JAPAN/FILE: FOOD IMITATES ART AT THE FOOD ART MUSEUM IN TOKYO WITH GREAT MASTERS MADE OF PASTA AND OTHER EVERYDAY FOOD ITEMS
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JAPAN/FILE: FOOD IMITATES ART AT THE FOOD ART MUSEUM IN TOKYO WITH GREAT MASTERS MADE OF PASTA AND OTHER EVERYDAY FOOD ITEMS
- Title: JAPAN/FILE: FOOD IMITATES ART AT THE FOOD ART MUSEUM IN TOKYO WITH GREAT MASTERS MADE OF PASTA AND OTHER EVERYDAY FOOD ITEMS
- Date: 2nd May 2003
- Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (MAY 2, 2003) (REUTERS) CHEF PREPARING PASTA; PASTA; WOMEN HELPING THEMSELVES TO PASTA LEANING TOWER OF PASTA; SCU PASTA; DRIED PASTA IN BAG; PASTA SCULPTURE PEOPLE SNIFFING A COPY OF MILLET'S "GLEANERS" MADE OF COFFEE BEANS CHEF SERVING COFFEE MORE OF "GLEANERS" MAN LOOKING AT BUTTER REPLICA OF RAPHAELO SANTI RODIN'S WORKS IN CHOCOLATE CHEF TAKING OUT PLATE WITH INGREDIENTS USED TO MAKE THE REPLICAS MONA LISA MADE OF CANDY (SOUNDBITE)(Japanese) DAI NAKANE, PATISSERIE CHEF SAYING "The chefs who work here used sugar, coffee beans and chocolate, all ingredients which people see and use everyday, to create things which people can look at and enjoy as well as eat." PEOPLE LOOKING AT A "MIKOSHI", A TRADITIONAL VEHICLE FOR SHINTO GODS USED IN SHRINE CEREMONIES, MADE OF LOBSTER AND CRAB SHELLS LOBSTER TAILS TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE) (REUTERS) LOBSTER TOKYO, JAPAN (MAY 2, 2003) (REUTERS) PHOENIX MADE OF CRAB SHELLS ON TOP OF "MIKOSHI" PEOPLE LOOKING (SOUNDBITE)(Japanese) KUMIKO OKUURA, 27, COMPANY EMPLOYEE SAYING "I am amazed that excessive amounts of things that we eat everyday can be used to make such works of art." VAN GOGH SELF PORTRAIT MADE OF SUGAR (SOUNDBITE)(Japanese) CHIHO NAGATA, 32, COMPANY EMPLOYEE SAYING "Some of the works are not really that well made but the Van Gogh looks really good." PEOPLE EATING DESSERTS; SCU KING TUTANKHAMEN MADE OF SUGAR
- Embargoed: 17th May 2003 13:00
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- Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
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- Country: Japan
- Topics: Business,Arts,Quirky,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
- Reuters ID: LVAE778D2PQI00QZY475ASG91ZK3
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- Story Text: Food imitates art at the "Food Art Museum" in Tokyo where people can eat their fill of pasta and desserts and see the works of the Great Masters made of the same ingredients.
If you are really hungry, you can come to this hotel in Tokyo to eat the "Leaning Tower of Pasta".
The tower, made out of 25 kilograms of pasta of all shapes and sizes, is one of the 20 works of art on display at a pasta and dessert fair.
At the Food Art Museum, the Mona Lisa is made of candy, Millet's "Gleaners" is actually coffee beans and Rodin's works come in white and dark chocolate.
"The chefs who work here used sugar, coffee beans and chocolate, all ingredients which people see and use everyday to create things which people can look at and enjoy as well as eat," said Dai Nakane , patisserie chef at the Takanawa Prince Hotel, who made the replica of the Mona Lisa for the exhibit.
The room with a butter copy of a Raphaelo Santi sculpture is kept extra cool so that it will not melt ropes to keep back visitors who may be tempted to lick the King Tut and a self-portrait of Van Gogh made of sugar.
"I am amazed that excessive amounts of things that we eat everyday can be used to make such works of art," said Kumiko Okuura, a 27-year-old, company employee.
"Some of the works are not really that well made, but the Van Gogh looks really good," added Chiho (CHEE-HOH) Nagata (NAH-GAH-TAH), a 32-year-old company employee. It's not just works of the Great Masters that are on display.
A "Mikoshi" or traditional Japanese vehicle for Shinto gods which is used during shrine festivals has been made out of lobster and crab shells. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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