"For a work to be included in the LAM, it must have some kind of relationship with food, drink or consumption. The museum often refers to its collection as food art. However, as its director suggests, perhaps it deserves a new name. Indeed, the works exhibited here are related to food, but a pretty photograph that simply shows something to eat isn't enough for us."
"The work has to have more layers; [it must] tell stories that use something as everyday as food as a starting point. We want to contemplate the ordinary in a new and extraordinary way. Until the museum finds another way to refer to the type of art that it houses, the LAM claims to possess the world's largest collection of food art."
The Lisser Art Museum (LAM) opened in 2018 in Lisse, Netherlands, on the historic grounds of a 15th-century castle estate where kitchen staff once gathered herbs, berries, and game. The museum's collection focuses on art with relationships to food, drink, or consumption, though the director notes this category deserves a more sophisticated designation than simply 'food art.' Works must transcend surface-level depictions and instead tell deeper stories using everyday food as a starting point, encouraging viewers to contemplate the ordinary in extraordinary ways. The collection includes paintings, sculptures, installations, videos, sound art, and digital pieces by both established and emerging artists, representing the world's largest such collection.
Read at english.elpais.com
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