The Great Western Buffet
Christian van Minnen The Great Western Buffet (2013) Oil on canvas
Van Minnen has produced an interpretation of the original Butcher’s Stall in this piece. In an interview
he said that he admires the composition of the Renaissance and Dutch Golden age
as evidenced in the original and how it tells a story or deliver meaning. His
work is strangely mutated and distorted and causes the viewer to study all the
small details in order to grasp the whole meaning. Because his painting style
is almost classical in its vibrancy and beautiful detail but the subject matter
is so grotesque and ambiguous, a contrast and contradiction is created.
Van Minnen seems to be making a comment on the grotesque
abundance of Western consumption:How we have the luxury of leaving food to rot until it is unrecognisable.
I need to consider if I am making a sufficient statement or raising contemplative questions with my own work.
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