Art Bites

Feast for the Eyes is an exploration of how food has always inspired artists. The exhibition opened at Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor, New York on July 30, 2016, and remains on view through November 6, 2016. Feast for the Eyes, a sweeping two-floor exhibition focused on food and dining in art, features works by a wide range of artists, including Audrey Flack, Red Grooms, George Grosz, Henri Matisse, Claes Oldenberg, Cindy Sherman and Andy Warhol, among many others. According to guest curator Franklin Hill Perrell “Food has always been celebrated in art.” He pointed out that food has been a inspiration from man’s earliest times, from cavemen depicting the hunt, to Greek and Romans depictions of food and feasting.” Perrell said that Feast for the Eyes brings art related to food and dining into the present day with 20th century movements such as realism and photorealism. Perrell said that A Feast for the Eyes would include work reflecting these movements but “we’re going ...

What is delightful delights? For all those whose hearts and minds are most often ruled by your stomachs, a delightful and hearty meal can illuminate even your direst of days in a flick. The obsession you have with food is seen to be even more apparent in the present times with all the cookbooks, television cooking shows and also the culinary websites. And how can you forget those grand figures that pretty much influence the way we cook, eat and think? Yes, the chefs! Chefs are the ones behind the surge of food and undoubtedly they rule the culinary world. You go to any famous restaurant to feed yourself a delicious dish and even before you start to finish off a “just started” conversation with your friend, your plate of flavour welcomes you. That’s how quick they are even while preparing dozen other plates. They not only cook well but are utmost creative with their dishes as they can be seen playing with varieties of flavours, ingredients and colours that not only meets our sto...