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David Meldrum's daily food illustrations

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Posted by Gavin Lucas, 16 June 2011, 10:25    Permalink    Comments (8)

Swimming against the tide of the current proliferation of food blogs, illustrator David Meldrum has been documenting every item of food consumed each day for the last year, not online, but on paper in the form of daily illustrations. He began the project on June 15 last year and tomorrow will open an exhibition of all 365 drawings at the ARCH 402 Gallery in Hoxton...

In the drawings the artist lays bare both the delights and horrors of the modern diet as salads, bowls of delicious looking spaghetti, glasses of wine in elegant glasses find themselves rubbing shoulders with burgers from McDonalds, chocolate bars (Cadbury's Freddo is a recurring theme) and packets of crisps. Here are a few, dare I say it, tasters of what to expect from the exhibition:

The Food Illustrator Project runs from tomorrow June 17 - June 26 at the ARCH 402 Gallery, Cremer Street, London E2 8HD.

See more of the work at thefoodillustrator.com

8 Comments

I like his penchant for Fredo Frog bars.
Wowser
2011-06-16 11:24:39

mmm fredos!
jenno
2011-06-16 13:11:26

Caramel Fredos are pretty much perfect
Rich
2011-06-16 13:52:50

Been looking forward to this since coming across David in 'Fire and Knives'. No doubt this will hit a bit close to home in personal eating habbits!

But eating (even overeating) never looked so good.

Where can I get a Fredo in the Clereknwell area?
Adam Bowie
2011-06-16 13:57:01

i love it that the fredos still make it in the drawing for christmas day!
Al
2011-06-16 13:59:46

I love the illustrations and the concept behind this, very entertaining! You may be interested in our self publishing workshops - bookleteer

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radhika patel
2011-06-16 15:28:14

looking forward to seeing the paintings "in person" in all their foodie glory!
Anabaena
2011-06-18 00:14:06

Fantastic exhibition a feast for the eye & stunning visual diary .
Love Love Love it Jane Beanland .
Jane Beanland
2011-06-18 08:34:03

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