These Arty, Weird Food Postcards Make the Perfect Gift
Weird in the best way possible! Because who *wouldn't* want to receive a postcard of a microscopic zoomed-in photo of a feathery pink shrimp tail? Or a frosted donut emerging from a lettuce leaf like The Birth of Venus? Or a still life with vibrant radishes shot with the dramatic lighting of the Dutch masters? Food and art lovers alike, which by our brief poll includes everyone you know, can appreciate the 100 whimsical postcards in Curious Feast (April 5). The box set features 10 artists whose work has focused on food in some way, from Patricia Curtan's ink-and-charcoal framable drawings of raspberries to Mimi O Chun's hilarious felt salamis. And when was the last time you sent a postcard, anyway? Take a look at ten of the delightful postcards and see for yourself.
Photos from Curious Feast: 100 Postcards by 10 Artists, curated by Naz Sahin Ozcan, published by Princeton Architectural Press.
Courtesy of Brest Brest Brest1/11"Image of the Movie White Christmas + White Ham"
The French design collective Brest Brest Brest put actual ham on this old movie still.
Courtesy of Michele Humes2/11"Instant Ramen with Shrimp Tempura, Snow Peas,and Narutomaki"
Artist Michele Humes knows about your ramen obsession, and she's obsessed, too.
Courtesy of Melinda Josie3/11Pancakes
Melinda Josie's oil paintings make even pancakes seem like something worth slowing down and appreciating more for their simple beauty.
Courtesy of Caren Alpert4/11"Terra Cibus No. 33: Pineapple Leaf"
Yep, that's a very close-up look at a pineapple leaf by photographer Caren Alpert, who shot this series with an electron microscope.
Courtesy of Mimi O Chun5/11"Baristas with Skills: Latte with Leaf Art from The Mill"
Artist Mimi O Chun made this felt latte, inspired, or at least parodying, one of the most Instagrammed things on the planet—and this one won't lose it's perfect leaf after you take your first sip.
Courtesy of Alex Proba6/11"Day 308" from "A Poster a Day"
Alex Proba's hybrid fruits probably aren't too far from what food scientists are cooking up for the farmers' markets of the future.
Courtesy of Naz Sahin Ozcan7/11"National Food Days"
Naz Sahin Ozcan, the graphic designer who curated Curious Feast, hits close to home with this list of absurd national food days, because it seems like there's ten nearly every day from where we sit.
Joel Penkman8/11"Doughnut Dozen"
Joël Penkman paints with "egg tempera," which despite how it sounds, is not edible, but an old method of mixing paint pigments with egg yolks. The result are these shining, glossy paintings that you just want to take a bite out of.
Courtesy of Patricia Curtan9/11Raspberries
You might recognize Patricia Curtan's work from her beautiful menus for Chez Panisse, and Alice Waters's The Art of Simple Food.
Courtesy of Wijnand Warendorf10/11"Still Life with Radish"
All of a sudden we hear Bach symphonies blast off when we see the moody still lives of vegetables by Wijnand Warendorf, who makes raw radishes look like Academy Award nominees for best actors in a drama.
11/11Curious Feast is on sale April 5 from Princeton Architectural Press.
