Is this ‘Food in Art’ or ‘Art in Food’?

April 2021

Here’s a question. How many of you believe that if your food looks good then it’ll taste good too? Well psychologically, it’s this very idea that’s keeping a lot of commercial food chains and Fine Dining restaurants afloat. People will pay through their nose just to eat artfully presented food. Some artists like to push the boundaries of Food and Art a little bit more to create wonderfully delectable Food Art.

Feast your eyes on this amazing collection of Food! Or is it Art? You decide.

Playing with Food a la Balla Tamás! | Where Else Organic?

A Tomato shepherd with his flock of Cauliflower sheep; Anonymous artist. Photo Courtesy: MindStep, DeviantART.

Who could have thought that Michelangelo’s masterpiece would be recreated on a Banana! multimedia artist Phil Hansen has written a book called Tattoo A Banana where he encourages people to create, re-imagine, and make something out of (almost) nothing.

The Challenge: Banan-ART! Masterpieces recreated on fruit as artist uses pin to 'tattoo' skin

Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam tattooed on a Banana, Phil Hansen.

Innovative food artist Brock Davis makes interesting shapes with his food! Watch out kids! Salad just became exciting!

Brock Davis' Photographs Bring New Meaning to Playing With Your Food!

A stalk of broccoli becomes a tree house with wooden popsicle stick planks for climbing up the broccoli trunk.

Finally a shark which YOU can eat! A cucumber cut into the shape of a Shark

A Yin and Yang ‘Sunny Side up’.

From hobby to artwork – American artist Alan Sailer uses a homebuilt air-gap flash to take photos of exploding food. He uses PVC or a copper cannon to launch pellets and marbles at his subjects.

Upset Coconut' - I LOVE this exploding coconut! | High speed photography, Food art, Food