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Nutrition Facts - Nadeem Haidary

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The FOOD of ART / 2007 / DATA VISUALIZATION<br />

ThIS SeRIeS AnALYzeS twelve still life masterpieces for<br />

their nutritional content through the creation of nutrition<br />

<strong>Facts</strong> labels. Though the piece is obviously humorous, the data<br />

is rich and often indicative of the artist’s socioeconomic status.<br />

For example, compare the court painter Frans Snyders’ 39,851<br />

calorie feast on the previous page to Vincent Van gogh’s wine,<br />

tobacco and three meager onions.<br />

THE FRAME GALLERY / PITTSBURGH

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