The Food of Art analyzes twelve still life masterpieces for their nutritional content. Though the piece is humorous, the data is rich and often indicative of the artist’s economic means. For example, compare the court painter Frans Snyders' 39,851 calorie feast to Vincent Van Gogh’s four meager onions.
Published in Data Flow 2 and exhibited at FutureEverything 2011 in Manchester, England.
Still Life with Fruit, Vegetables and Dead Game
Frans Snyders (Flemish)
c.1635-1637
Still Life with Peaches & Jar
Unknown (Roman)
1st century AD
Breakfast Still Life
Willem van Aelst (Dutch)
1671
Still Life with Slice of Salmon
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (French)
c.1734
Still Life with Fruit and Toad
Hermenegildo Bustos (Mexican)
1874
Still Life: Drawing Board, Pipe, Onions and Sealing Wax
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch)
1889
Still Life with Basket of Apples
Paul Cézanne (French)
1890-1894
Still Life with Skate
Chaïm Soutine (Russian)
1923
Campbell's Soup Cans
Andy Warhol (American)
1962
Eggs
William Bailey (American)
1966
Columbian Still Life
Fernando Botero (Columbian)
1969
Cubist Still Life
Roy Lichtenstein (American)
1974
