Dean Baldwin

The work of Toronto based artist Dean Baldwin continues tradition of food-and-drink-as-life-as-art with the creation of fantastical functioning saloons and elaborate photo installations that document all the meals he has consumed in a year, or all the food that he has discarded.

Fattening Frogs for Snakes presents itself as a classic “old Dutch master” still-life, illustrating the aftermath of decadence. The visions of excess seem celebratory at first, but this is a cautionary tale – with the devil in the details. The party is over, the revellers are gone and what remains is beginning to rot.