Comments on: Body Bakery http://blog.art21.org/2008/08/19/body-bakery/ The Official Blog of Art21, Inc. and the Art in the Twenty-First Century PBS series Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:40:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: anna http://blog.art21.org/2008/08/19/body-bakery/comment-page-1/#comment-13872 anna Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:21:57 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/2008/08/19/body-bakery/#comment-13872 I found the body bakery while i was doing a unit in my IT class. I was reading The Silence Of The Lambs at the time and it made me think of what Hannibal Lecters Fridge/Freezer and Panrty would look like =D I didn't know the concept behind the bread when i saw it, the article I read was pretty basic. But wow, that's amazingly awesome!!!! I found the body bakery while i was doing a unit in my IT class. I was reading The Silence Of The Lambs at the time and it made me think of what Hannibal Lecters Fridge/Freezer and Panrty would look like =D
I didn’t know the concept behind the bread when i saw it, the article I read was pretty basic. But wow, that’s amazingly awesome!!!!

]]> By: thomas http://blog.art21.org/2008/08/19/body-bakery/comment-page-1/#comment-12262 thomas Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:45:21 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/2008/08/19/body-bakery/#comment-12262 can some one tell me the directions to the bakery?gallery? can some one tell me the directions to the bakery?gallery?

]]> By: John http://blog.art21.org/2008/08/19/body-bakery/comment-page-1/#comment-7912 John Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:10:50 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/2008/08/19/body-bakery/#comment-7912 They're not "disembodied", they're entirely "bodied". That's the body. Disembodied things are not corporeal. Also they're not dismembered either. The body gets dismembered into its...members. These are the members (well, look like the members). Could it be that he chose the medium because he's good at it and it can do what he wants? Would you expect a baker's son to work in cheese? They’re not “disembodied”, they’re entirely “bodied”. That’s the body. Disembodied things are not corporeal.

Also they’re not dismembered either. The body gets dismembered into its…members. These are the members (well, look like the members).

Could it be that he chose the medium because he’s good at it and it can do what he wants? Would you expect a baker’s son to work in cheese?

]]> By: Sarah http://blog.art21.org/2008/08/19/body-bakery/comment-page-1/#comment-7910 Sarah Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:33:31 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/2008/08/19/body-bakery/#comment-7910 Hi Larry. Thanks for your comment. My use of the word "pushing" is confusing and I should have paid closer attention to my word choice. I didn't mean to suggest that he was enforcing or promoting the idea of 'seeing is believing' rather, his statements about his work say that he is testing people's perceptions. I meant more pushing the limits of the idea of seeing is believing. So I think, on that point, we are in agreement. Many artists have enjoyed playing with perceptions and preconceptions. Art 21 Artist James Turrell does this skillfully with light. Kittiwat Unarrom's choice of subject and its graphic rendering elicits an emotional response. I would be very interested to hear him further discuss his choice of subject matter; it's a deliberate choice and one that makes his work so striking. With his obvious skill, he could be playing 'don't believe everything you see' by making bread that looks any number of things--chicken, currency, jewelry, a pistol etc-but he chooses to bake disembodied heads and limbs. It's possible that I've become too codependent on Art:21 and wall text as guides. I've come to expect artists to discuss provocative work and their process. When they don't I feel a bit frustrated. Hi Larry. Thanks for your comment. My use of the word “pushing” is confusing and I should have paid closer attention to my word choice. I didn’t mean to suggest that he was enforcing or promoting the idea of ’seeing is believing’ rather, his statements about his work say that he is testing people’s perceptions. I meant more pushing the limits of the idea of seeing is believing. So I think, on that point, we are in agreement.

Many artists have enjoyed playing with perceptions and preconceptions. Art 21 Artist James Turrell does this skillfully with light. Kittiwat Unarrom’s choice of subject and its graphic rendering elicits an emotional response. I would be very interested to hear him further discuss his choice of subject matter; it’s a deliberate choice and one that makes his work so striking. With his obvious skill, he could be playing ‘don’t believe everything you see’ by making bread that looks any number of things–chicken, currency, jewelry, a pistol etc-but he chooses to bake disembodied heads and limbs. It’s possible that I’ve become too codependent on Art:21 and wall text as guides. I’ve come to expect artists to discuss provocative work and their process. When they don’t I feel a bit frustrated.

]]> By: Larry Geater http://blog.art21.org/2008/08/19/body-bakery/comment-page-1/#comment-7906 Larry Geater Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:17:17 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/2008/08/19/body-bakery/#comment-7906 He is not pushing the idea that "seeing is believing". He is pushing the idea that seeing is not believing. He is pushing the idea that one should not accept surface aprearances as the truth. Your reaction, calling the eating of bread that is textured and flavored like bread "faux-cannibalism" proves that his work needs to be out there because apearances are being treated as reality. He is not pushing the idea that “seeing is believing”. He is pushing the idea that seeing is not believing. He is pushing the idea that one should not accept surface aprearances as the truth. Your reaction, calling the eating of bread that is textured and flavored like bread “faux-cannibalism” proves that his work needs to be out there because apearances are being treated as reality.

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