The Way We Eat at Home
Li Jin Banquet for the times 2020, Art Gallery of New South Wales © Li Jin
While our doors are closed, we are bringing you ways to learn, be inspired and get creative at home and online.
The Way We Eat brings together works of art related to food. Drawn from the Art Gallery’s extensive Asian art collection and loans from private collections, the exhibition considers what we eat; how food is made, stored and consumed; the evolution of culinary wares; cultural exchange; and the ritual and symbolic meanings associated with food.
Explore this ancient source of inspiration, anxiety and pleasure with The Way We Eat at Home.
The Way We Eat
Discover historical treasures and dramatic contemporary artworks from the exhibition that reference food in diverse and remarkable ways.
Explore
Read
On the menu
Yin Cao, curator of ‘The Way We Eat’, reflects on how the exhibition illuminates our relationship with food.
Make
How to make a lucky four-leaf clover
Join artist Tianli Zu for a tutorial on the art of meditative papercutting and create a symbol of hope and luck.
Look
Cultured Foods
This Pocket Exhibition peels back the layers to explore the metaphorical meanings behind certain foods in Chinese culture.
Make
For kids
Be inspired by artists Robin White and Ebonie Fifita and make this house a home by furnishing it with objects and decorating it with patterns.
Look
From Pottery to Porcelain
This Pocket Exhibition contemplates thousands of years of food vessels, from simple commodities to treasured objects.
Helping you find inspiration through #TheWayWeEatAtHome
We asked some friends of the Art Gallery what they are eating at their places, and to share a recipe they love, a family favourite or something they have cooked multiple times during the lockdown.
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