Kevin Van Aelst, a New York Times Magazine photographer, takes playing with food to the next level with his collection of intricately patterned everyday artifacts. The artist statement on Van Aelst’s website captures the motivations for his particular style,
The images aim to examine the distance between the ‘big picture’ and the ‘little things’ in life—the banalities of our daily lives, and the sublime notions of identity and existance. While the depictions of information–such as an EKG, fingerprint, map or anatomical model–are unconventional, the truth and accuracy to the illustrations are just as valid as more traditional depictions. This work is [...]
June 23, 2009
Elevating the Ordinary: The Food Art of Kevin Van Aelst
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