Food: Divine dishes inspired by art
Artists through history have lovingly rendered food into art: a slab of cake bathed in golden light, plump fruit, mackerel glistening on the table. Here Fiona Hugues pays them homage by doing the opposite
As a rather opinionated and passionate stylist I’m forever harping on about the crossover between fashion and interiors, art and food. I find it fascinating how our culture constantly feeds into and inspires the work of creatives working in a host of mediums. For fun, I’ve based this collection of seasonal recipes on depictions of food in art – from 19th-century still lifes of fruit and fish to Andy Warhol’s comment on modern consumerism using cans of Campbell’s soup.