When Food Becomes Art
Have you seen the celebrated work of art? This well-known portrait features a young woman looking over her shoulder, set against a dark backdrop, with a glimmering earring dangling to catch your eye. Only the one we’re talking about is made from food – actual food – by Claire Salvo in Los Angeles in 2020, rather than oil on canvas painted by Johannes Vermeer in the Netherlands in 1665. In the pandemic, peas take precedence over pearls for at least one artist. Salvo has devote