‘Meat and Potatoes’, a current exhibition at the Crawford Art Gallery this summer, is described as “eye-catching, thought-provoking and mouth-watering in equal measure”.
Bringing together works by historic and contemporary artists who have used food as their muse in myriad ways, the exhibition will be organised into three primary sections – BREAD, MEAT and POTATOES – which will be presented as staples in the history of food-focused art as well as our personal diets throughout the ages.
Visitors will have the opportunity to survey an abundance of food-related artworks produced over the last four centuries, from still lifes, dining utensils and cookware to video works and installations that consider the politics and concerns that have shaped perspectives on food right up to our present moment.
This exhibition features the work of Comhghall Casey, Monika Crowley, Lisa Fingleton, Mary Kelly, Anne Kiely and Mary Palmer, Maria McKinney, Abigail O’Brien, Geraldine O’Neill and Deirdre O’Mahony, in addition to Jean in Bed with Jaundice by John Bratby and Tommy Sutton Getting in the Spuds in the Snow by Camille Souter, which are on kind loan from the Glebe Gallery in Donegal.
Crawford Art Gallery is at Emmet Place, Cork. Parking is available at Paul St. Car Park which is around the corner, or at Carroll’s Quay Car Park which is a five-minute walk across the Christy Ring bridge. The Crawford Gallery is a 10-minute walk from Parnell Place Bus Station and a 15-minute walk from Cork’s Kent Station.
Run dates: 16 July – 6 November, 2022.