non - stick frying pan
Two person show with Catalyst Arts, Belfast, NI. Curated by Emma Quin, collaborating artist Niamh Hannaford. Documentation by Simon Mills.
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My focus for this project was to highlight the time, skill and hard work that goes into making (and keeping) food sustainable and good for you, and to question the systems of oppression surrounding food and its consumption.
I thought about how making high quality but simple food is an artform in itself, and, similar to art, it isn't accessible to purchase for all. The ability to afford only local, organically produced, minimally processed food, free from pesticides is something that shouldn’t be a luxury, but unfortunately is.
We are in an age where time to prepare and enjoy food everyday is also a luxury. As a society, we have never cooked less than we do now.
To draw attention to the labour required to make our food, I have created still lives modelled from sustainable, local and organic Irish produce, titling each piece with the time it took to produce each food item - from 24hrs for an organic egg to be laid, 18 months for a wheel of cheese to mature and up to 4 years or more to harvest one single oyster.
In our capitalist society, these ‘food portraits’ serve as both a celebration of those who try in earnest to keep food good, and as a warning of what we could lose.
48 Hours, 2025 (bread)
Epoxy resin, pigment print, aluminium, gingham cloth. True to life size.
Country Sourdough Loaf from Elliott’s bakery, Dublin 7
12 Weeks, 2025 (blue cheese)
Epoxy resin, pigment print. True to life size.
Young Buck cheese by Mike’s Fancy Cheese, Made in Newtownards, Co. Down.
18 Months, 2025 (gouda)
Epoxy resin, pigment. True to life size.
Coolea cheese made on farm by the Willems in outer Macroom, Co. Cork.
Cheese Portrait 1, 2025 (framed print)
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle photo rag 308gsm, walnut frame, 148 x 210mm.
Cheese Portrait 2, 2025 (framed print)
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle photo rag 308gsm, walnut frame, 148 x 210mm.
Cheese Portrait 3, 2025 (framed print)
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle photo rag 308gsm, walnut frame, 148 x 210mm.
3-4 Years, 2025 (oyster installation)
Epoxy resin, pigment, stainless steel, silicone, Guinness, glass, lipstick, napkin, pigment print on Hahnemühle photo rag 308gsm.
Oysters from Carlingford Oyster Company, Co. Louth.
(vegetable wall installation)
90 days (kohlrabi), 2025
Epoxy resin, pigment print. True to life size.
90 days (carrots), 2025
Epoxy resin, pigment print. True to life size.
100 days (courgette), 2025
Epoxy resin, pigment print. True to life size.
60 days (beetroot), 2025
Epoxy resin, pigment print. True to life size.
30 days (radishes), 2025
Epoxy resin, pigment print. True to life size.
Organic vegetables grown with care by Fiachra Kennedy at Abercorn Farm, Belmont, Co. Wicklow.
24 Hours (1), 2025 (framed egg print)
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle photo rag 308gsm, stainless steel frame, 400 x 600mm
24 Hours (2), 2025 (framed egg print)
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle photo rag 308gsm, stainless steel frame, 297 x 420mm
24 Hours (3), 2025
(framed egg print)
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle photo rag 308gsm, stainless steel frame, 148 x 210mm
Eggs from Lynda Harvey’s beloved pets Clover, Liath and Mabel, Ballybrack, Co.Dublin.
