Here are two more artworks from the contemporary exhibit at the Heard Museum that I saw last Friday. The one above is called "What Dreams are Made Of" by Nanibah Chacon. The description reads that it "engages with Chicano low-rider culture and concepts of indigenous identity." I love the way the roses are lifting off of car.
This one was created by C. Maxx Stevens and consists of a table full of very tempting delights like pizza, burgers, cakes and donuts. Each food item is covered in glitter and sand to make them sparkle and look appealing but dangerous to eat.
Below the table are the shoes and walking sticks of the people affected by the disease.
It was a very thought provoking piece. It inspired me to have a salad for dinner.
I have a new post on Sharon's Sojourns today. I have a humorous story about my accommodations on a trip to Canada years ago.
11 comments:
Great exhibition Sharon. The one with the car is quite pretty, but the table full of diabetes no go foods is very sobering.
Lots of meaning, in art.
Art with a strong message, Sharon!
All three wonderful pieces of art Sharon, the second two pieces bringing attention to the diabetes factor that is a serious epidemic these days ✨
Oh man, that table would have me having a salad for dinner too!
A great exhibition. The food table sends an important message to people. Those foods are very tough to avoid for lots of people.
That diabetes piece IS very effective. I've never liked super-sugary foods, thank goodness. I love the roses on the car, too.
I recall a segment of a Michael Pollan program I was viewing just yesterday that featured a family in India in which the adults don't get home until 10 p.m. and most nights order fast food brought in. They ordered chicken and burgers from KFC and were all sitting on a couch watching t.v. while they consumed it. And they were all, children and adults, obese. Sad.
Original!
The last is profound.
Nice exhibition. Diabetes is a big problem here in Saudi too.
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