PrintPeter Anton's Giant Food Sculptures
I have never wanted to eat a sculpture this bad. Peter Anton assembles out-of-scale versions of sweets like this box of a dozen doughnuts (selling for $32,00) that should be on the table of the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk. He makes them look so edible, you can almost taste the gelatinous jelly ooze. In the same way miniature food art can be appealing, so can the giantified version.
This spilling-over sundae looked so real, I was stressed about the clean-up labor. A giant ice cream bar, after the jump.
It's pretty incredible how plaster, wood, metal, resin, clay, and acrylic can render that just-bitten, between icy-and-melty moment in ice cream bar history.
The exhibit, currently on display at the Allan Stone Gallery in Manhattan, is small, but will have you spellbound for at least a few laps. It also includes paintings of PB&J sandwiches, multigrain Cherrios, and other iconic foods by Gina Minichino.
The Allan Stone Gallery is located at 113 East 90th Street (map). The exhibit runs from now until June 19, and is open on Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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7 Comments:
That's beautiful. Giant yummy food. What's not to love here?
arm1970 at 12:08PM on 05/18/09
so beautiful, yet so cruel...i'd totally wind up chipping a tooth in desperation to eat them!
gastronomeg at 12:31PM on 05/18/09
I was thinking about, ahem, rubbing up against them?? LOL
arm1970 at 12:56PM on 05/18/09
those donuts had me completely fooled.
cybercita at 1:10PM on 05/18/09
Mmmmmm. Must eat art.
Amy
Baking and Mistaking
cool2bars at 1:37PM on 05/18/09
I wish I could go see this exhibit to get a better sense of how big these things actually are. You can sort of tell from the sundae one, but the other two just look regular sized.
This reminds me of a giant verson of those resin fridge magnets shapes like pretty much every food imaginable. I LOVE those.
eeels at 2:20PM on 05/18/09
Oh man, I definitely have to go see this! And bring a box of donuts with me so I don't try to eat the art instead.. lol
luxie at 4:31PM on 05/18/09