Taste Tests

 
Taste Tests in color2012

Taste Tests in color

2012

Gummy Bears 12012multi layer silkscreen with Blue, red, yellow and purple gummy bears on paper40 x 30 inches

Gummy Bears 1

2012

multi layer silkscreen with Blue, red, yellow and purple gummy bears on paper

40 x 30 inches

detail of Gummy Bears 42012multi layer silkscreen with blue, red, yellow, and purple gummy bears on paper40 x 30 inches

detail of Gummy Bears 4

2012

multi layer silkscreen with blue, red, yellow, and purple gummy bears on paper

40 x 30 inches

Toothpaste 22012multi layer silkscreen with toothpaste on paper40 x 30 inches

Toothpaste 2

2012

multi layer silkscreen with toothpaste on paper

40 x 30 inches

Frosting 32012multi layer silkscreen with frosting on paper40 x 30 inches

Frosting 3

2012

multi layer silkscreen with frosting on paper

40 x 30 inches

Pharmaceutical Pills 12012multi-layer silkscreen with pharmaceutical pills ( Diflucan, Tylenol, Adderall, Kava Kava pills), on paper40 x 30 inches

Pharmaceutical Pills 1

2012

multi-layer silkscreen with pharmaceutical pills ( Diflucan, Tylenol, Adderall, Kava Kava pills), on paper

40 x 30 inches

Airheads 42012multi layer silkscreen with blue raspberry, cherry andgreen apple airheads on paper40 x 30 inches

Airheads 4

2012

multi layer silkscreen with blue raspberry, cherry and

green apple airheads on paper

40 x 30 inches

Cake Icing 22012multi layer silkscreen with cyan, magenta, yellow,and chocolate cake icing on paper40 x 30 inches

Cake Icing 2

2012

multi layer silkscreen with cyan, magenta, yellow,

and chocolate cake icing on paper

40 x 30 inches

Mole Sauce 12012mole sauce on paper40 x 30 inches

Mole Sauce 1

2012

mole sauce on paper

40 x 30 inches

Ketchup and Mustard2012ketchup and mustard on paper40 x 30 inches

Ketchup and Mustard

2012

ketchup and mustard on paper

40 x 30 inches

Peanut Butter and Jelly2012peanut butter and jelly on paper40 x 30 inches

Peanut Butter and Jelly

2012

peanut butter and jelly on paper

40 x 30 inches

 
Cheese Wiz2012cheese wiz on paper40 x 30 inches

Cheese Wiz

2012

cheese wiz on paper

40 x 30 inches

“‘taste tests in color’ is a fresh actualization of brandt’s existing monochromatic series taste tests in which the artist silk screened picturesque american landscapes by using a food item in place of traditional ink such as ketchup or mole sauce. in this particular ‘taste test’, the artist recreates the image of vernal falls of yosemite national park into several multi-layered prints made permanent by food or household objects such as toothpaste, kool-aid, airhead candies, or pharmecutical pills, recreating the colors typically observed in CMYK or RGB color models.”

—Designboom, edible silk screens + lake water photographs by matthew brandt, by Leigha DB, 2012

https://www.designboom.com/art/edible-silk-screens-lake-water-photographs-by-matthew-brandt/

“Matthew Brandt has used Cheez Whiz to print a photograph. And Kool-Aid. And human tears. It’s all part of Brandt’s fascination with the photographic process and, on a larger scale, a relationship with what he photographs and its imprint on the physical world.”

—SLATE Magazine, How to Make a Photograph Out of Cheez Whiz, Kool-Aid, and Dead Skin, by David Rosenberg, 2013

https://slate.com/culture/2013/03/matthew-brandt-using-materials-for-both-the-subject-and-the-print-of-a-photograph-photos.html

“With candy, for instance. For his "Taste Tests in Color" series, Brandt says he wanted to toy with an iconic image made "out of materials that you wouldn't think would be in a photograph" — and that may not be exactly archival. He took a classic shot of a waterfall in Yosemite National Park, then silk-screened the image with common household ingredients: cake sprinkles (some collect at the bottom of the frame), Kool-Aid, Laffy Taffy, even mouthwash and crushed pharmaceuticals. "I'm always grocery-store hunting," Brandt says, laughing. "I had to buy yellow gummy bears in five-pound bulk bags. Adderall has a nice blue tint."

—ELLE decor, ART SHOW: MATTHEW BRANDT, by Vicky Lowry, 2012

https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/g323/matthew-brandt-artist/