Delicious art: Picasso, Dali and Malevich paintings made from food

The Russian photographer Tatyana Shkondina has brought to life a long-anticipated art project: recreating world-famous paintings with food and various other items. She comments on each of her works.

The Russian food-stylist and photographer Tatyana Shkondina has brought to life a long-anticipated art project: recreating world-famous paintings with food and various other items. She comments on each of her works. Salvador Dali, "The Persistence of Time", 1931. "This was one of the hardest paintings because I wanted to preserve the sense of depth without making it too deep. Particulate matter and gradients came to the rescue."

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The Russian food-stylist and photographer Tatyana Shkondina has brought to life a long-anticipated art project: recreating world-famous paintings with food and various other items. She comments on each of her works. Salvador Dali, "The Persistence of Time", 1931. "This was one of the hardest paintings because I wanted to preserve the sense of depth without making it too deep. Particulate matter and gradients came to the rescue."

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Piet Mondrian, "Composition with red, yellow, and blue", 1921. "I really love the geometry and fascinating combination of colors."

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Katsushika Hokusai, "Red Fuji", 1831. "Since he's a Japanese artist, I used rice, salmon, and green tea for the painting."

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Andy Warhol, "Dollar Sign", 1982. "Warhol painted a lot of variations with the dollar sign in different colors and on different backgrounds. This selection was the result. The funniest part for me was thinking up how to make the dollar sign with different colors of "cabbage" (Russian slang for 'money'). It was a little cheekiness that entertained me in the process."

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René Magritte, "The Son of Man", 1964. "I have a feeling this painting is very often recreated using food."

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Vincent van Gogh, "Sunflowers", 1888. "Van Gogh has a few paintings of sunflowers. In the painting, it was interesting to emulate his brush strokes on a background made with a brush and flower. It was also interesting to create the sunflowers' volume with different-colored bell peppers."

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Vincent van Gogh, "Starry Night", 1889. "This is one of the largest paintings. I put it together for a few hours because it had a lot of small parts and movements."