Frans Snyders (Flemish, 1579-1657). Larder with a Servant, ca. 1635-1640. Oil on panel. Mead Art Museum. Museum purchase.
George Benjamin Luks (American (1866/67-1933). Child Eating. Oil on canvas. Mead Art Museum. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Edward F. Babbott (Class of 1945).
Aaron Siskind (American, 1903-1991). Peace Meals, 1937. Gelatin silver print. Mead Art Museum. Gift of Leonard A. Fink (Class of 1952).
Terry Parmelee (American, b. 1929). Moon Harvest, 1969. Woodcut. Mead Art Museum. Gift of Rowell A. Schleicher (Class of 1921) and Susan T. Schleicher.
Walter Williams (American, 1920–1998). Harvest, 1963. Woodcut. Mead Art Museum. Gift of Rowell A. Schleicher (Class of 1921) and Susan T. Schleicher.
Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991). Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, 1935. Gelatin silver print. Mead Art Museum. Gift of Paul Katz.
Embodied Taste offers visitors an immersive exploration of food and how it moves—through our bodies and our world. From seed to harvest, food is vibrant matter that incorporates labor, memory, and community. This exhibition asks audiences to explore the collaborations, connections, and stories that are consumed every time you take a bite. Works on view include paintings, photographs, drawings, posters, food-related ephemera, porcelain dinnerware, and sounds that challenge our ideas and feelings about food.
The exhibition was organized collaboratively by student curators enrolled in “Eat! An Exhibition Seminar at the Mead,” led by Amy Cox Hall (visiting assistant professor of anthropology, Amherst College) and Emily Potter-Ndiaye (Dwight and Kirsten Poler and Andrew W. Mellon Head of Education and Curator of Academic Programs, Mead Art Museum).
Due to the pandemic, the in-person installation of this exhibition will close on November 22, 2020. However, we're pleased to offer a virtual tour of this exhibition. Click here to view art up close, read wall labels, listen to audio recordings, and watch video clips from Embodied Taste.