners unharvested so that the poor could glean what was left there.

As you enter the sloping upward hallway on your left are old lunch boxes with postcards under them. Do you see the hands?  I didn't see them until I looked at my photos.

Someone in a local Maryland town passed out empty postcards asking people to write about their food secrets and then mail them back to him.  Here are a few of the submissions.

Which one is your favorite?  Do you have any food secrets?  One that I can think of involves in-laws.  My sister in law would not tell her husband the ingredients in a favorite potato casserole because he detests one of the key ingredients.  He loved the dish without knowing there was sour cream in it.

More to come from this fantastic art museum in future posts.