A series of six light boxes holding photographs of tempting plates of food that include meat sculpted in stone and plasticine. These consider the falsity of advertising and how our understanding of objects become skewed by imaged representation; the meal you prepare at home never quite as good as the picture on the Marks and Spencers ad. I worked with a chef who created a menu specifically for my sculpted meat and we lived this process of falsification together by using the same preparation tricks as a food photographer to make often raw and inedible food look enticing and desirable.
Part of an investigation considering consumer urges and the manipulations employed by the food industry.
This Is Not Just Any Food
Duratran transparencies
in bespoke aluminium light boxes
45cm (w) x 30cm (h) x 5cm (d)
2012
Pan fried rosa aurora marble pork chop with sweet potato wedges, Panazella salad, and cress dressing
Plasticine lamb cutlet with crème potato, char grilled asparagus and jus
Plasticine lamb cutlet with French beans, sun blush tomatoes, truffle potatoes, quails eggs and lemon dressing
Pan fried rosa aurora marble pork chop with fondant potato, baby spinach with mustard and herb crème sauce
White marble chicken drumstick with fennel, French beans, mango and green oil dressing
Green style rosa aurora marble Thai chicken with julienne vegetables (mooli, carrot, peppers, spring onion, pack Choy) with fresh chillies, coconut and coriander dressing