Fred Cress finds inspiration at the dinner table by observing people's behavior and uncovering secrets such as affairs. As an artist, he is interested in how people behave, especially when behaving badly or deceptively. These reflections from Fred and other artists on art, human behavior, and food are featured in a new book called The Artist's Lunch that explores the kitchens, work, and philosophies of 18 Australian artists through photographs and stories.
Fred Cress finds inspiration at the dinner table by observing people's behavior and uncovering secrets such as affairs. As an artist, he is interested in how people behave, especially when behaving badly or deceptively. These reflections from Fred and other artists on art, human behavior, and food are featured in a new book called The Artist's Lunch that explores the kitchens, work, and philosophies of 18 Australian artists through photographs and stories.
Fred Cress finds inspiration at the dinner table by observing people's behavior and uncovering secrets such as affairs. As an artist, he is interested in how people behave, especially when behaving badly or deceptively. These reflections from Fred and other artists on art, human behavior, and food are featured in a new book called The Artist's Lunch that explores the kitchens, work, and philosophies of 18 Australian artists through photographs and stories.
Fred Cress finds inspiration at the dinner table by observing people's behavior and uncovering secrets such as affairs. As an artist, he is interested in how people behave, especially when behaving badly or deceptively. These reflections from Fred and other artists on art, human behavior, and food are featured in a new book called The Artist's Lunch that explores the kitchens, work, and philosophies of 18 Australian artists through photographs and stories.
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Reflections on art and food
By Lauren Farrow 18 distinguished Australian artists. While for most, the dinner table is a In the book, Fred, a former source of culinary delights and good Archibald winner, talks of his life in conversation, for Fred Cress it is a the French countryside of Burgundy, battleground. where he spends six months each Here among the knives, spoons year. It is in France, Fred said, that and forks, the Annandale artist finds he has often uncovered the hidden a wealth of inspiration, by uncover- lives of dinner guests, whether he ing marital affairs and dark secrets. means to or not. “My subject matter is always to “I’m very sensitive to the un- do with people,” Fred said. dercurrents that people give out. If “In my case I try to make it so somebody is having an affair, I will that it deals with the way that peo- know about it,” he said. ple behave. “I know a woman in France who’s “My interest is in secrecy, I’m in- a psychologist. When I first met her terested in people behaving badly,” I thought she was happily married. he said. He was a very handsome film direc- These musings and other reflec- tor. tions on painting, human behav- “But when I started work in the iour and food have been featured morning I drew a woman with a in the book, The Artist’s Lunch, re- man’s head on a plate, and it was leased last month. Written by Alice his head. Months later I discovered McCormick and photographed by that she was having an affair with a Fred Cress’ work ‘Seconds’, 2004. Photo courtesy artist and Sarah Rhodes, the book is a visual 23 year-old, she was 51, and that it the Artist’s Lunch. and literary feast that explores the was her sixth husband. She was a Right, Fred Cress. Photograph BY Sarah Rhodes. The Artist’s Lunch is published by Murdoch Books. For more kitchens, works and philosophies of man eater. ” information visit www.theartistslunch.com
