{"id":28007,"date":"2017-02-24T21:55:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T05:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=28007"},"modified":"2017-02-25T07:32:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T15:32:12","slug":"cucumber-shamu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/cucumber-shamu\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;cucumber shamu&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/cucumber-shamu\/lorilarusso1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28009\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO1.jpg\" alt=\"LORILARUSSO1\" width=\"584\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO1-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5116335\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/no-cache\/true\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cute on the outside, clever on the inside. Yum!\u00a0Ok, I may have just copied and pasted every piece of art\u00a0on the website of Kentucky based artist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lorilarusso.com\/\">Lori Larusso<\/a>. Can you blame me? I mean come on&#8230; cucumber Shamu cut from metal and then painted perfectly!? I&#8217;ve written about several of Lori&#8217;s series, and at face value they&#8217;re funny, sweet, retro-looking food art. But I knew there was more to them, and I was so excited to finally talk to Lori and get the inside scoop! Listen right up there under Shamu,\u00a0or you can\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>First up, her most recent series that\u00a0will be showing <em>{March 3}<\/em> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesmaygallery.com\/\">James May Gallery<\/a> in Wisconsin, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lorilarusso.com\/eating-animals\/\"><em>&#8220;Eating Animals&#8221;<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/cucumber-shamu\/lorilarusso2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28010\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO2.jpg\" alt=\"LORILARUSSO2\" width=\"584\" height=\"1860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO2-94x300.jpg 94w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those broccoli dogs. So good&#8230; and an excellent point about food consumption &#8211; kids think broccoli is gross, but if it looks like a dog it&#8217;s on the menu! Hm. Funny, weird, smart.<\/p>\n<p>I grabbed these shots from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lorilarusso\/\">Lori&#8217;s Instagram feed<\/a>, so you can truly see how cool they are. Cut metal, beautifully painted and floating on the wall\u00a0&#8230; or sitting on her\u00a0table, depending how far along they are!:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/cucumber-shamu\/lorilarusso2b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28040\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28040\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO2b.jpg\" alt=\"LORILARUSSO2b\" width=\"584\" height=\"1157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO2b.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO2b-151x300.jpg 151w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO2b-517x1024.jpg 517w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, yet another of her ongoing series that I&#8217;m totally in love with &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lorilarusso.com\/new-gallery\/auoj58ilifdp7d8recqh15a72xcmpd\"><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s Not My Birthday, That&#8217;s Not My Cake&#8221;<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/cucumber-shamu\/lorilarusso3-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28038\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28038\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO3-1.jpg\" alt=\"LORILARUSSO3\" width=\"584\" height=\"2354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO3-1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO3-1-254x1024.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Love! And of course, the aftermath. A few of my favorites from Lori&#8217;s\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lorilarusso.com\/afterparty\/\">&#8220;Afterparty&#8221;<\/a><\/em> series:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/cucumber-shamu\/lorilarusso4-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28036\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28036\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO4-1.jpg\" alt=\"LORILARUSSO4\" width=\"584\" height=\"1893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO4-1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO4-1-93x300.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO4-1-316x1024.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Broken Heart, Plastic Plate&#8221;<\/em>. Oh my word, I love it so much.<\/p>\n<p>Alright, moving on to the first pieces of hers\u00a0that I ever wrote about. These beautifully cut <em>{um, jigsaw goddess!}<\/em> interiors are part of Lori&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lorilarusso.com\/project-3-1\/\">&#8220;Shapes&#8221;<\/a><\/em> series:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/cucumber-shamu\/lorilarusso5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28013\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO5.jpg\" alt=\"LORILARUSSO5\" width=\"584\" height=\"1643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO5-107x300.jpg 107w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO5-364x1024.