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FOOD
FOOD is an exhibition addressing the subject of food, depicting food, and consisting of food seen through the prism of art. It deals with the meal as a culture-bearing institution, what food means to us as human beings, as well as the ways food and dining culture relate to status, pleasure, ethics, health, and community.
The exhibition presents a selection of baroque paintings from major collections, and new works by four of Denmark鈥檚 leading artists: Rolf Nowotny (b. 1978), Emily Gernild (b. 1985), Silas Inoue (b. 1981) and Anna Stahn (b. 1994). Each of the artists has been commissioned to make works specifically for the exhibition based on contemporary food culture, but also inspired by the baroque works in the exhibition.
Food is pivotal to baroque painting, where people and food are portrayed in theatrical scenes of excess, and where perishables are staged in still-life tableaux. Both kinds of painting can be seen as allegories of memento mori: depictions of profusion and the proximity of death, extravagance and decadence, and the chaotic, bizarre and transient.
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FOOD is an exhibition addressing the subject of food, depicting food, and consisting of food seen through the prism of art. It deals with the meal as a culture-bearing institution, what food means to us as human beings, as well as the ways food and dining culture relate to status, pleasure, ethics, health, and community.
The exhibition presents a selection of baroque paintings from major collections, and new works by four of Denmark鈥檚 leading artists: Rolf Nowotny (b. 1978), Emily Gernild (b. 1985), Silas Inoue (b. 1981) and Anna Stahn (b. 1994). Each of the artists has been commissioned to make works specifically for the exhibition based on contemporary food culture, but also inspired by the baroque works in the exhibition.
Food is pivotal to baroque painting, where people and food are portrayed in theatrical scenes of excess, and where perishables are staged in still-life tableaux. Both kinds of painting can be seen as allegories of memento mori: depictions of profusion and the proximity of death, extravagance and decadence, and the chaotic, bizarre and transient.
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