6/7/2004: Ham art
 

http://cellar.org/2004/hamartist.jpg

This is artist Cosimo Cavallaro, explaining his work -- a bed with more than 300 pounds of sliced ham -- at a gallery in New York.

Cavallaro calls the ham "a pure form of America: all kinds of parts, boiled and pressed together." He rejected prosciutto because "it would have been pompous."

And expensive. What's cheap deli ham, like, $2.99/pound?

If you look to the left of the "artist", out the window, it look like it is written "u are mad"... :p

bet they're going to be lining up to see that in a week.

I've had more meat than that in my bed before;)

Would any one of you pay money for this bozo's art?

No way.... too high in nitrates.

I just can't think about anything except the spoilage factor! :whofart:

What an idiot - Ham is _NOT_ "all kinds of parts, boiled and pressed together" - ham is from the - gosh- HAM of the pig

Spam, Lunch loaf, etc ARE all sorts of "stuff" stuck together

Heck, you can even get fresh ham - aka, uncured - YUM

I wonder if I should go down and heckle this idiot

Be sure to get pictures!

Missed that, you're right, usually I give modern art a bit of breathing space but this guy is just pretty damn stupid

Hey, at least it's Atkins-friendly.

*cough*

Re: 6/7/2004: Ham art
 

Well, Undetoad is the one who called it "ham." The artist may have been using the cheap ham loaf stuff which is sold as "ham" in many delis (my local Safeway included) and consists of "all kinds of parts, boiled and pressed together."

see the website
 

With a name like Cosimo Cavallaro he should have been using imported prosciutto! And what is a mere $2.99/ lb if the NEA was funding it?

Be sure to check out his website at http://www.cosimocavallaro.com/ and click on the "download the Wyoming Cheese house flash presentation". Also the one on the burning piano is interesting.

Everyone knows Pastrami is the most sensuous of the smoked meats.

Pork...the other art meat...