food art http://www.npr.org food art en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif food art http://www.npr.org Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century artist who liked to play with his food, transforming it into the building blocks of many of his fantastical portraits. Artist Philip Haas has taken those portraits out of museums, reinterpreting them as colossal statues that interact with the natural environment. Sun, 19 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/19/184844448/giant-renaissance-food-people-descend-upon-new-york?ft=1&f=156990135 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/19/184844448/giant-renaissance-food-people-descend-upon-new-york?ft=1&f=156990135 Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century artist who liked to play with his food, transforming it into the building blocks of many of his fantastical portraits. Artist Philip Haas has taken those portraits out of museums, reinterpreting them as colossal statues that interact with the natural environment.

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]]> Masterpiece In A Mug: Japanese Latte Art Will Perk You Up You think clovers and hearts are impressive? Wait till you get a load of these Japanese latte drawings. A culture that values the beauty of the ephemeral has brought us a new level of art in foam. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:20:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/24/178841995/masterpiece-in-a-mug-japanese-latte-art-will-perk-you-up?ft=1&f=156990135 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/24/178841995/masterpiece-in-a-mug-japanese-latte-art-will-perk-you-up?ft=1&f=156990135 You think clovers and hearts are impressive? Wait till you get a load of these Japanese latte drawings. A culture that values the beauty of the ephemeral has brought us a new level of art in foam.

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]]> Spirituality And Sprite, Aisle 1? What An Artist Sees In Wal-Mart Artist Brendan O'Connell's paintings find beauty in a cathedral of American consumerism. His thoughtful, unironic paintings of life inside Wal-Mart stores reflect on our relationship to brands and the search for "transcendence" in a shopping cart. Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:18:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/21/172898107/why-an-artist-finds-transcendence-in-the-aisles-of-walmart?ft=1&f=156990135 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/21/172898107/why-an-artist-finds-transcendence-in-the-aisles-of-walmart?ft=1&f=156990135 Artist Brendan O'Connell's paintings find beauty in a cathedral of American consumerism. His thoughtful, unironic paintings of life inside Wal-Mart stores reflect on our relationship to brands and the search for "transcendence" in a shopping cart.

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]]> 'Modern Art Desserts': How To Bake A Mondrian In Your Oven Caitlin Freeman is an artist who uses sweet confections as her primary medium. Her desserts are clever culinary homages to the great works of art that hang at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Her new book details how to re-create some of her edible art at home. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:15:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/15/177317449/modern-art-desserts-how-to-bake-a-mondrian-in-your-oven?ft=1&f=156990135 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/15/177317449/modern-art-desserts-how-to-bake-a-mondrian-in-your-oven?ft=1&f=156990135 Caitlin Freeman is an artist who uses sweet confections as her primary medium. Her desserts are clever culinary homages to the great works of art that hang at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Her new book details how to re-create some of her edible art at home.

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]]> Discarded Food Cans Turn Into Canvas For British Street Artist The UK artist known as My Dog Sighs makes striking "can people" out of old food cans he finds and the cans people collect for him, then he leaves them on the street for others to find. But P.S: Don't tell anyone that he doesn't have a dog. Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:33:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/07/17/156936860/discarded-food-cans-turn-into-canvas-for-british-street-artist?ft=1&f=156990135 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/07/17/156936860/discarded-food-cans-turn-into-canvas-for-british-street-artist?ft=1&f=156990135 The UK artist known as My Dog Sighs makes striking "can people" out of old food cans he finds and the cans people collect for him, then he leaves them on the street for others to find. But P.S: Don't tell anyone that he doesn't have a dog.

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