Don’t Chew That Gum--Turn It Into Art
Or, chew it while you’re admiring Maurizio Savini’s gum art—a lot of which can be seen at the blog Bibi’s Box. I recently came across his work when browsing the Candy Addict blog, and am completely blown away by it. He uses fiberglass to shape a sculpture, then covers it and details it with unchewed pink gum. The results are very realistic while being slightly disturbing (changing the malleable and mouth-centric gum into a completely different and static recognizable form). As a gum lover and an art lover, I’m both attracted and a bit freaked out by Savini’s pieces, and I haven’t been able to stop looking at them all week. Are there any other artists using food in as interesting a way? I can’t think of any off the top of head, but if you know of any, please post about them here.
--A.J. Rathbun
Christa on March 06, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Another contemporary artist using food as a medium (among other things) is Vik Muniz. He's used chocolate (http://renabranstengallery.com/Muniz_Lephenomene.html), caviar, spaghetti, sugar, and peanut butter and jelly to compose images which are exhibited in galleries and museums as large-scale photographs.
staceyb on March 06, 2008 at 02:11 PM
The real question is what was this artist thinking when he said, "Gee, I'll sculpt with gum." Maybe it's a childhood fascination he never grew out of...
LadyNaava on March 06, 2008 at 07:38 PM
Gah. It looks like a flayed person. Don't like.
Candy Addict on March 06, 2008 at 09:35 PM
We have a whole category dedicated to candy art:
http://candyaddict.com/blog/category/candy-art/
There are lots of great artists using candy. Here's a good gummi bear artist:
http://candyaddict.com/blog/2007/03/10/gummi-bear-chandelier-and-other-gummi-art/
Brian
phillygirl64 on March 07, 2008 at 11:28 AM
There's a book "Play with Food" (I think) with all kinds of stuff sculpted out of food, esp fruits and veggies