Have you ever opened a packet of cookies, intending to eat one... and before you know it you come to your senses lying on the sofa feeling vaguely ill and holding an empty packet? Come on, you can tell us, we're all friends here... ;-) Well, if you have then boy, do I have some artworks for you!!
Mexican artist Daniela Edburg has created a wonderful series of photographs, some satirising famous paintings, others recreating movie scenes, all involving somebody dying at the hands of a consumer product. A woman is chased across a field by a giant candyfloss tornado. One too many Lifesavers proved to be the undoing of another. Saran wrap (clingfilm) attacks when one woman tries to wrap a teensy punnet of strawberries. You get the picture. Some of these form part of an exhibition currently on at the Kunsthaus Miami, called Bittersweet.
My favourite is, without a doubt, the picture above: Death by Oreos, a fabuous satire on Whistler's Mother, but coming a close second is Death by Tupperware (below) - something that every hoarder of leftovers should think about carefully!
To see more of Daniela's series, have a look at the article in The Morning News - there are about 10 available to view - or Kunsthaus Santa Fe website which has a couple of ones not featured in the previous article.
Thanks to Jill at Legacy Matters for alerting me to this.
That's *hilarious*!!
I have to show Matt...he'll love the one with the Oreos.
Posted by: Stephanie | January 15, 2007 at 08:15 PM
LMAO! Those are hysterical! That is a fabulous pastiche. Thanks for the headsup.
(yes, I do that all the time with white chocolate - my personal downfall)
Posted by: Christina | January 16, 2007 at 02:42 PM
Death by leftovers? I sometimes thought another night of leftover meatloaf might do me in as a child, but managed to survive. Now, I'm hosting Leftover Tuesdays next week where we'll be sharing ways to turn leftovers from something to be feared into something to savor. Please consider joining!
Posted by: cookingchat | January 17, 2007 at 02:08 AM
The Whistler's Mother version cracked me up. But shouldn't she look a tiny bit happier?
-Elizabeth
Posted by: ejm | January 17, 2007 at 04:01 PM
I think I feel like that every time I start baking and end up eating half the batter/dough before it even gets to the oven.
Posted by: Brilynn | January 19, 2007 at 03:19 AM
i think i have something similar living in my refrigerator....
Posted by: santos. | January 19, 2007 at 04:01 AM
I'm now afraid to open my fridge. Goon keeps leftovers for weeks and forgets I'm not big enough to fight off what they grow into.
Posted by: Ros | January 19, 2007 at 03:45 PM