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aaaah! I loved them years ago, and I love them just as much now! Ok, I had a lot of saw questions mainly because I&#8217;m pretty scared of power tools. She does have a few pieces that she borrowed a laser cutter type thing for&#8230; the drippy ice cream, and that apple peel for example:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/cucumber-shamu\/lorilarusso6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28014\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO6.jpg\" alt=\"LORILARUSSO6\" width=\"584\" height=\"1503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO6-117x300.jpg 117w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO6-398x1024.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yeah. If she did that with a jigsaw&#8230; well&#8230; I don&#8217;t even know.<\/p>\n<p>Now, brace yourself. Hopefully you won&#8217;t be offended by what you see next:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/cucumber-shamu\/lorilarusso7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28015\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28015\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO7.jpg\" alt=\"LORILARUSSO7\" width=\"584\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO7.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO7-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes. That&#8217;s a cigarette beside that half-eaten cupcake, and cup o joe. Gasp!<\/p>\n<p>Moving on to something a little more tame. BUTTER. So. Much. Butter:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/cucumber-shamu\/lorilarusso8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28016\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28016\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO8.jpg\" alt=\"LORILARUSSO8\" width=\"584\" height=\"2125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yay! So glad I asked her about this, because the butter is no longer on her site. I&#8217;ve remedied that &#8211; she promised\u00a0she&#8217;ll put the butter\u00a0back on. And there is Chef Tanya at the University of Kentucky who made one of Lori&#8217;s butter paintings into a delicious little yellow cake. YUM!<\/p>\n<p>I totally set Lori up for this not-so-speedy speed round question too, mainly just so I could show you the paintings from her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lorilarusso.com\/bourbon\/\"><em>&#8220;Bourbon&#8221;<\/em><\/a> series:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/cucumber-shamu\/lorilarusso9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28017\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28017\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO9.jpg\" alt=\"LORILARUSSO9\" width=\"584\" height=\"2358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO9.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO9-74x300.jpg 74w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh those cherries, the orange twists, the reflections on the glassware! I know Lori says she likes her bourbon &#8216;neat&#8217;, but those garnishes are fabulous, no?<\/p>\n<p>And finally, she couldn&#8217;t track down the photo of herself\u00a0<em>{at age five}<\/em> dressed as an artist for Halloween, but that&#8217;s ok because look what her mom sent through!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/cucumber-shamu\/lorilarusso10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28018\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28018\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO10.jpg\" alt=\"LORILARUSSO10\" width=\"584\" height=\"1542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO10.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO10-114x300.jpg 114w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LORILARUSSO10-388x1024.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Awwww!<\/em> Little Lori and her 3rd birthday cake. And because we were both deprived sugary treats when we were little, I thought I&#8217;d surround that photo with her favorite accessory&#8230; maraschino cherries! HA! Thank you <em>soooo<\/em> much to Lori for telling us the stories behind her work; thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saatchi Art<\/a> for supporting this episode; and high fives to you\u00a0for listening! There will be more art for your ear next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>Other links:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldenpaints.com\/\"><em>Golden\u00a0Paints<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/home\/how-to-plans\/how-to\/g2340\/how-to-build-a-french-cleat-shelf\/\"><em>French cleat (how-to!)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foodconnection.ca.uky.edu\/news-story\/artist-talk-and-closing-reception-lori-larussos-consumed\"><em>University of Kentucky show<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jamesmaygallery.com\/\"><em>&#8220;Eating Animals&#8221;, March 3 at James May Gallery, WI<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kmacmuseum.org\/kmac-shop\"><em>KMAC<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portercontemporary.com\/index-artists\/#\/lori-larusso\/\"><em>Porter Contemporary, NY<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jordanfayecontemporary.com\/lori-larusso\"><em>Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/skidmorecontemporaryart.com\/lori-larusso.htm\"><em>Skidmore Contemporary, Santa Monica<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cute on the outside, clever on the inside. Yum!\u00a0Ok, I may have just copied and pasted every piece of art\u00a0on the website of Kentucky based artist\u00a0Lori Larusso. Can you blame me? I mean come on&#8230; cucumber Shamu cut from metal and then painted perfectly!? I&#8217;ve written about several of Lori&#8217;s series, and at face value [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[766,3,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28007"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28043,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28007\/revisions\/28043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}