Multigenerational Recipes
2009 - 2012

 

Based on childhood memories, my experience working in the public school system, and the media, it has become apparent that food culture has been radically shifting to accommodate different lifestyle choices and health concerns. This body of work evolved from these observations and questions the complexities of contemporary food culture.

For the recipe pieces, each drawing is one ingredient, or a component, of a multi-generational recipe that has been passed to me from family and friends. I drew these objects from life with assistance from magnifiers. The isolated ingredients are drawn life size with intense rendering and consider a complex web of relationships. The symbiotic bond between the consumed and the consumer can involve ethical questions. Where is our food derived, how it is produced, who benefits economically and otherwise, and what will effect our environment and the health of the population over the long and short-term?