Who knows what inspires a great artist to paint? Somehow dawns, sunsets and handsome matadors seem so much more apt than well, than asparagus. Read all about this Chinese artist, who at the very least, would beg to differ.
Ju Duoqi, 35, creates her own versions of some of the world's greatest paintings; not out of oil or paste or tempera, but out of vegetables. According to
news sources, her current Beijing exhibition entitled: “Vegetable Museum” includes a version of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa composed of tofu and sea kelp. Her veggie treatments have also been given to the works of masters such Leonardo Da Vinci’s
The Last Supper, Picasso’s
The Dream and Andy Warhol’s
Marilyn Monroe. (For a view at her art, click on link provided.)
The artist said about her creations:
“I want to give new life to these unnoticeable vegetables, and let them not be bound by what they are anymore. Ordinary things can be classic and outstanding. People often overlook them because of their cheapness, unimportance, and temporary nature.”
Whatever floats your vegetable boat, I always say.
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