Pictures of Our Insatiable Appetites…of Consequence

 “These are the pictures of our insatiable appetites; they are the pictures of the consequences.”

Pamela Johnson brings “a sort of dignity to the objects of our lazy desire by creating still life situations where our role as abusers is evident.” Says Johnson in her online biography: “Through my work, I strive to invoke reflection on a culture focused on mass-consumption and mass-production, where the negative aspects of overindulgence are often forgotten or ignored.” Moonlighting as an artist specializing in ceramics, Johnson left her position as an engineer to pursue the arts full time. Her food art highlights American mass consumption, mass production, waste, gluttony, and instant gratification.

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