EAT UP

EAT UP

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In her American Still-Life series, Pamela Johnson takes on a fixture of contemporary American life, and does so with no apologies.

When faced with her six-foot tall canvases of enormous and precariously balanced hamburgers, waffles, or doughnuts, the viewer is forced to recognise that the work is about more than alluring junk food, but a macabre fascination with the phenomena of mass-produced foods.

Johnson views these artifacts of our culture as indicative of the state of the culture as a whole, aiming to invoke reflection on embracing a culture of complete and instant gratification while ignoring the consequences of our indulgences.

It should be gorgeous, but this confrontational realism is enough to put you off your food.


 

30 Jul 08 / M.E.
 
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