The Art of Food
Please come to class prepared to discuss an artwork that relates to any of the themes explored in this module.
Questions to Consider While Reading
Describe the relationship between food, art and consumerism.
Suggested Viewings
Collins, Hannah, Fragile Feast, 2011
DeMarte, Jason, Utopic series, 2007: ‘Ambiguous object of desire’.
look at examples of 'Mukbang' or 'Meokbang' (South Korean 'food porn') on YouTube.
Readings
Bendiner, Kenneth, Food in Painting: From the Renaissance to the Present (2004).
Bright, Susan, Feast for the Eyes (London, 2017).
Levent, Nina, and Irina D. Mihalache, Food and Museums (London, 2016).
Malaguzzi, Silvia, Food and Feasting in Art (2008).