“Art” isn’t just paintings and sculptures, it can be anything in which we find beauty and meaning — even food. Show us a thing, place, or person that’s a work of art to you.
By When someone says “art,” they often use it as shorthand for “paintings and sculptures.” Art is everywhere, though: in nature, in architecture, in literature, and more. It’s anywhere we see beauty and meaning.
For me, it’s in food. The creativity, forethought, and care that went into this beautifully cooked and plated lamb dish takes it from “dinner” to “art”:
Lamb three ways with braised lettuce at Eleven Madison Park, New York City. (Photo by Michelle Weber.)
The just-so placement of the lamb, the sauce, the flowers… in my eyes, it’s as beautiful as a just-so brushstroke. It may have a more ignominious fate than the Mona Lisa — after all, it ends up in my gut, rather than hanging in the Louvre — but my appreciation and enjoyment of these few perfect bites are just as meaningful to me as an afternoon spent contemplating da Vinci.
(What can I say? I really love food.)
This week, share a photo of something that’s art to you. It could be some actual “art,” like a painting by your grandmother or the misshapen but perfect clay sculpture your child brought home from kindergarden, or something most people wouldn’t consider beautiful at all, but that has meaning to you. The important thing is that it’s art in your eyes.
great topic!!! and well said “Art is everywhere” – 🙂
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An eye for appretiation is also very imp..beauty is beauty only when it has got genuaen admirrer….no doubt its a piece of art..
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I’m a big fan of street art myself. Can’t stand food pictures, though 😉
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well I do not love al street art – but “hadorable” – you grabbed some of the best street art I have ever seen – wow – truly works of art –
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We were thinking the same thing 🙂
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Here is my one:
http://inspiringthroughthelens.com/2014/05/17/weekly-photo-challenge-work-of-art/
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Here is a kind of art that is useable and wettable every day!
http://queenslandorchid.wordpress.com/2014/05/18/orchid-urinal-sculptures-by-clark-sorensen/
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he Art is everywhere. Can not more agree that that, but not every one can take that (anything : food, picture, sculpture, etc) as an art.
http://smilingchapter.wordpress.com/2014/05/30/photo-challenge-work-of-art/
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hi Michelle, thanks for inspiring us again!
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my choice:
http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/weekly-photo-challenge-work-of-art/
Wall graffiti on the Berlin Wall. It became a symbol of breaking through the Iron Curtain.
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Gosh on my way out the door. I know where there are works of art in the pueblo!
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Art in the pueblo, with the great craftsmen here some art stands the test of time: http://indacampo.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/arte-en-el-pueblo-wp-photo-challenge-art/
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Nice challenge . . . I’ll join later . ..
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Michelle, This is the most wonderful prompt till date. 🙂
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Here’s my entry: http://architar.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/from-daily-life-pictures-of-work-of-art/
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Palette for your palate coming up in this … plate ! be right back…
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annotated by the “artist”, literally, with Korean inscriptions on the porcelain dish — see for yourself at:
http://marichulambino.com/2014/05/17/weekly-photo-challenge-work-of-art-wordpress-sample-is-a-food-photo/
Happy dining!
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and my second entry, this is the continuation of the Korean dining described above, designed delectably and arranged artfully, this time, in my pseudonymous blog:
sliced, slivered, stewed … while we sit… sipping stirred tea — ’tis sweet … at:
http://chattel.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/weekly-photo-challenge-work-of-art-wordpress-used-a-food-photo-as-sample/
Happy weekdays ahead!
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art – Delicious Food Items…
http://myvividvisions.com/2014/05/16/weekly-photo-challenge-work-of-art/
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Yes, a great topic to see some arty pictures !
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photography, sculpture, painting, …. Art is universal, for all nations united : http://icezine.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/work-of-art-weekly-photo-challenge/
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What crabs dream about ….http://ambitiousdrifter.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/weekly-photo-challenge-art-the-dreams-of-crabs/
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good one! searching through my photostream right now =)
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I’m very happy with this challenge today! Here’s my post about it:
http://charlottetaiphotography.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/everyone-is-an-artist-at-heart/
Hope you’ll enjoy reading it as much as I taking them =)
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My pictures are my Art and my Work.
Like this one:
http://whymatters.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/weekly-photo-challenge-work-of-art/
I was holding this one for the right topic 😀 Thanks for the great Challenge
#Begood
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Great photo and I love the new look!
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Great one! http://neverclipmywings.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/work-of-art/
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Lots of submissions from me… http://sfchapman.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/weekly-photo-challenge-work-of-art/
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My daughter making Art http://aimingtobegreen.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/weekly-photo-challenge-art/
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Here is my contribution for this week challenge http://photoottawa.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/weekly-photo-challenge-work-of-art/
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Warning: today’s entry is not G-rated:
http://bumblepuppies.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/art-insults-my-intelligence/
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At the spa: http://insellos.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/weekly-photo-challenge-work-of-art/
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Here’s a compilation for this week challenge ‘work of art’
http://agent909.wordpress.com/category/the-world/
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The photo is incredible and very inspiring post! 🙂
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I like this there. Here is my go:http://wp.me/p3gqMf-cu
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Theme..
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Here’s mine, a photo i took in Lymington in The new Forest. Always reminds me of a painting!
http://looneyatoms.com/2014/05/16/weekly-photo-challenge-work-of-art/
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Here is my entry for this week’s challenge: http://wp.me/p24idL-1X4
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Love it! Managed to combine both my photo challenges Happy Friday you photo crazies. Big hugs 🙂 http://veronicaroth.com/work-art-early-morning/
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After I stopped drooling over the food above, I created a doubled response to the challenge: a work of art showing a work of art, if I may say so…
Check it out here: http://maraeastern.com/2014/05/16/weekly-photo-challenge-work-of-art/.
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Art in Black and White… http://filimages.wordpress.com/charme-et-glamour/charme-en-noir-et-blanc/
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I really hope you’d already half-eaten that dish before photographing it. Anything that looks that beautiful surely tastes divine, in which case I’d want more than two bites.
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This meal had 15 courses, so I was glad each one was just a few exquisite bites!
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My contribution is here: http://christinapictures.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/work-of-art/
I wish you all a good weekend!
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That plate looks delicious!
http://wp.me/p1ZuYK-XD
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Great topic!
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Here is my entry: http://zainabjavid.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/weekly-photo-challenge-work-of-art/
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