Food Art: 'Eat the Art' Group Exhibit at BHCC in Boston

Photographs: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily
Currently on display at the art gallery of the Bunker Hill Community College in Boston is the group exhibit "Eat the Art." The show brings together a metric tonnage of artwork on the theme of food as art, featuring pieces in a variety of media from 42 different artists.
Highlights include Virginia Fitzgerald's "Clementine Dress," a miniature cocktail dress sewn out of clementine skins, Jeff Warmouth's diorama photos depicting Twinkies, potatoes, and citrus fruits as characters in otherworldly landscapes, doughnut sculptures by Alice Abrams, paintings by Vanessa St. Laurent, and Laura Miner's photographs.

"I'll Just Have Salad," Alice Abrams, 2007. Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

"Unbalanced Diet," Alice Abrams, 2007. Photograph: Press release.

"Peppermints," Vanessa St. Laurent, 2006. Photograph: Press release.

"Gummy Bear Orgy," Vanessa St. Laurent, 2008. Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

"Clementine Dress," Virginia Fitzgerald, 2008. Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

"Twinkie," Laura Miner, 2007. Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

"Snowball," Laura Miner, 2009. Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

"Table Talk Cherry Pie," Laura Miner, 2009. Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

"Bean Town Jelly Bean Flowers," VDA Productions, 2004. Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

"Bean Town Jelly Bean Flowers," VDA Productions, 2004. Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

"Bean Town Jelly Bean Flowers," VDA Productions, 2004. Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

"Do You Like Meat? I Like Meat," Ernie D'elia 2008. Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

"Do You Like Meat? I Like Meat," Ernie D'elia, 2008. Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

"Feed the Children," Kate Moss, 2008. Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

"Breakfast on the Cereal Reef," Jeff Warmouth, 2008. Photograph: jeffu.tv

Detail: "Breakfast on the Cereal Reef," Jeff Warmouth, 2008. Photograph: jeffu.tv

Detail: "Breakfast on the Cereal Reef," Jeff Warmouth, 2008. Photograph: jeffu.tv

Detail: "Cranberries in Jail," Mara Aspinall, 2007. Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

Photograph: Andrew Janjigian / Melissa Rivard for Eat Me Daily

"Eat the Art" runs September 24 through October 31
Bunker Hill Community College
250 New Rutherford Avenue
Boston, MA 02129
Earlier on Eat Me Daily
- Pizza as Art: 'Ain't' by Ted Mineo
- The Disquieting Food Art of Stephen J Shanabrook
- Muffin Innards in 'Secret Life of a Muffin' by Hannah Greely [food art]
- Futurist Banquet at SFMOMA: OPENfuture: Spinning Marinetti's Wheels
- Food Sculptures and Photography by Sarah Illenberger
- Good Enough to Eat: Paintings by Nouar [food art]










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