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There are a number of iconic, oft-copied and parodied paintings in the world. Who can name two, by the same artist, that have been reproduced in edible materials and also tell me who created them?
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#78111. Asked by lanfranco. (Mar 31 07 4:18 PM)
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Arpeggionist
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This is not much of a trivia question.
But I suppose one good artist who fits the category would be Alan Bean, known now more for his artistry than for the hours he spent traversing the lunar surface. He created the art genre of the spacescape. One of his paintings, titled "Were we giraffes or gazelles?" depicts two astronauts running across the moon, the one of them leaping over the Earth in the background. The other, an homage to Monet, titled "Cernan, Gnomon and Gravity" depicts the same image - Gene Cernan on the moon with a geologist's rake - four times in different shadings.
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lanfranco
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Interesting, Arpy -- I've always like Alan Bean for several reasons.
However, we're looking for famous, iconic, works of art that have often been reproduced and parodied, and the two in question, originally painted by one great artist, have been reproduced in foodstuffs by another.
It might help to think of the artistic culture in which I usually work. In the meantime, I'm going to kick back and snack on a few items from Perugia that a houseguest recently gave me ....
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peasypod
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You are giving it away with Perugia, Frankie. Baci chocolates spring to my mind...
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lanfranco
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I knew someone would mention Cavallaro's "Chocolate Jesus" or "Chocolate Crucifixion," whichever you prefer (even my mother sent me an e-mail about it); but I must emphasize:
Two ICONIC works of art by one artist, reproduced (i.e., more or less copied) by another, in edible substances.
I'll let fly another clue: the second artist actually comes from the part of the world that first discovered the pleasures of one of the substances in question.
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queproblema
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Um, what could be more ICONIC than the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper? Both by LdV. Both in chocolate. Did you want the chocolate by the same creator, too?
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lanfranco
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Oh, you are so close, qp. You've got the paintings by Leonardo, now find the contemporary artist who has reproduced them. Only one was done in chocolate (well, a form of chocolate). The other was done, twice, in substances much loved by primary-school students.
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toughynutter
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"In 1982, Japanese artist Tadahiko Ogawa of Kyoko Japan recreated "The Mona Lisa" in a toaster from 65 pieces of white bread. This was the first in his series of toaster made pieces. Others include da Vinci's "Last Supper," and Botticelli's "Birth of Venus."
 http://www.monalisamania.com/triviamain.htm
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lanfranco
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O.K., both qp and tf, I'll give you both silver maces, but I really was looking for Vik Muniz's peanut butter and jelly "Mona Lisas" and his Bosco Chocolate Syrup "Last Supper."
However, the responses to this question prove the point. There are certain paintings and themes that will, forever, be the objects of weird but enthusiastically-created reproductions by many artists of many varieties. I can't wait to see what comes next.
Oh, and thanks to star_gazer for inspiring the question with a couple of behind-the-scenes inquiries about Grant Wood's "American Gothic."
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peasypod
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Um, Frankie....
Put your specs on dearie.
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queproblema
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OK, you did want just one food artist. (Which, to be utterly picky, you didn't originally specify.)
I'll have my mace melted down for your new spec rims.
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lanfranco
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Oh, dear, peasy, mea culpa. I was reading too quickly.
I'll hand over a very large, apologetically-designed mace to peasy -- somehow, I read that answer as qp's. But tn still gets a regularly-sized mace for the toast art.
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peasypod
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Ta.
I do like the large ones....
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