I’m very excited by this new piece, which is now hanging in my kitchen. Surrealism should be a part of everyone’s morning meal! Pop a few paintings in the toaster and break out the jam! It was a fun challenge making all the art history parodies. I also did something new by incorporating birch plywood shapes for the butter and jam as well as the backing piece to create a muli-layered effect.
The little tub of margarine is a play on Magritte’s “Treachery of Images” as well as his frequent use of the unidentified man in a bowler hat. The French should translate to “This is not butter.”
The jar of jam here with the melty strawberry is a play on Dali’s “Persistence of Memory.” “The Persistence of Strawberry” still makes me laugh.
This work is a play on Marcel Duchamp’s “L.H.O.O.Q”, which was a play on da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, hence the moustache and goatee. I was really happy with the way this part came together. Who wouldn’t be intimidated at the idea of recreating such a famous work? The painting behind it is a play on Man Ray’s famous photograph, “Ingre’s Violin”
Lots of nerdy art history humor here. Much more work to come!
