Christopher Boffoli: Food Whimsy
Christopher Boffoli’s whimsical photo art, from an exhibition at Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts gallery in Toronto.
Boffoli uses meticulously hand painted railway model figures glued into place onto real food.
“I chose food as a backdrop because it is a constant,” he says. “People see a striking image of food and are immediately drawn in because it is something familiar.
He creates the engaging, humorous scenes as commentary on America’s dysfunctional relationship with food.
Boffoli is a Seattle-based photographer, artist and filmmaker with a background in literature and writing.
Boffoli’s website, here.
Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts profile on Boffoli, here.
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35 Comments
zookyshirts
What a fun, clever idea!
boomerontario
Thanks for visiting. Glad you enjoyed.
coolgirlblogs
Ingenius 🙂
boomerontario
I know, isn’t it? Thanks for the comment.
Maureen Muich
I love this! Extremely creative!!!
boomerontario
He is a genius, isn’t he? Thank you for stopping here. (your own photography is beautiful)
eastwitching
Absolutely completely bonkers and I LOVE it – especially the chocolate quarrymen – genius!!!!
sketchbooksandstuff
This is really very fascinating. The orange is my favourite.
boomerontario
Thanks for the comment. I always wonder where the artist’s concept comes from but of course that’s the secret to artistry, isn’t it?
hariqhuang
What a creative artist! I spend most of my time in my kitchen cooking and garnishing; and I have never played with food the way he did! 😀
boomerontario
I know, isn’t he? You have to wonder how some of these ideas emerge. Thanks for stopping by.
Ayasonice
I love the concept. He’s brilliant! Thanks for sharing and for viewing my work. I would love to see all you have featured here.
boomerontario
So glad you enjoyed him, and you’re welcome to come back anytime! Thanks.
heart, hopes, and dreams
That is so neat! Very creative use of food and miniatures indeed!
boomerontario
He’s so very good at this, isn’t he? Thanks for visiting.
Evs
I love the spilt milk!
boomerontario
Yes, that one is especially well done. Thanks for stopping by.
xuantian
If there’s little persons on my food, I will definitely not eat them.lol
boomerontario
I don’t blame you. Thank you for that great observation!
xuantian
HAHA~
boomerontario
deepakv1991, theplaceswevebeen, angie morton, dedyandriantoexperience, gianni trudu photos: Forgive the group reply, but thank you all very much for taking the time to comment. It is pretty ingenious and very cool. Appreciated.
gianni trudu photos
very interesting
Steve_Bro
Reblogged this on Steve_Bro.
boomerontario
Thank you for the reblog.
dedyandriantoexperience
Cool! I would love to live in the world where foods are gigantic. =)
angie morton
ingenious!
theplaceswevebeen
Awesome concept!
deepakv1991
awesome